tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8401355923091588637.post3830439900261805262..comments2024-03-06T03:19:26.910-05:00Comments on The Emperor's Old Clothes: The Dior problem....Fluff Chancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17757091504806772512noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8401355923091588637.post-67350974718485370812011-07-15T23:50:44.527-04:002011-07-15T23:50:44.527-04:00The show clearly lacks the aesthetic Galliano set ...The show clearly lacks the aesthetic Galliano set for Dior. It's Couture not ready-to-wear after all.<br />Also the finale is obviously inspired by the harlequin piece that Galliano designed for Dior's Fall 2007 couture show.Joshuanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8401355923091588637.post-1610105978399815442011-07-15T21:51:20.652-04:002011-07-15T21:51:20.652-04:00It looks like Haute Couture, brilliant clothes, al...It looks like Haute Couture, brilliant clothes, all the fripperies and fineries, and the only thing missing is a stylist. It's so mean and evil to assassinate a very good designer who was subject to Expectation. The styling on a runway is as much a part of the play as the clothes alas. Without a flippant hand toying gently with perspectives and weaving a story, there was that Demand Not Met, it's dress up.<br /><br />On a rack, set on a white muslin floor with care and kindness, these clothes are quite beautiful and possibly accessible.<br /><br />Sad that a collection and a dress, regardless of the price tag, will be judged for the presentation. <br /><br />No designer should be castigated for a presentation ... except for John's fantasies, a designer needs others (Needs) to show it and with the expectations heaped on Bill, hats off to him. <br /><br />I don't see an amateur stitch in the lot.<br /><br />John is a separate subject.madeleinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03752020212473381111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8401355923091588637.post-61370732106111055672011-07-08T18:52:16.685-04:002011-07-08T18:52:16.685-04:00Hmm.. all I can say is after talking with those in...Hmm.. all I can say is after talking with those in the know... Yeah, umm...more or less? @ both co. it was like 2 chickens without their heads runnin' round...Bill is a nice guy... but doesn't command the same awe and devotion as his predecessor...I know. Still, I wish him the best and whoever comes in after that they can transform Dior once again....most likely? probs not as well as Galliano.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8401355923091588637.post-72028755714468014092011-07-08T12:36:44.586-04:002011-07-08T12:36:44.586-04:00the Pagliacci gown isn't awful if you remove t...the Pagliacci gown isn't awful if you remove the silly hat and that ghastly collar but, it has nothing to do with that billowy black, yellow, white number, no? What's the common thread? It's missing, that's the problem as I see it. Those flowy numbers seem chic to me, they have potential.<br />Had he just stuck to those billowy ensembles he might have escaped relatively unscathed, however (and I think management had lots of say in the matter) they showed those big "faux-galiano" gowns in the show and it made no sense all together. The gowns were trying too hard to be like his predecessor's work instead to jettisoning the whole thing and starting anew in a completely different direction.chris in sfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8401355923091588637.post-90153883280610908002011-07-08T10:08:24.459-04:002011-07-08T10:08:24.459-04:00ok.ok. I hear you. Listen I tried and still feel t...ok.ok. I hear you. Listen I tried and still feel that no one stands up for the guys in the back room. They's sooner give all the credit to the cretin with soiled underpants texting in the front row.After LV's resort the press only wanted to give credit to Sofia Coppola who didn't do more than text a few cryptic ideas and whine that there's nothing to wear in any of her eleventeen closets. So any way. I'll give it a rest.....xofluffFluff Chancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17757091504806772512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8401355923091588637.post-76452373686490519302011-07-08T09:54:38.998-04:002011-07-08T09:54:38.998-04:00This collection is a desperate attempt to hit way ...This collection is a desperate attempt to hit way too many keys at once, but the thing is that unless one has talent and ability, fabrics aren't gonna make a dress and too many notes are likely create dissonance rather than some beautiful jazz melody. :(Natalia | Look-A-Porterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08843316396695075919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8401355923091588637.post-38052125076899587472011-07-08T09:27:07.007-04:002011-07-08T09:27:07.007-04:00It looks like a Central Saint Martin's senior ...It looks like a Central Saint Martin's senior thesis. Idea clothes. Who cares?<br /><br />Compare this to the Givenchy couture (which is intelligent AND beautiful) and it looks all the more amateurish. Or Chanel which are real clothes, not academic exercises. <br /><br />Sorry, but British fashion is on par with Portuguese or Canadian fashion & it's high time to relegate it to its rightful status. There, I said it.AChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04456811515163886597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8401355923091588637.post-86118586547303083862011-07-07T22:57:04.430-04:002011-07-07T22:57:04.430-04:00Ok, so just for you, I plugged my computer into th...Ok, so just for you, I plugged my computer into the Ld flat screen to view style.com better and see if I had missed something.Ok, 15, 21,22,30. And that's pushing it ! And I am not sure what I am looking at ! But your reader " linesheet" is right, bad styling, bas makeup, bad hair. <br />On the other hand I looked as well at Jean Paul Gaultier's collection and I loved everything, I could wear all of it, the great jackets, pants, suits, dresses, the entire lot and feel like a million dollar ! Problem is,I already have it all from years of collecting his stuff. He showed men as well and it was so-so. JPG has got a great sense of humor and he cuts well. It's not " la Bibine !" One can wear that stuff and feel alive.But yes, being there done that !spirouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13828625370175105329noreply@blogger.com