Can we talk here? Rather than trash these collections for the
obvious reasons, let me make this brief and to the point... WTF are these
people thinking?
BRIONI... Long
known as one of the great staples of the upper crust of men’s suitings has
recently decided it needed to modernize its look as have so many others of the
heritage brand variety. This is not to say they gave up their roots, it is to
say they now have a so called more fashionable face to present or for that
matter, a reason to present! Supposedly, its new creative director has his
roots in Savile row tailoring but according to my eye he seems much more
attuned and rooted to men’s contemporary sportswear. So the conundrum occurs here.
.. Does the world of men’s fashion need a stratospherically expensive
collection that looks like a rich man’s Original Penguin? Nuff said … let’s
move on
ROBERTO CAVALLI...
no question this man is smoking something but what strikes me is he seems to be
doing Versace better than Donatellamommamia. Well, not really, but surely could
be and had the show been more intelligently styled rather than adhering to the
more is better school of design, this season might have been a winner.. Well,
at least for a very fractional segment of the fashion population. Signor might
have exercised a wee bit of restraint and offered some solid pants/ shorts as
well just a more standard silhouette. He also might not have agreed with his
stylist and forgone the scarf wrapped waists. Lastly he might have suggested
that his models not look embarrassed or ashamed of wearing these get ups... a
smile might have helped and gone a long way. Why did these clothes remind of
The Rock?
Dsquared² … well I am sorry to see that
the twins have not thrown in the towel on their circus of fashion. I was sort
of hoping that whatever possessed them when designing the women’s resort
collection had taken over their
collective minds for Spring men’s, but alas NOT! This is just one more season
of clothes, just clothes and one more spectacle of a show that might hopefully
detract from the non-importance of the collection. It is sad that these 2
cannot seem to figure out a way to stand out rather than blend in to the sea of
sameness. I mean how many ridiculously expensive tricked out pairs of jeans
does one fashion victim need? It is all about bells and whistles and maybe some
smoke and mirrors but the end game is the same... so what! Again? and guys..
camo is dead!.. at least the way you showed it. And jeez louise.. Stephen
Sprouse?? Day glow??
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