And the fashion circus debate continues.
The latest to weigh in is Garage magazine–except instead of bemoaning or celebrating the street style phenomenon one way or another, they merely explore it in this thoughtful new video featuring Tim Blanks, Tommy Ton, Phil Oh (in a bathtub!), Susie Lau and many others.
As one might expect, opinions run the gamut.
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but here are 552 used by the fash pack to characterize Simons’s very hotly anticipated debut at Dior. While not everyone felt his first-ever couture collection was an unqualified success (hey there, Suze?), critical consensus was that this New New Look set the bar pretty high, and possibly Read more →
Jil Sander, who famously left her eponymous label in 2000, returned in 2003, and then left again in 2004, is back. Again. While the industry was upset and shocked at Raf Simons’ abrupt ousting from the house, he’s since landed himself a plum gig over at Dior. Once that was done, everyone could heave a Read more →
No one expects a Versace collection to be subtle, but Donatella really amped it up–even by Versacian standards–for her spring 2013 menswear collection. She sent a bunch of buff gladiators (she called them “pugilists”) down the runway, complete with huge belts and gladiator sandals. Imagine Russell Crowe in hot pink, wearing a huge medallion, and Read more →
The fashion flock might have already taken flight for Paris, but in case you’re still getting your Guccis and Puccis in a row, this afternoon we check in with your ultimate crib sheet to Milan fashion week’s most well-reviewed collections.
As with our London and New York roundups, we’ve pored through The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, Style.com, Vogue.com, SHOWstudio.com—and every other broadsheet and blog we can stream in our Google Reader—to bring you just the adjectives and adverbial phrases and other one-liners used to qualify the shows.
Which designers came out on top? In the spirit of the new Milanese minimalism, we’ve pared the list down to seven. Flash back with us now through the best of austerity chic and graphic tailoring.
The darkly romantic looks on the first day of Milan fashion week may have been a palette cleanser from the rainbow-splashed prints on display over the weekend from all the young guns in London. But you might still be wondering what wild and wonderful British fashion stood out from the digital swirl—which is why we’ve compiled the ultimate crib sheet of the season’s most well-reviewed shows.
This morning, Donatella Versace and H&M creative advisor Margareta van den Bosch sat down with moderator Tim Blanks for a chat on (what else) the Versace for H&M collaboration, which will hit stores in (OMFG!) just over a week. Here’s what we learned.
The collection is an homage to Donatella’s late brother, Gianni:
“Yes, it was an homage to Gianni. I couldn’t [pay homage in the same way] in my own line [the main Versace line] because it’s too archival, but I wanted to give it to a whole new customer, especially the younger crowd, through H&M.”
Working on the collaboration was difficult for Donatella emotionally:
“[Before the collaboration] I never went back [into the archives] to look because it’s something I have in my heart and it’s very painful. It was a hard process for me but then I said, ‘No, everyone should see what Gianni was.”
What is the sum of a) a castle in the South of France + b) Raf Simmons, Jack McCollough, Lazaro Hernandez, Cathy Horyn, Christopher Kane (and the list goes on) sitting in the grass eating saucisson + c) demented young designers à la Viktor and Rolf presenting their designs under a tree?
The answer = the Festival de Hyères 2011, an annual fashion festival held by the French Mediterranean seaside, that acts like a platform to young creativity. With a jury that has, over years, been led by Karl Lagerfeld, Riccardo Tisci, Ann Demeleumesteer, the event has launched the likes of Felipe Oliveira Baptista, Gaspard Yurkievich into la mode.
After showing their creations to the jury in the form of individual presentation, the ten nominees, already narrowed down from hundreds of applications, held their final show last night. Modeled by Raf Simon’s own models, with a soundtrack by Paris’ main fashion week sound engineer, one felt as if about to watch Haider Ackerman’s latest collection. It was “an incredible, impeccable production,” according to Proenza Schouler’s Lazaro Hernandez. What more can a young designer ask for?
There was not one but four prizes awarded, each that resonate with a different audience:
“It’s going to be all ‘Sex Pistols svengali’ and ‘punk impresario’ and—God forbid—’Vivienne Westwood’s plus one’ for a few weeks, but more than three decades has passed since ‘76/’77 and McLaren’s wide-open mind roamed far and wide, teasing, poking, finding gems in dark corners.” –
The Scene: When I walked into the Tent, I was dumbstruck by the absolutely massive show Anna puts on; it was like walking into a football stadium. There were a staggering 20 rows, and by the time the lights went down, every seat was filled. In fact, some people were even double-booked for seats. The Read more →
Down Under: The Sartorialist’s headed to Australia for his Sass & Bide hosted book signing. He’s squeezed in a couple of days to shoot, too. But as much as we love the outfits he snaps, nothing beats that sky. {Sartorialist} For Serious: Lily Allen’s quitting music altogether in pursuit of fashion. If we had a Read more →
Graeme Black, the Scottish designer who walked away with this year’s Scottish Fashion Award and put in significant time at both Armani and Ferragamo, has just been appointed a “Creative Consultant” for Boss Black, the more formal section of Hugo Boss’ womenswear collection. Apparently, the only thing that made him stop and question whether or Read more →
