Comme des Garcons F/W 06.07 Paris

[JJohnson]

This collection is quite cool! I like it

 

[*sayan]

Hey Honey, Is the collection even titled "Man eater Carnival"? Or is that your imagination also?

 

[Honey~Blade]

hohoho

 

[*sayan]

 

[Johnny]

I am somewhat perplexed by all the raving about this collection. Although it is appears to be an intruiging satire on first glance, it seems to have been executed in the way of a lofty whim, rather than holding any core value as rational or functional clothing. In my eyes, the aesthetic value (interpretation of reality) is also undeveloped. As someone already mentioned, much of it belongs in a museum. Not in the closets of human beings.
The clothing itself is well-made, so it is almost a shame that the designers talent is wasted in such a self-depreciating way.
I hope that the trend of embracing irrationality will pass. My distaste for this collection mirrors that of my feelings on abstract art. Anyone can splatter some paint and call it art. Precious few can sit down and create the kind of artistic value that reflects that of human existence, and serves human purposes. Progression, creation, rationality, and romanticism.
It is not the collection 'in itself' that puts me off so much, it is more the idea that alot of people are going to take things one step further purchase this stuff. And why?

It's like any collection - it looks too much when it's all worn together, and it needs to be broken up with a bit of a contrast.

People do wear it and it does look good. Simple really.....

 

[faust]

Sometimes I think she does try to come up with the worst idea possible for her men's line and then runs with it. Is there a lamer band on earth than the Rolling Stones? I suppose yes, but the Rolling Stones are up there in lameness. The women's line, including this one, is always something new and incredible.

I really don't think she ran far with it... but she definitely tried. BTW, The Rollings Stones have been renamed into The Sexy Grandpas after their Superbowl gig...

 

[softgrey]

Soft, I actually really enjoyed the ballerina/motorcycle/judge wig collection heheh.

...
oh dear...
well-you can have it...cause i want no part of it...

 

[tricotineacetat]

I am desperately trying to understand what you guys liked in this collection, but to me the way she executed this idea of fusing clichéed men's and women's garments feels quite tired and done before. Jean Paul Gaultier and Olivier Theyskens, as well as some others that were already mentioned, did this before and I always thought it looked gimmick-y when you simply sew an existing garment (or parts of it) on top of another. I didn' t try to say she copied somebody else's idea, maybe she already did it in the 1980ies before anybody else did, I don´t really care. I really hate how the sleeves of a dress or a jacket are dangling from these transformer pieces, and I don´t see how anybody would look good wearing these clothes, even if the crazy styling would be taken apart and you'd just wear one of these strong pieces, maybe with a pair of black leggings and a simple pair of ballet flats (I assume they have had more commercial pieces in the showroom that were not "worth" being shown on this highly-conceptual catwalk presentation, as usual). Most of the time I see people wearing "strong" pieces from either CdG or Junya Watanabe, I feel like it looks awkwardly combined and very contrived looking, just for the sake of showing how very eccentric somebody is. Call me ignorant, but what somehow puts me off appreciating Comme is that most of their clothes look quite loud and very obviously avant garde... Maybe it's true that "quiet" is the new "loud", I really miss a subtlety and simplicity in most of her clothes... which is on the contrary what I can find in Yohji's clothes, which I why I personally much prefer his style.

 

[nqth]

I think it must be the way she did it, details, proportions, or just the "passion" they were done with. I find the collection really exciting and unexpected.

I think the man-women thing is really Comme world. It is not that "oh it is in now so we do it". She comes back and remakes it over and over again, so we can see how it elvoves with time. It's cool.

 

[Honey~Blade]

Perhaps it is too in your face, with the way it is constructed. It is certainly loud, but I don't really think it's a tacky kinda loud. I can see some pieces working if the stuff was just one color instead or dual tone and stuff.

 

[*sayan]

bump

 

[runner]

I saw a girl wearing this look today,
but ivory/navy polka-dot skirt version.
it gave me a lift during this gloomy rainy season



style.com

 

[GuerrillaBoy]

^ gloomy rainy season?! where are you from runner? I feel like i will melt from the heat...

 

[runner]

tokyo
we have the rainy season from the beginning of June to the middle of July on the average.
but it is lingering this year and isn't over yet.

 

[GuerrillaBoy]

^ oh , ok now i understand!!

Athens
is like a microwave!!! hot hot hot!!

 

[annabel_lee1]

does anyone know what red lipstick(s) was used in this show? i'm totally and completely OBSESSED!

 

[Hanka]

Does anyone know where I can find HQ pictures of this collection? Love it!

 

[dior_couture1245]

Such a fabulous collection and I simply ADORE the soundtrack!