The clothes, the accessories, the make-up, and the hair were all perfect. This was fashion. It was inventive, while still comfortably relying on some old standards, it was bold, and most of all was GLAMOROUS. The models were totally channeling Grace Kelly, with their bold eyebrows and soft, luscious hair. They looked polished, they looked posh, they looked like they bathed in Crème de la Mer every morning. This is the kind of fashion I want to emulate - clothes and accessories that make every woman look like the darling of high society. It's like playing dress-up, but in doing so you gain self-esteem and boldness. You'd have to, in order to pull of the silk flowing pants in leopard print, the gigantic turquoise and coral necklaces, the towering piles of color, fabric and prints.
But, here's the absurd part. This collection was for Resort 2009. It's resort season now. What's to stop anyone from, essentially, wearing all of those gorgeous designs now? Why couldn't it have just been an on-topic, on-season Resort 2008 collection? Because the industry is perpetually a year ahead of itself. That year is devoted to "ripping off" time. Designers rip off each others' designs. Low-end rips off high-end. And soon we're all in the homogenized Old Navy version. It just seems a little silly to me.
However absurd this dance between runway shows, designer ego and industry standards might be, you'd better believe I'm embracing Galliano's 2009 vision right now. I'm going to start with one of those gigantic stone necklaces. Like this one, from Jcrew:
2 comments:
We totally mind-melded on this one. I adore almost all of these dresses. Like seriously though. And my 'fashion' palate could be likened to that of a field mouse.
You seem pretty savvy to me. :P
In fact, you're the one who told me about threadbanger, whom I linked to in the above blog entry.
This collection was totally perfect. SO freaking stunning. I must have looked at it seven or eight times today in its entirety. *drool*
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