[mikeijames]

to think back to his initial appointment to the house of givenchy that some of the fashion flock questioned whether or not tisci had the vision and talent to take on a couture house of this stature. let forever those critics be silent. it's quite frustrating, however, to find even among his fans some state that they don't find this collection dazzling enough or perhaps even hackneyed when just one year ago we witnessed purple bubble dresses and velvet pantsuits. this man has proven he belongs in the company of the lagerfelds and the gaultiers and the gallianos of the world. he's street enough to give us dog printed oversized t-shirts yet he's visionary enough to deliver this collection which looks like an oil painting it's so fantastic.

and unlike some couturiers of note, there's not one dress here so out-of-the-ordinary that it couldn't get worn tomorrow -- sans hats, of course -- to a red carpet event.