FASHION SINCE PARIS -

So my mind has been filled with so many questions and observations since the collections have ended in Paris.....So here goes with some random stream which maybe someone might answer.or explain ...When did it suddenly become the right thing to do-- when a CEO leads their company down the road to lo$$---and then is rewarded with a substantially higher compen$ation package for having done so !!!! What have a I missed ......Poor Christian Lacroix is looking for investors..according to the Wall Street Journal..since Saks and Neimans didn't place fall orders---I am supposing that if one cannot ship their merchandise "on wheels" then one is out of the picture ----sad but true I think .
And with the growing 'recession" "pullback of spending " why is it thaat manufacturers and stores are realizing that good old fashioned merchants are whats needed after the math has been done ....merchants seems to be the missing part of the equation since today's buyers and DMM's and GMM's are nothing more than numbers crunchers and negotiators

FASHION IN GENERAL

This season I find it extremely disconcerting that the shows /clothes must be intellectualized beyond any reason in order to validate what was seen on the run way and done so by those who should know better ..................I want to know why or how several of the collections were lauded and praised when simply they are not pretty ...not wearable.........have no particular reason for being other than one day a year which is Halloween ..........I understand that no ones wants to speak ill in times like these but in the same breath how could you insult your peers and give some diatribe on some hideous junk which might be a feat of construction and engineering but has the salability/wearability factor of a thumbtack .........These are hardly the times to be intellectually posturing about clothes ---it is the time we need to think about giving that customer a reason to buy clothes TO WEAR not as collectors items

PARIS REVIEW FALL 2009

The shows are over and the reviews are in but I think that the season was far more fabulous than the retailers gave them credit for ....the translation is that when the collections become too commercial (wearable) the critics are overly critical .......I believe that there were over the top collections and safe collections but certainly not boring or dull -----at a time when the retail environment is so difficult how can any retailer speak of the merits of Comme des Garcons...I find it particularly difficult to believe that this collection will pay the rent but Lanvin was too safe ---HUH???? What is it that doesn't allow me to compute this evaluation ?????........At any rate I am happy to be on the sidelines with my observations ..what with traffic down ..prices up ...oceans of black ....budgets cut ........and high prices ..it is simply not easy to be in the fashion biz these days

HERMES ELIE SAAB JOHN GALLIANO PARIS 2009 FALL

HERMES -What can one say when see the best that money can offer ....it is louche luxe..it is so good ..so chic..it is the true literal definition of investment dressing and the best Browns that side of the Atlantic.......... ELIE SAAB.. With the new addition of what i call "Jewelry Dresses" or "FUR COAT DRESSES" comes a welcomed new point of view to mesh with the new restrained red carpet gowns which are decidedly more low key but nonetheless beautiful..........JOHN GALLIANO ......It's Russian nesting dolls taken to the Nth degree---over the top embellishments --over the top shapes/proportions--this wqas wearbility be damned ..but fabulous

CHANEL 2009 FALL PARIS

WHY is it that the man who calls himself Karl Lagerfeld can deliver a CHANEL collection that is so in keeping with our times and yet he has not held back anything .........this is a collection of soigne ..chic..ageless...timeless clothes----This literally is something for everyone ..well at least those who can afford ...but of any age--it seems odd that here no one will criticize him for being commercial since he is the only one who managed to be commercial yet true to the brand with no sacrifice

ALEXANDER McQUEEN PARIS FALL 2009

ALEXANDER McQUEEN has never been for the feint of heart but this season ..if you strip away the over the top shoes and make up ...you get to see that Mr. McQueen is a master of his art...FASHION!!!! The show was what fashion is made of and will continue to be for those who are unashamed of their talent and unafraid of showmanship.....so ,it would have been an unwise move on his part if he had shown a collection of perfectly wearable nondescript clothes so instead he stayed true to his DNA and delivered laser detailed tailoring and unbelievably constructed dresses which his customer will only be too happy to wear

QUINTESSENTIAL CHANEL

http://www.style.com/fashionshows/complete/slideshow/F2009RTW-CHANEL/