March of the 16 year olds! I wonder if any of them shave yet?
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I really just don’t get the
casting but once again you must behead them to see what’s proffered by this
brand. Unquestionably, tailoring and hard tailoring at that is at the
forefront. I’m not so sure about the puddling full legged pants but hell I’ll
take them anytime over still another pair joggers or track pants.
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It is rather obvious to me that KVA has borrowed some
elements from the women’s collections but god knows why other than in the quest
for more cohesive cross pollenating collections. The Dior “taping,” which now reads ATELIER
for some reason and then the sleeveless coats and jackets……….. I can’t help but
think what this collection might have looked if when worn by men who look
like men rather than the barely prepubescent boys that paraded down the catwalk. With
that said add that there might have been quite a different perception if the
designer presented anything other than trainers on the models’ feet and passed
on the silly shorts made even sillier by how they were shown.
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I know I am beating that dead horse but hell why do these
designers think that showing on BOYS make the clothes younger when the audience
they are trying to appeal to is barely out of university and can hardly afford any
of these looks in the foreseeable future. I get that you want an aspirational
customer but millennials and teenagers are shopping at Zara, H&M and Uniqlo
way before they ever set foot in or contemplate entering a Dior boutique or department.
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I did find huge
appeal in the tailored pieces with their razor sharp lines and mostly close to
the body silhouettes; I just can’t wrap my head around the stuff like upside
down PARIS and half blazer half pants and half blazer half polos. what this seems to be is designing for design
sake. What promotes and sustains the brand is the tailoring and not the
gimmicks although one can be sure the tricked out pieces are the ones that will
land on editorial pages most likely with the captions that read price upon
request.
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