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Originally Posted by Not Plain Jane
I kind of like this?! I think I prefer it to the stripes at Marc Jacobs. The presentation with the twins was interesting. Is it a commentary on homogenization? Cloning? Consumerism (when you factor in the dual elevators)? Airports, uniforms & stewardesses? Or just a gimmick? I don't know, but I thought it looked good.
I guess what appeals to me in the checkered pattern is how it reminds me of "mod" and "ska" - like "The Specials" or something. And I thought the big placement florals were quite pretty while the shapes were clean and spare. So all in all, it is pretty good.
It doesn't move me emotionally, though, and for me, that's a weakness.
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Oh NPJ - I was on ignore mode - for this abomination, this modernist abomination. Nuff 60's modernism already. PoMo, east, ease, deconstruction, etc, etc. 90's over 60's. All the way. If we must do retro of any sort. Respecting your writing and assessments, I'd like to pull you away. From this. You are too nice. Yes, stick with your conclusion = emotionally empty - the whole monochrome graphic thing that suffocated NYC. It's as cold as a 1950's kitchen floor. Floors of American diners? The retro Flash commercial? Jacobs, in my book to be carpeted. EmporersNewClothes he. This season square, cold, ugly. Please to leave these gridlines in modernist art history - Mondrian to NeoGeo. They've no place in contemporary PoMo fashion and culture. I don't want fashion to be The Antiques Roadshow. It/I just can't