Here’s
a novelty... a one man think tank! I
have been watching Mr. Simoens since his momentary collaboration at Leonard and
now my interest has been piqued by the stake that LVMH has bought in his small
company. I would say that the purchase
was a prescient one by Monsieur Arnault as this is a young man with ideas to
spare.
Please
do not think that I am touting this wunderkind who can do no wrong as that is
certainly not the case here but what I am saying is that there are a profuse
amount of ideas that can be honed and developed and what might turn into
signatures for the young designer. I am
intrigued by his take on the shirtwaist dress as on the polo dress/shirt, in
your face graphic qualities as much as I am intrigued by his choice of
accessories, fabrications and color palette.
I was
especially taken by the hourglass shaped embroidered short black dress as I was
by the asymmetrical skirt over pants as I was with the apparent fascination of
the fit n’ flare silhouette. Yes, there
are some glaring proportional errors but that is so easily rectified but the
base is very strong here and I do believe that Mr. Simoens will be destined for
great things provided he doesn’t believe his own press and doesn’t let his ego
get in the way of his talents.
As is
commonly the case with most new designers, they seem to want to alter their DNA
seasonally which I am hoping will not be the case here as there is nothing quite as boring as a
designer with no “look” no recognizable signature who just churns out trend
fashion season after season. The
challenge is in the building and developing the DNA so now the question that
begs to be asked is simply “Is Maxime Simoens up to the task of becoming a
world class designer?”
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