I think for the first time, before writing a review, I did some research about the eponymous designer and came up with WHAT WOULD ELSA DO or WWED?
Obviously, Roseberry and Schiaparelli
are acquired tastes but then again, she was never really about mass appeal.
“Dress designing, incidentally, is to me not a profession but an art”
Roseberry has most definitely taken
on her persona when designing his collections for the brand and while some of
it may be totally outrageous while other parts of it divinely simple, they are
all part of the Schiaparelli mystique which he embodies in these collections.
“In difficult times, fashion is outrageous”
Well, we are in difficult times on most fronts, including fashion, and these clothes reflect that outrageous aspect. Roseberry appears to design with an incredibly free hand which certainly explains so much about the collection. The span of the collection is from the somewhat simple LBD to the audacious and brash circus stripes, powerful florals and mind-boggling embellishments and jewelry.
“Fortunately, or unfortunately for me, I am always at my best when I am unhampered: when I can let myself go and have a little fun.”
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Well, I’m guessing Roseberry has his
fun and perhaps hasn’t even scratched the surface of what he is hiding inside
but one thing we do know is that he keeps the brands DNA close at hand and retains
the integrity of the maison unlike so many others of his colleagues.
PS... what I did find a bit odd were the Chanel references given the 2 designers prickly relation!
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