Wow! OMFG! Astounding!
Just a few choice words to describe one of Haute Couture’s shining
moments. The occasion was the Fall
collection of Jean Paul Gaultier. I guess
he didn't get the Raf memo about “modern Couture’ because this was a collection
that reeked of the heritage and the tenets of what is true and genuine Haute
Couture.
The excitement that was experienced by seeing a collection
like this is palpable to the point of experiencing a visual orgasm. First there is the spectacle which was ONLY
about the clothes and not the set and not the venue and not the blah blah blah.
Style .com will be at a loss if they have to discuss the clothes and WWD might
just give it a nod as being just more of the same, but trust me gang, this was
freaking AMAZING!
Yes this is JPG using the brand DNA and pounding it home
with such great ease and such grace that it boggles the mind. As this reviewer has said countless times,
first and foremost it must be remembered that JPG is a tailor and one can’t
help but see it here. He honed his
“chic” when he was at the helm at Hermes and once he began doing Haute Couture,
it was unmistakable not to have known
that this once enfant terrible of fashion had grown yup and mastered the art of
chic!
The overall excitement of the collection is literally drool
inducing… one cannot help but marvel at the imagination and technique and
VISION that this man had when he put this all together. The hair, the drama, the palette, the
CLOTHES, the workmanship and all at once you were just rendered slack jawed by
breadth of this collection.
Are you getting the point here? This was just stupefyingly,
jaw droppingly and startlingly fabulous.
Sorry it wasn’t as exciting as the pile that was offered as” Modern
Couture” but hell, Monsieur Gaultier will just have to try harder next season…
that is to say if he is not stampeded by the those of the 1% who can afford to
won one of these masterpieces.
The upshot is, please don’t think for a hot second that
every single piece was beyond criticism but when the big picture is as
boundless as this… who cares? I was a little
put off by the Lady Marmalade/Larry Legaspi looking pieces as well as the way
way over top ones but then again, once I thought about what it took to render
these pieces with such precision, my feelings were ameliorated. Take that Tim!
I can gush no more
but please feast your eyes and please do look for a complete slideshow of the
presentation.
BTW... Thanks JPG for being so old fashioned
…………………..NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and did I mention the leopard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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