Chinor1z said:
When examining Poell’s work (or any designer really) it is important for me to separate:
- His designs as art
- His design as wearable items
- His designs as possible wardrobe additions
I’m impressed by the integrity he displays and that sort of obsessive re-working of the same themes he brings to the table and it makes me appreciate his work as something to be enjoyed in and out of itself, effectively reminding me that if design is “art fulfilling a need” then a truly inspired creator can make me forget the “fulfilling a need” part. I do believe this has been mentioned before, but he’s one of the hardest designers to approach without having been in contact with the actual items, as there’s a very eerie quality you sense when viewing his designs in the flesh, so to speak (in the case of his leather work the “in the flesh” is sometimes disturbingly literal,). I’ll wait until I see the off-white items to judge, but I’m glad that he keeps to the same themes and still inject novelty, like those U pants and the dash of white, a slow but steady and consistent evolution impresses me more than all-over the place, unrelated designs that jump leaps and bounds.
As wearable objects, his work strikes me as slightly less accessible, as the wearer need to have such gravitas to pull it off, especially when wearing multiple items, that it becomes, in many instances, overwhelming. This doesn’t apply to his suits and shirts IMHO, who are interesting (not a fan of the shirts myself…) but innocuous enough, depending on the way they’re worn. In that area his white designs don’t strike me as more challenging than any of his other releases and I am sure they will find a suitable audience and we’ll see some cool shots of wearers in the following months. Adding a new palette will only give wearers more possibilities and that’s a good thing.
As possible addition to my own wardrobe CCP is, frankly, of limited interest. There is nothing wrong with that and I am still quite interested in seeing what he has to offer but I certainly don’t feel like there is much I would like to acquire. I must say I would eventually like to own a pair of white boots and those off-white CCP side-zips have piqued my interest. On the other hand I am aiming at having a limited wardrobe and since I already have the same (?) model in grey (from Safe), I feel it might be slightly overdone to get another pair.
So, good thing: yes for me: not sure
I absolutely love his footwear. It's really quite unique. There are substitutes/copycats for CDiem styled footwear but CCP footwear really stands alone.
