This season I've been putting off writing anything about the collections because I didn't have anything new to say about them. I thought and thought and thought about something to say that would be enough for a whole review, but I've decided that I'm going to make like Alaïa and only contribute when I really have something to say. I don't want to add to the mess of fluffy words floating around the blogosphere because they waste everyone's time and mean nothing. There were of course beautiful collections, but they were straight forward beauty. I'm not going to make something up that's not there just so I can sound smart or important.
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| Look 26, Haider Ackermann |
I want to know how he managed to to sheer, without it looking like a blind trend following. Also how he used masculine inspirations without looking garconne. Were the veils inspired by brides, the Middle East, religious icons? Where did he get the ideas to have his models walk at a slower pace? Last, how did he manage to mix all those colors without looking lurid and not drowning in all the options of combinations?
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| Look 26, Celine. That repeat was totally unintentional, but hey, kind of cool. |
Phoebe Philo has yet to produce a heinous collection. Each one is different, but with her signature, and the same goes for this one. Definitely Phoebe Philo for Celine, but with more shape, movement (that was so perfect it looked almost engineered), and whimsy. She just popped out of nowhere, unassuming, and changed everything in fashion. Everyone loves Celine, and trying to be a hipster on this one is futile. She deserves every gram of love.
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| Look 42, Pucci |
Sometimes fun, sexy, and exciting is enough. There are plenty of other pretentious labels out there, and this season Peter Dundas injected more taste into his collection. So, I'm game.
All Illustrations: Me
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