Charles Jeffrey Loverboy Men's F/W 2020.21 London

[Benn98]

Vogue

 

[Benn98]

Vogue

 

[dior_couture1245]

What a hack. The hackiest of hacks.

Cheap and clunky knockoffs of Westwood, Galliano and McQueen...that’s all he’s got. Dude, it’s not 1996...this kind of fashion is so disingenuous for today. Pretending to be so underground and creative and exuberant is ********.

London fashion, for the most part, drives me crazy. Can all you guys come up with are constant derivatives of the same 3 references? It’s ALWAYS punk, David Bowie and Galliano/McQueen/Westwood. That’s it. That’s all they can do.

 

[Benn98]

What a hack. The hackiest of hacks.

Cheap and clunky knockoffs of Westwood, Galliano and McQueen...that’s all he’s got. Dude, it’s not 1996...this kind of fashion is so disingenuous for today. Pretending to be so underground and creative and exuberant is ********.

As I posted this, I literally thought... 'wonder what will Dior say when he see this mess?' LOL.

On its own, LFW is an acquired taste. Completely understand the critics. But next to the other capitals the charm and identity becomes almost a necessity. 've seen less than a quarter of the shows so far and I must say it does seem as though designers are growing. Slowly, but the signs are there. It's becoming more evolved, more aware of commerce because the streetwear is very profitable right now, and more accessible, which is not necessarily a bad thing. There will always be the likes of Loverboy and Matty Bovan who will do what they do, just because. Nobody, in particular, is asking for it, and it makes zero impact on fashion or creativity, but they do it because they can. Think of it as artistic petulance.

 

[Phuel]

And don’t forget the homogenous “inclusive and diverse” cast of Gucci kidz that look like every other casting out there.

 

[bc collector]

I will never stop marveling at the insane amount of press -usually good - people like Charles Jeffrey (or Matty Bovan in WW) can get, considering a very modest commercial output: Sarah Mower on Vogue Runway had me cracking up earlier today when she praised Loverboy's "most accomplished setting" with numbers like "the teal all-in-one trompe l’oeil suit" that opened the show.
But, after all, LFW has always lived in a universe of its own , even more so if and when Brexit is fully carried out.
Maybe seeing it live may have a different impact but on paper it just looks like yet another graduate show from a big fan of Westwood and Lee McQueen.

Or maybe I'm just too old to be excited by this: these days, me happy enough with someone who can tailor a blazer decently.

 

[donyan]

Or maybe I'm just too old to be excited by this: these days, me happy enough with someone who can tailor a blazer decently.

count me in

 

[GivenchyHomme]

Typical London garbage. Throw everything but the kitchen sink into a look and call it "Fashion".

 

[eugenius]

I'm happy I've never read a "new Galliano" comparison here.

Regardless, my cat could've tore up a sweater better than this guy.

 

[YohjiAddict]

The prairie dresses with drawstrings were the only redeemable part of this show. Never the biggest McQueen enthusiast but this poorly executed show made me miss him quite a bit.