Alena Akhmadullina F/W 06.07 Paris

[r0b0tj0n3z]

Credit: Associated Press

 

[susie_bubble]

Hmmm......not my cup of tea. It seems like the headpieces are there to take away attention from the mediocre clothes.

 

[r0b0tj0n3z]

Hmmm......not my cup of tea. It seems like the headpieces are there to take away from the mediocre clothes.

Haha. My thoughts exactly.

 

[MulletProof]

oh yes!
i thought i'd be seeing pics of her collection in like two days. i really like most of these clothes, and the styling in general, she's so conceptual, IMO.

 

[JJohnson]

How ugly! BLAH!

 

[floatingworld]

I'm assuming that is the designer in the green outfit? I like what she is wearing more than her collection.

 

[Benzo]

I like the concept, but not the execution...

 

[Estella*]

i liked last season much better, but still i have a soft spot for her work and its conceptuality as mullet said ...

thanks for the pictures!

 

[faust]

i liked last season much better, but still i have a soft spot for her work and its conceptuality as mullet said ...

thanks for the pictures!

Really, you think this is conceptual? Hmm, this is opening an interesting discussion. See, I don't think this is conceptual, because it's way too literal. This you see and say "flapper" RIGHT AWAY, and then nothing. That's too easy. I think conceptual would make it a bit harder and force you to look at the execution more. It would force you to discern something which you could not do effortlessly. So, the flapper wigs, the huge flapper prints kind of take that effort out. To illistrate what I mean - juxtapose the Castebaljac collection vs. Rei's last show. With Castebaljac it's too easy? You say English kitsch, and that's it - not conceptual. With Rei's collection, I think you still say English kitsch (the crowns, the flag, the plaid), but only with certain looks, and then you look at the clothes more and more, instead of simply saying English kitsch, and moving on immediately - and that is conceptual. Do you know what I mean?

 

[Estella*]

yes, i know what you mean. regarding the castelbajac/kawakubo collections, i agree, while i wouldn't even say castelbajac aimed at something as opaque and rich of layers (of meaning) as rei kawakubo did/does....

with akhmadulina, i see her as playfully conceptual. and it's interesting that i didn't even think of flappers here .... i see her as someone who makes little scultpture gardens. all of this more in reference to her last mask-collection...

maybe conceptual is too high a word.

 

[faust]

yes, i know what you mean. regarding the castelbajac/kawakubo collections, i agree, while i wouldn't even say castelbajac aimed at something as opaque and rich of layers (of meaning) as rei kawakubo did/does....

with akhmadulina, i see her as playfully conceptual. and it's interesting that i didn't even think of flappers here .... i see her as someone who makes little scultpture gardens. all of this more in reference to her last mask-collection...

maybe conceptual is too high a word.

Yea, I liked the mask collection much more as well. It was maybe exactly for that reason - you couldn't quite put your finger on what EXACTLY the concept was. Masks, fairy tales are too vague and general concepts and leave you room for your own imagination.

 

[susie_bubble]

I think I agree with what Faust is saying. But what befuddles me about this collection is that Akhmadullina has taken flapper stylings (the make-up, the hairpieces) and paired them with decidedly UN-flapperish, mish-mash of unremarkable garments. This is definitley not conceptual and has definitely taken the flapper theme too literally yet the collection doesn't seem to want to go all the way if you know what I mean....

 

[Estella*]

^yes, that bothers me as well, still i'd like to see more of it.

 

[Scott]

Alena used to be alot more experimental...a bit more street when she was still showing in Moscow. Perhaps,this evolution is intentional considering there isn't alot of Internationally viable Russian talents about. So maybe they're taking a more commercial route? I remember when I was introduced to her,I immediately fell in love with it(alongside another quite disappointing Nina Donis).

I don't know if I consider this as conceptual...more so,rather gimmicky seeing as the head-dress is what the attention is on. They were conceptual though.

 

[Estella*]

please note that noone so far has titled this specific collection as conceptual

 

[Baizilla]

This collection resembles Undercover F/W 05.. in terms of the headpieces..

 

[softgrey]

is the whole collection up somewhere?......

cause i am reading a whole lot of high falluting remarks about a collection here which is not even really visible...
only a couple of necklines and one or two looks....

and the one look i can see with the fur coat looks pretty damn good to me..

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whatever...those wigs/headpieces are beautifully executed and the make up is amazing...
that is not easy to get right and it's pretty impressive imo...

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[faust]

is the whole collection up somewhere?......

cause i am reading a whole lot of high falluting remarks about a collection here which is not even really visible...
only a couple of necklines and one or two looks....

and the one look i can see with the fur coat looks pretty damn good to me..

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whatever...those wigs/headpieces are beautifully executed and the make up is amazing...
that is not easy to get right and it's pretty impressive imo...

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There are eight looks in post #1, in case you missed them

 

[fashionista-ta]

I kinda like the helmet hair I too am interested to see more ...

 

[Bidwell]

My, it's only clothing. The collection seems fun and accessible enough.
Does every designer line have to be considered in philosophical musings?
I try and resist the temptation to compare apples to oranges.
I would like to see more.