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IloveDiorHomme
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This collection is an homage to the 90s right ?
But weren't the models smiling on the runway during that era ? When I think of all the old Maison Martin Margiela shows especially.
This looked super angry or/and depressed.
But weren't the models smiling on the runway during that era ? When I think of all the old Maison Martin Margiela shows especially.
This looked super angry or/and depressed.
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The video is so Margiela
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And I guess the polaroids too
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Maybe it’s the relentless burden of Stockholm Syndrome of the current era, but this is solid enough.
And maybe it’s the influence of the couture line, but the solid, monochromatic looks without cheap/ironic prints/logos actually gives his signature a sleekness that hasn’t been felt since his inception. And even maybe reimagining the casting with his original phalanx of very Russian/Georgian sensibility that reminds me that out of all the hyped lessers of this dire era, Demna is the only one who actually has a POV, as severe and unlikeable as it may be. Everybody else of this era is just following him. And as much as I wouldn’t wear any of this, that brand of conviction is to be admired.
The polaroid imagery is probably the most clever direction to present such an offering. It’s very late-80s/early-90s with a good dose of current-era cynicism. I’ll take it.
And maybe it’s the influence of the couture line, but the solid, monochromatic looks without cheap/ironic prints/logos actually gives his signature a sleekness that hasn’t been felt since his inception. And even maybe reimagining the casting with his original phalanx of very Russian/Georgian sensibility that reminds me that out of all the hyped lessers of this dire era, Demna is the only one who actually has a POV, as severe and unlikeable as it may be. Everybody else of this era is just following him. And as much as I wouldn’t wear any of this, that brand of conviction is to be admired.
The polaroid imagery is probably the most clever direction to present such an offering. It’s very late-80s/early-90s with a good dose of current-era cynicism. I’ll take it.
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It's kind of chic. Love the polaroids. Everything looks better in a polaroid.
I actually love the fit of the jeans (and, tbh, the whole look) on #57. It works.
I actually love the fit of the jeans (and, tbh, the whole look) on #57. It works.
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I love it only because I can see myself wearing a lot of pieces.
From a stylist pov, I really don't care about it
From a stylist pov, I really don't care about it
Completely agree, couldn't have said it better myself.
Whether you enjoy his fashion or not, it has a clear POV and it's consistent while not being repetitive. Not a lot of fashion designers from his era can do the same/have done the same.
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In reality this fashion period on East Europe was very short. This style was popural when communism was fell. People got a lot of clothes from West world which was outdated. Nowdays, this style has bad connotations in Eastern Europe among the people who lived at that time because being associated with chaos and poverty.
Sovet fashion was more complicated. The party propaganda love folk clothes which very often used old tailoring technics, also special clothes for factory workers. As well as existed fashion designers which copied french designer and sold clothes for the wives of party dignitaries. Moreover, a lot of people could sew and their producted personal clothes. It was connect with party mood, sometimes they allowed for more.
I have personal theory that designer vision on fashion in connect with his childhood. Karl and his peers very often came from middle wealthy families but their mother sometimes bought high fashion clothes. For example, Dries grew up in shop - his family was fashion buyer. McQueen when was young wateched document about tailoring and he decided to work as tailoring.
Demna Gvasalia was young when this kind of style was popular. This vision is limited. In art and fashion sometimes you should risk. You should forgot about style which allowed you be famouse and you try to start looking for new inspirations. The HC collection may have been good step to started change aesthetics.
Off topic, I always try find grammatical mistakes. In my one post I wrote according for lol.
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Nothing new nor interesting...so let´s gonna use blurry Polaroids, to make it look different...
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The way the video was made was really cool and nostalgic - I grew up in the 90s and it actually felt like I was taken back. Clothes are nothing to really comment on, I think Demna is much more interested in couture than a regular collection.
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Video is pretty cute, too. I can't fault "DEMNA" and his team for the high quality execution of a lot of their presentations and shows.
It'd be nice, though, if fashion could figure out how to create imagery and attitude that could match the energy of the 90's...without simply aping it's look and style entirely, you know?
But I've realized that we'll never get GREAT creativity again until larger cultural factors change. We are all products of the world we come from. A good tree bears good fruit. I'd say our tree right now is pretty rotted through, it's no wonder the fruit is so inedible.
It'd be nice, though, if fashion could figure out how to create imagery and attitude that could match the energy of the 90's...without simply aping it's look and style entirely, you know?
But I've realized that we'll never get GREAT creativity again until larger cultural factors change. We are all products of the world we come from. A good tree bears good fruit. I'd say our tree right now is pretty rotted through, it's no wonder the fruit is so inedible.
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I need to see these clothes in action to really understand the movement.
I can appreciate the aesthetic, call it a vibe, however. The tailoring here is interesting, and the shapes lean top-heavy- this I understand to be a Demna trademark.
These images are all over Twitter. Everyone is liking and re-tweeting them as if this were the showing of the season, when in all reality it is just another pre-fall pitch to sell some coats, denim, and bags. There is a consistency here, a thread of the familiar which I have grown to really appreciate in the past few years.
On a side not I have noticed that he really is attached to the floral print. Look 43 specifically stands out to me. I really wonder why, the house has never been known for prints and yet, he continuously turns to the motif?
Anyways it is another successful marketing ploy set out by the biggest name in fashion at the moment. Well done and I hope it sells for Demna’s sake. Carry on…
I can appreciate the aesthetic, call it a vibe, however. The tailoring here is interesting, and the shapes lean top-heavy- this I understand to be a Demna trademark.
These images are all over Twitter. Everyone is liking and re-tweeting them as if this were the showing of the season, when in all reality it is just another pre-fall pitch to sell some coats, denim, and bags. There is a consistency here, a thread of the familiar which I have grown to really appreciate in the past few years.
On a side not I have noticed that he really is attached to the floral print. Look 43 specifically stands out to me. I really wonder why, the house has never been known for prints and yet, he continuously turns to the motif?
Anyways it is another successful marketing ploy set out by the biggest name in fashion at the moment. Well done and I hope it sells for Demna’s sake. Carry on…
