Following in the footsteps of one of the so called fashion
media elite, this article will be about a neophyte, one Sander Lak of Sies
Marjan and one master of fashion, Josep Font of Delpozo. The difference is that
this article will not compare but harshly contrast the two and then just ask
you to decide where the talent lies.
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Having just read 2 reviews of one designer’s freshman
outing, what comes to mind first is what collection did they see and second how
much pressure was exerted on the reviewer to be positive to the point of fawning
and why exactly was there so much extraneous internal information other than
about the clothes?
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When a review opens up with whose assistant you were as a
means of explanation, introduction and justification rather than to just speak
to the collection and then segues to the name of your bankroll, well, you know
there is trouble in River City. There is hardly an original thought in the
collection which is even more sorely compounded with the idea of espousing all
of it as new or a revelation. This is some pile of meh pretending to be the
next greatest thing unless you think titty pink is the next hot color or that
pajamas and robes are new.
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I’m guessing no one reads a newspaper, a magazine or trolls
the internet for if they did they might see that there are far too many other
designers sending the same message, vying for the same dollars and looking for
the same customer. Well you have heard of Meals on Wheels and now you have inventory
on wheels if you catch my drift!
And then there is Delpozo who marches to the beat of its own
drum and is head and shoulders above so many. Let’s make one point here and
that is with the pervious designer what you see is what you get and here with
Delpozo you are taken on a magical journey via a designer’s singular vision for
a fabled brand that has only resurfaced in recent times.
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Josep Font offers clothes that some might call conceptual or
outlandish but for me these are wildly original creations that veer towards
collectible. It is no mystery that women want these clothes in the same way
that maybe Thom Browne appeals to his customers. In essence one might say this is
fashion esoterica or even fashion for the not faint of heart... in others
words, these are not “wallflower” clothes. If you place these clothes with the
likes of Prada and other blah blah blah designers, you might be making an error
as these are not conceived out of faux intelligence but from a brand’s DNA that
spans many decades.
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Font is all about color, graphics, volumes, proportions,
embellishments, visual effects and in general just stretching the limits of
fashion and not just pushing the envelope but shoving it. The clothes are excruciatingly
well made and constructed in fabrics that are not uncommon but in his hands
they become just the opposite. Fashionphiles should really read up on the
founder as he was an extraordinary designer and technician who was relatively
if not totally unknown this side of the Atlantic. History surely plays a part
in this collection every season.
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So, you tell me if these 2 can reside in the same arena of
fashion!
PS.. Mr. Lak seems to lack the concept that the season is
FALL!
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