Well, here’s the deal. From the first exit till about midway
into the show, you might have been convinced that Alber has returned to clothes
that that were wearable covetable albeit not as sexy as they once were. Then as
if by magic, he began an abrupt and rather sudden change of direction. It was
as if he proceeded to show a second collection that veered far afield from
where he started.
The opening half was all about dresses and sexy skirts and a
variety of shapes that might have adhered to the wearable clothes principle
that has been surfacing within many collections. And then it happened, it was
as if Alber had prepared an alternate collection of lace and prints gone mad.
To say it was a harsh change is to be a master of understatement. To say that
the esthetic is 180 degree turn is an understatement as well. To say that it
made little or no sense, well in my eyes... it made not a lick of sense and sort
of took away from what was believable and salable. Having seen a Lanvin
department in Bergdorf’s that was overflowing with merchandise, my inclination
is to say he should have stayed with wearable and laid off the absurd stuff.
My instinct tells me that there are not a lot of women who
will want stags running across their bodies and lace dresses that look like
they were assembled from cutting room scraps but who knows? In all, this has to
be seen as a very odd and disturbing collection for the house. This designer is
far more capable than this collection would evidence.
PS what also needs to be said here is the collection looked ill-fitting
and some pieces as if they were dragged out of a trunk and never pressed.. There
were some very off putting occurrences during this collection.
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