Calvin Klein Collection S/S 2014 New York

[SabrinaNicole]

It looks fashion-y in that way of "just add water".

 

[MulletProof]

I applaud him for going completely against his own aesthetics and that of Calvin Klein. In a season where everyone is doing Lang/Klein inspired minimalism it's refreshing to see him push fashion forward rather than relying on safe wearable pieces from yesteryear.

I know... I haven't been interested in anything going on in NYFW (or fashion in general) but this looks great... he's so good with fringes, and I like how he worked with intricate textiles within panels, so it never seems to weigh too much on the overall silhouette cause it's like.. boxed?. I think he succeeded at making that rawness still look so clean and defined even though the root of it is being unfinished or deconstructed.

 

[Scott]

^i quite like this myself. i actually was thinking how reminiscent this is to the elements of early chalayan and the modernism of dutch fashion in the late 90's. and on side note,maria intscher who you may have seen me speak of from time to time through the years when she was based in antwerp,she's actually on the design team for calvin klein now.

 

[FakeFlower]

This is just terrible. Enough said.

 

[5 8 6]

I may be in a minority, but I really liked this collection. For me one of Costa's best show of the last couple of years. I was getting a little bit tired of his rigid and almost clinical looking minimalism and this season he presented new and different elements and textures while staying true to Calvin Klein's legacy.

 

[agee]

Thumbs down. It looks like a new idea that needed more development and refinement, but even then I think that there were too many looks that reflected the idea, it should have been more of a side note.

 

[Crying Diamonds]

Thanks for expressing exactly how I felt about the collection. It's unnecessarily ~conceptual~ and detracts from the beauty of the clothes. Simpler pieces like the ones in the middle of the collection worked best.

Yes but everybody is doing simple clothes now, if it wasn't for designers like Francisco Costa we'd be overrun with white blouses in plain shirting fabric cut like a t-shirt, buttoned up to the neck.
Costa's fabrics are always incredible, they have so much depth - the fabric at the beginning of this collection almost appeared to be painted white. Then there was that beautiful diagonal fold he applied to a few looks at the waist, that appeared as if it would make up part of the opening, so smooth it looks like ceramic.
And then there's this, to which I did a double-take - it appears to be a patchwork of the undersides of snakes, complex enough until he weaves (or laser-cuts? I can't tell) the same patchwork into a skirt.
I can't wait to discover the price of these pieces..

style.com

Good fashion design for me is concept, innovation, beauty and wearability. Those are some difficult criteria to meet, and there are few designers that live up to them, but I think the only thing Costa struggles with is the wearable side of his garments, because, I'll be the first to admit, his clothes are rarely flattering.
But the strengths of the other three (and the fact that he has an enormous global brand backing him) almost outweigh the importance of the latter.

 

[carolyna]

i am little bit of disapointed this time

 

[khyrk]

The fringe is definitely not a good look at all.