When are cruise and resort collections available in stores?
I’m particularly curious about Chanel’s 2009 Cruise collection.
I’ve never paid much attention to the shows in between fall and spring, but I’m fixated on a pair of Laurence Decade shoes from this one.
I was assured that they’ll be available to buy along with the clothes and I’m willing to spend whatever I have to spend to get them, I just don’t know when.
Entry: Apr 18, 2008 @ 11:31am
posted by gen
Apr 25, 2008 12:07PM
I could see Eva Green in it. It's the sort of outlandish thing that she would damn well wear anyway, and probably feel very happy in, while style councils across the world would question her 'eccentric' style.
Entry: May 08, 2008 @ 3:07pm
posted by gen
May 09, 2008 7:33AM
This spread reminded me of The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things. The third from last photo is far too Madonna for my liking though.
Entry: Rimmel Gets Another Face
posted by gen
May 12, 2008 11:13AM
First guest is completely right. Few women wear make up as adventurously and successfully as her. She's ideal. And my god, her skin.... if I don't screw up massively in this lifetime, I'm coming back as Sophie Ellis Bextor's skin.
Entry: Would You Wear Gray Hair?
posted by gen
May 24, 2008 7:59AM
I saw a young woman yesterday with her hair dyed grey - imagine if devil-wears-Streep went nu-rave. It looked less awful than it might have, because the girl was exceptionally pretty [and had a boyish cut].
Then there's that abomination, Jay whatever-his-name-is, the make-up artist/'tv presenter' [I use the words loosely], with his gelled grey hair. That's pretty bad.
Some natural greys on a person doesn't detract at all, as long as it doesn't make them look unkempt - though guest at 7.04 was right - patchiness is something to avoid. On men it can look rather sexy, my ex had absolutely plenty, and I wouldn't have changed it for the world.
Entry: Jun 05, 2008 @ 10:02am
posted by gen
Jun 09, 2008 7:09AM
Severe. But I see his point. Softel's point about subtle differences is a good one. What Yamamoto's talking about is avoiding visual noise. As other people said, that's a huge part of classic Japanese visual ideas. If everyone started dressing like fluoro club kids and harajuku girls and gothic cartoons, not only would our eyes hurt, but the collective individualism would be swallowed by the resulting noise - you'd just have a human patchwork in which no one pattern stands out, and it'd be ugly to boot. I think Yohji's point is mainly a theoretical one - maybe he can live that way, but he knows not everyone can. But he offers an extreme - without extremes of opinion, we're left with a shorter spectrum of ideas.
Entry: Streetwalker: Cute To a T-Strap
posted by gen
Jun 13, 2008 7:55AM
Not mad keen. Makes her shoulders look unnecessarily large, and then she just sort of tapers down to her shoes. Maybe it'd be better without that particular belt, and with different shoes. She has a great figure but the dress fights with it . . .
Entry: Jun 12, 2008 @ 3:02pm
posted by gen
Jun 13, 2008 7:56AM
Now there is some potential for fun with this look . . .
Entry: Orange You Glad It's Marc?
posted by gen
Jun 13, 2008 8:00AM
The Marc version is more attractive, but this is exactly the kind of item I would NOT pay designer prices for. A little cotton top with some detailing on it . . . lovely. I will save my money for more unusual or finely crafted clothing, the like of which could not be replicated even remotely by Forever21/Topshop/H&M/Primark/whatever.
Entry: Jul 25, 2008 @ 10:32am
posted by gen
Jul 26, 2008 7:02AM
Well unfortunately that's what happens when you attempt to jump on the coattails of someone who's already famous to boost your own career.
Entry: Jul 28, 2008 @ 12:30pm
posted by gen
Jul 28, 2008 5:57PM
Thank you, Glenn O'Brien. If only more magazine folk would express this opinion.
Aside from their propensity to make pretty dresses look unimaginative and render the otherwise chic & casual just plain sloppy [on men or women], they're so uncomfortable! Clearly a world of people must think otherwise, but I can't fathom how anyone can walk about with their sole slapping at their heel, and two bits of rubber pulling at the skin between their toes. Ugh. Ouch! A low-heeled sandal or a loose, flat leather ankle-boot works just fine for me in this weather. I know it's warm, but god, flip-flops are unsightly.
Gladiators, like em or not, at least have an element of style about them, a definite line, something to decide for or against. The numerous straps mean it's possible to design a very elegant, interesting and flattering shoe, though I grant this frequently isn't the case.
[And if we are being catty, we are only doing it where other fashion-interested folk will see it - flip-flop wearers will either be the sartorially inclined who read sites like this and will make up their own minds and not be shattered by the comments here, or the type who really couldn't give a good goddamn what a bunch of fashion-obsessives think anyway. I see no harm in us all expressing our opinions here.]
Entry: Cruisin' for Chanel
posted by gen
Aug 09, 2008 6:25AM
Ask them is exactly what I did... I went into the Bond Street store and their response was somewhat misty. The woman in the store said the cruise collection had already been and gone, then started with surprise when I said it was the collection shown in Miami a couple of months ago, and said it had gone in June..and that I would 'have to wait'. In short, I'm baffled.
