“This season, McCollough and Hernandez say they are focusing on designing clothes that allow them to “speak to more people,” using what they call “humble fabrics,” including washed cottons, but also something more unexpected. “We're by no means insinuating that we're going down market in any way,” McCollough clarified. “It's just kind of a new approach; we're attacking a new part of our customer's life." B of F … 9-10-18
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They were part of Anna’s pet boys... lauded, applauded, editorialized and placed upon the pedestal of rising stars…. How far the mighty have fallen and what a lousy judge Nuclear Wintour continues to be, The boys were the toast of 7th Avenue for reasons unbeknownst to me but the fawning and adoration was overwhelming and no matter how hard I tried to find the core of this, I just never did.
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So now they have a majority stake owner, they tried Paris, they tried retail and now THIS is their epiphany… their cathartic moment when they honestly had the audacity to say that they are hoping for a deal similar to that of Thom Browne with Zegna; the problem is that Browne is brilliant. He may not design clothes for the masses or even the 1% but he is the mad scientist of fashion from the fantasy of his presentations to the clothing itself. Thom Browne is a visionary while these 2 jokers are still at the graduate level of final projects.
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Asymmetric 5 pocket jean closures, shapeless dresses and clothes that hand off a body, bare midriffs, denim, mid-calf lengths and yet another trench coat all add up to a whole of been there done that even if they are reaching “the little people” and in “humble fabrics.” Designers would do themselves an enormous service if they focused on designing clothes rather than talking nonsense like that interview which has the distinct aroma of condescension... no tot mention false hope
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If this is what the world is waiting for then it’s time to pack it in … as they say at a crime scene. .. Keep moving nothing to see here. BUT, then again according to the so called fashion media and of course the know nothing swag filled world of influencers, this collection is a revelation … STOP THE PRESSES! Excuse me while I insert my finger down my throat.
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