Noun … sex on a stick … (idiomatic, slang) … A person or
persons considered to be very sexually attractive. ….. He thinks she is sex
on a stick.
And I mean that in the most complimentary way!!! Alexandre
Vauthier will never ever be classified as boring, staid of stuffy! This is a
man who clearly understands the definition of sexy and knows exactly how to
convey it through his collections. No, these are not day clothes or evening
clothes or cocktail clothes or even supermarket clothes… these are clothes for
women who have the self-confidence of a champion or a star and love a photo
flash or attention!
There is so much chatter about young and modern when
discussing fashion and yet there are so few designers who know how to manifest
these qualities in their collections other than by talking about it... ah
yes… you know … like rifRaf who talks
and talks and talks and still you have nothing to see.
Vauthier is a master of the theatrical and yes it is only
his formal training that allows him to present such “look at me” and over the
top fashion. He is a rock star of fashion without the flash bulbs and hype; he
leaves that for his clients who adore and manipulate the media for their
celebrity!
Okay, so the clothes are in your face and hotter than hell
but they are clothes that his clients want and lust for and whether or not most
get it... this is what haute couture is for... for clients not for critics who
will never really grasp what they write about other than some fantasy they cook
up in their heads. (read blah blah B)
Haute Couture is where the materials and embellishments push the
envelope as evidenced by the encrusted, and I do mean encrusted, Lesage crystal
pieces and then the amazing the hand cut skins and the intense bandage
detailing. Some may read these clothes as bit S&M and some may read it sex
for sex sake, but to me this is Vauthier in couture mode where he gets to push
the limits to dizzying heights. So to speak the gauntlet is thrown down and the
bar has been raised!
In the end, the clothes are exactly what one would expect
from a man who has this mind set and so he does not disappoint. Yes, he devised
and built his vocabulary and his DNA and he sticks to it!! There are moments
when “viewers” must accept the identity of a designer and not critique his raison
d’etre especially a designer who has come this far on his own grit!
Yay!
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