Guillaume Meilland’s freshman outing at Ferragamo is pitch perfect
except for a few things that have nothing to do with the actual design of the
clothes and more to do with the logic of how you show the clothes. When a
collection is seemingly based of 50 shades of grey and I mean that literally,
the clothes will tend to all blend in in one’s memory or become a blur.
Make no
mistake the outerwear is the star and Meilland dealt a winning “full house” hand including the most classic shapes as well those
tweaked to be seen as modern such as the spencer and moto jackets and even the jean
jacket reimagined in a variety of chic monotone pattern collages.
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My issue is that simply why does classically based clothing
have to be boring or even perceived as such? There comes a time when safe is
too safe and making a point misses the point. Dissecting the collection will
yield more than enough to make cash registers, if they still exist, sing and
ring especially for men who need beautifully made stylish and timeless clothes.
These are the clothes of the fashionably
grown up whom, for the most part, eschew trend and are always adding to their
constantly evolving wardrobe that will never go out of style.
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On the flip side we have the so called uber revolutionary
and always boundary pushing Prada which showed a collection that hums along to
the tune of ugly is the new pretty and boring is the new trend. Yeah I get it;
she purposely jars the eye and accentuates small details to the point of in
your face. From the wookie shoes to the exaggerated bellow pocket details, your
eyes are forced to see these first.
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Yes the sweaters are the main even here
and, well, the rest can be found at any number of thrift shops worldwide. On
the whole if you take away the knitwear you have a lot of retread 50s and 60s
clothes that were a lot better the first time around no matter the label.
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