Monday, September 11, 2017

NYFW Spring 2018 WTF the end part 3



Regardless of what you may believe, I take no pleasure in isolating pieces like these to reinforce my point about what a disaster and circus NYFW has become. Please do not speak to me about rejecting new ideas and fresh thinking as there is none here... it is merely a rehashing of old design that in most cases was bad the first time around. 
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Trying to out trend your competition is no solution. It might be advantageous to all these so called designers to ask who  can I sell this to since after all the hype and all the hoopla , if you can’t sell any of it then you better have a backer or the money to piss away on .. if you’re lucky… one celebrity of the d list variety to be snapped in one of your creations. BTW that photo is old before the day is over.
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Unfortunately, those who berate me are those who have no clue as to what it once was and what it was all about in comparison to its present state.. How pathetic and sad for them!
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Sunday, September 10, 2017

NYFW .. the WTF of Spring 2018 ... part 2



From outré to outrageous to WTF to who cares... NYFW has become the amateur hour with never before and never to be heard from again designers all trying to out trend each other resulting in one HUGE epic fail. 
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In a moment of nostalgia I yearn for the times when this time of year was called “market week” and there were actually buyers and stores at the shows with audiences made up of clients and fashionphiles all WITHOUT  iPhones………………….. Imagine the possibilities and now that fashion has become democratized and a source of entertainment for the unknowledgeables, the attention whores and the wannabes... this is what we get! 
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Words are not necessary ….. As the saying goes “every picture tells a story” 
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So… here you need to ask yourself why, WTF and how did this become show worthy on any level... THINK ABOUT IT.....creativity run amok!

Saturday, September 9, 2017

NYFW ... the WTF of Spring 2018.. part 1

words are not necessary
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here you need to ask yourself why, WTF and how did this become show worthy on any level.. THINK ABOUT IT .....creativity run amok!

Friday, September 8, 2017

Calvin Klein Spring 2018



BIGGER gun number 2!

My memory fails me to recall whose first collection was made of trash bags but no matter. I can’t seem to grasp the point of what I have seen. Yes, Simons is one of those designers who just loves the sound of his own voice and fancies himself a connoisseur and devotee of modern art which is all fine and dandy but this is a business of selling clothes not art. By the way, the resemblance to initial DNA of the brand is that most of was seen was rather simple except of course for the over designed, over tweaked and intentionally overly shocking. It’s all rather contrived to look as if “oh I just threw this on!”
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Now let’s talk about drawstrings, zippers, hefty bags in a variety of colors, tarps, jockey silks, color blocking, cowboy boots and Warhol…. And I almost forgot spaghetti fringe or those cellophane sex toys carried as accessories. Wait and don’t forget when you buy these blankets make sure they are folded just so that the name shows ... so important so nonchalant. Maybe it is a sort of parachute chic!
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BUT I will say that the color palette which is spectral I scope ... is welcomed! I will say it nice not to see a bomber, a pair of sneakers or jogging pants.
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So in the end my opinion won’t really matter since this is round two of maximum fawning, oohing, aaahing and dampness….. How sadly pathetic.did i forget to say it all looks rather been there done that? oh well again IT'S RAF so it's fabulous

Thursday, September 7, 2017

Tom Ford NYFW Spring 2018



It is now officially the start of the fashion caravan for Spring 2018… first stop is Tom Ford so let the oohing, aaahing, cooing and damp panties begin… accolades… fawning …. doesn’t matter what it looks like since it's Tom and as we all know Tom is just about the greatest thing in fashion since thread…. not! 
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Then of course this event marks the start of regurgitating press releases for the season and the discussion of clothes that only that particular viewer saw as in the emperor’s new clothes and let’s not forget who was there and where the show was because that’s all so important to selling clothes. 
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SO… here’s what I saw… mummy draped dresses...athleisure at absurdly expensive prices … denim that looks like it was dragged out of Montana’s archive ... Hedi Slimane beaded tunics which were shown as hair grazing length dresses… le smoking … 70s OUTSIZED peaked lapels that look SO dated and so retro… clothes for Beverly Hills, hip hop princesses and basically a lot of who cares and why.. In other words it is a big yawn except for the colors palette which at least felt like spring and then of course there were the McQueen and YSL references … bralettes … heavily padded roped shoulders... yawning
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Slick, it might have been …but CHIC it was not ….what’s classy here…. oh right, it was fabulous... it was TOM FORD!! Wasn’t it to die for?
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