Chloe F/W 07.08 Paris

[kevinnn]

Source: Style.com

 

[vmob84]

i like a few of the dresses and one of the coats and thats it
and everybody elses said it I know, but damn those are some hideous shoes....

 

[kevinnn]

Source: Style.com

 

[fashionaddict1]

How did you get the style.com photo's?

I don't see it up there yet?

Is there a trick I'm missing . . .

I love the sunglasses!

Could that be the official end of the Chloe bag phenomenen? I'm not feeling the bags in the show. Maybe there are some better ones in the showroom . . .

 

[Tinuviel]

hmmph. definitely not feeling this. it looks so rough somehow.

 

[sethii]

How did you get the style.com photo's?

I don't see it up there yet?

Is there a trick I'm missing . . .
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edit the url

 

[kava16]

oh boy....i have to say i thought this was a joke or mistake when i first saw some things! what happened!?! Its so rough and exposed and somewhat trashy looking. i like one dress but normally i love chloe for the color palette and interesting and flattering sillouhettes. i even really like marni, but this is so overwhelming. phoebe come back!

 

[fashionaddict1]

edit the url

Thankyou!

 

[city girl]

best chloe collection i have seen in a while! (except for some of the horrible looks)
i love the use of red and blacks..the minamilistic outfits are nice
i want the sunglasses
having said that this doesn't feel like chloe..except for the red dress on gemma which is fresh and chic

 

[Luxx]

Perhaps I would like this more if it wasn't Chloe. Some of this is interesting but where is the brand idenity? Even with all the designer switches at Chloe there was always something fun, functional and girly about each collection. There was always a stand out pair of shoes and a really of the moment bag to get excited about, something inimitably Chloe that connected the entire endeavor. You looked at a Chloe piece and you knew it was Chloe. I look at this and I think "well thats Marni pattern and a Marc Jacobs-esque shoe" I don't feel anything is overtly original or even particularly appealing. It all seems a bit forced. It just doesn't have the energy and spirit of Chloe.

When they were in the midst of their design shuffle I really felt that Chloe would be best served by a female designer. I stand by that assessment. And I agree that none of this really seems particularly suited to F/W either...

Oh Phoebe, how I miss you.

And who on earth is designing bags/shoes at Chloe right now? Accessories are their cash cow at Chloe and I cannot see most of these bags / shoes selling. Dare I say it the bags look a little Fendi esque...

And that is not a compliment.

 

[kuba01]

Perhaps I would like this more if it wasn't Chloe. Some of this is interesting but where is the brand identity? Even with all the designer switches at Chloe there was always something fun, functional and girly about each collection. There was always a stand out pair of shoes and a really of the moment bag to get excited about, something inimitably Chloe that connected the entire endeavor. You looked at a Chloe piece and you knew it was Chloe. I look at this and I think "well thats Marni pattern and a Marc Jacobs-esque shoe" I don't feel anything is overtly original or even particularly appealing. It all seems a bit forced. It just doesn't have the energy and spirit of Chloe.

Yes, yes and yes !!! I completely agree with this. Chloe used to have an identity - now it is just a terrible hybrid of Marni, Marc Jacobs and Jil Sander. Very uncomfortable, very awkward and very anti-Chloe.

 

[stilettogirl84]

I like a lot of these things- thoug they do not look like chloe-

chloe to me is quirky, earthy, girly, and a bit frilly.

this is cool, and almost somehow minimal (I mean I know there's embellishment, but it all seems very streamlined and "futuristic")

I actually like the orange bags

 

[Pastry]

ok....
i don't think it's bad at all..Wrong for Chloe? Yes. Yes, yes, yes.

Andersson said himsel, that this brand is for real women, right? So, who, might I ask will wear those shoes? Maybe, there is only so much you can squeeze out of Philo's best-selling shifts, shoes, bags, and jewellery left by her..BUT it isn't wise to completely disregard that legacy as well.

A cotton dress with an arty print? The girl will buy Marni. Masculine shoes? Balenciaga and Marc Jacobs. It was precisely that vintage feel, as frivolous as it is, that shaped Chloe in the past few years...and set it apart. I don't even know what the big cheeze at the company thought about this.
I think there will be an enormous showroom collection also.

 

[brian]

it's such an insanely drastic image change, especially with the accessories. they look like marc jacobs!

 

[augustus]

I would love this if it is not Chloe...
For me, Chloe is much more delicate and feminine than this---grrrrr!

 

[JJohnson]

Where did this show take place? The grand palais?

 

[Diorling]

The accessories should be illegal, they're unbelieveably ugly. THE SHOES, those heinous shoes! And the bags have really gone past quirky hobo into just plain hobo.

I cant even talk about the clothes, which are somewhat decent but are marred by the lack of a decent color palette, has anyone ever seen such an unpleasant shade of orange and grey? HOW DO YOU MESS UP GREY? That is really hard to do. It's also, really all over the place. There is some Marni, some Philo and some Kenzo in there. Crazyness.

 

[gia0202]

its not girlie enough---but give him some time. he is heading there.

 

[Blanche DuBois]

DiorlingThe accessories should be illegal, they're unbelieveably ugly. THE SHOES, those heinous shoes! And the bags have really gone past quirky hobo into just plain hobo.

Couldn't agree more,
I felt so sad after seeing all this, and every comment of you guys just make me even more sad...
This is so frustrating,
I don't like Chloe anymore (what a sentence!cry:

 

[laneyrachel]

it's different, and not as nice as the last few seasons, but i still like it. especially that orange/red collared dress toward the beginning.

and these clothes don't look like fall/winter to me ..