faust said:
CCP (would also be very interested to see if they have the re-introduced women's collection), Carpe Diem/Linea, Ann Demeulemeester. Do they carry Dirk Schonberger?
Faust
I checked out all of these (other than Dirk). My thoughts, for what they are worth. Some (but not all) of this is lightly off topic.
Ann Dem I though was the best of the three. The summer collection clothes are light (fabrics), well made, modest, simple but with enough details to make them interesting and reasonably priced. Tried on a grey PoW suit in crumpled mercerised cotton - v nice. Also really liked the prange leather biker, but (a) too orange for real life for me and (b) was not inexpensive! Womenswear also v nice - esp liked the fragile bias cut knitwear.
Still don't really get the whole CD/linea thing, or rather, I really don't think it's my style at all, so I can't even get into justifying the frightening prices. To be honest there's nothing wrong with the clothes, it's just that I can't see what the big thing is with them. I looked at the banana pants but they seems really really long - didn't know what to do with them really. I also stand by my view that it's a little like f**ked up calvin klein. Saw some people who looked very good wearing it though. Also saw one pair of pants that I liked - two different types of grey cotton, one light (at front) and one heavier.
CCP. First time looking at this in person. Find the shirts and tees dull. The leathers are stunning, esp the burgundy long coat, but there's just no way I can assimilate that into my wardrobe. It's quite a dark, gothic look, esp the way it's marketed in L'Eclairuer. The blazers and jackets were also lovely - one in particular in black raw silk. I like the way they're cut, as raijin has pointed out, with peak shoulders, very saville row influenced. TBH though, I'd rather pay that kind of money for proper Saville Row. I was very very close to buying a pair of his shoes though, in the bashed up burgundy leather. They were quite beautiful in a way, but I decided against for a number of reasons - (a) they were very expensive (b) they don't look that good with jeans and (c) I think that they'd be wasted on me since I'd wear them about twive a month. They deserve a better home!! Anyway, I can understand the appeal of CCP, certainly more than CD.
