Firstly, I am glad I opened this thread, its much more interesting than I thought it would be. Scott -- I'm glad you posted this article, because it's an interesting look into the mind of a designer...and afterall we all have in common this wish to create and a fascination with aesthetics, so I find that reading about someone elses vision is helpful in defining and articulating my own tastes. So I think thats the point here -- and you shouldnt be attached to whether anyone here likes Ann-Sofie Back's actual work or not. There are definetly some strong emotional responses...
Personally I liked most of the ideas the writer communicated about her...her honesty about the whole perception/reality...what works what fails...BUT after a while it all becomes blah blah blah...when you see the actual work. I dont know any women who will actually want to put on any of what I saw in her look book. Individual pieces -- yes, wearable. Overal concept -- no, not wearable and not well executed.
Its like something that began with an honest idea that became so overly emphasized and improperly edited in the process.
In the end it seems more like her personal exploration...a journal she cut out of fabric.
As art I think we can understand that...but when it tries to be fashion I think it just becomes an oxymoron.
lol),I think they did have her stuff last year when she was still showing in Paris. The Seven boys never get to London and maybe that's the reason. Because she doesn't do showroom's in Paris like Boudicca does.