Entry: Vintage London
posted by gen
Aug 11, 2008 8:09AM
Bang Bang, with branches in Berwick St and Goodge St. Quite carefully picked 2nd-hand high street and designer - you'll pay £15 for an old Topshop thing, and £200 for Vivienne Westwood.
Blackout II, in Endell St Covent Garden. Great costumey vintage store with good range from 1930s - 70s, but especially good for old pillbox / feathered hats, vintage jewellery, 1930s bags etc. Also has 20s + 30s gowns.
Pop Boutique, Covent Garden. Cheap as chips, mainly 60s stuff - you can get good accessories for a fiver, sweet old bags and boots, and they have a fine line in reconstructed sundresses, all pretty cheap. Also the store proprietors have great taste in music and play Sonic Youth and good French stuff.
Entry: Would You Wear A Knock-Off?
posted by gen
Aug 13, 2008 1:22PM
If I want something that badly [rare], I want the exact form & details, not the name on the label. Usually I just want a particular hue or shape, & there's plenty options for that... getting what I want without a designer label on it is great, costs me way less. I've never wanted something enough to buy a direct fake, & the things I've wanted don't usually inspire knock-offs! But the high street copied something I wanted that badly - right now, THOSE Chanel/Laurence Decade gun heels - if Topshop did them, I'd buy 4 pairs.
I'm aware of the ethical issues, but there's another issue to consider here -
It's a bit sad that collectively we're obsessed enough with 'fashion' - i.e. the cache of particular labels, rather than the particulars of stunning design - when did that word get warped? - to make the knock-offs a serious issue. It's sad buying a fake just so you can say you've got the new Chloe bag, & it's also sad advising people that where possible they should be buying designer originals. Given the number of people in debt these days, it's irresponsible and unkind.
How about advising people that where possible they should get over it, stop obsessing over something that they can't legitimately afford, and if they wanna shop, find something pretty, IN THEIR BUDGET - nice if it's something totally different, not really anyone else's business if it's not? Don't dress up luxury shopping as an ethical choice - most of the time luxury is exactly - and all - it is.
On the F21 note, I often see designer clothes that are unfairly pricy - unoriginal/uninspiring design, average fabric [£250 for a jersey t-shirt dress, in a boutique last week - are you kidding me?] , and in some cases the workmanship is poor. These prices are justifiable where the quality & detail can't be reproduced by cheaper retailers, but beyond that, I'm not going to revere designers.
Entry: Killer Clowns from Cyberspace
posted by gen
Aug 23, 2008 6:57PM
it's like the general harlequin trend + luella's pointy witch hats came together for a meeting of minds.
i don't like it, and i hate the fact that it would actually look awesome on the kind of people that can carry off at-first-sight hideous clothes and reinvent them as some kind of genius idea. i am not that kind of person. alas.
Entry: Aug 27, 2008 @ 11:11am
posted by gen
Aug 27, 2008 3:55PM
Not seen the interview, but I assume I get what he means - if so, very good answer.
Entry: "You'd Sink To The Bottom With That Thing"
posted by gen
Aug 28, 2008 7:38PM
Britt, re: their use of a beautiful woman in the photo - I guess it comes down to the difference between beauty and sexuality. Our society has intertwined the two - to be fashionable and/or beautiful is to be sexy.
I don't know anything in Islam [and admittedly I'm not a Muslim, so any Muslims here, please feel free to correct me] that condemns beauty in itself - it is the display of sexuality that is frowned upon, I guess because it is supposed to remain an intimate and private thing between a married couple.
Muslims cover themselves to varying degrees, from a simple headscarf to a complete shrouding of the body, but I think this comes down to different, personal interpretations of what is sexual and therefore immodest.
Entry: Daphne Guinness, Vogue Italia Cover Girl
posted by gen
Sep 05, 2008 2:51PM
part morticia, part cruella de vil, part elle driver. terrific. she's always inspiring.
Entry: Bush Says: No Fakes!
posted by gen
Oct 14, 2008 12:44PM
guest 5 - good point. it's kinda noticeable that they want less government oversight - EXCEPT when something is hurting the large companies who don't want to be overseen. it'd be lovely if this bill means that small & independent designers will claw back some lost income, but somehow i can only see this one helping the big names.
if their intentions were better, maybe bush's interest in this issue would be credible, but it just looks like corporate protectionism which, in the current climate, is a pretty bitter pill to swallow.
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Entry: "Say, Ambular! Was That You Going Through My Laundry?"
posted by gen
Apr 09, 2008 1:10PM
it has more to do with the attitude than the actual copying. if me and a friend both like a style, so be it. as long as neither party is a bitch about it. it's rare that my friends and i plan clothes in advance for any given occasion, but i can't remember an occasion where i've run into a mate wearing the same thing. even if we like the same things, none of my friends share the same overall style, so if we did accidentally match, people probably wouldn't notice.