Dirk Bikkembergs Mens S/S 08 Milan

[Scott]

I've never liked him either but I've read dithyrambic critiques about his early stuff

(about the Antwerp Six thing, though, who wears Walter van Beirendonck ? Who even knows who Marina Yee is ? I guess only Ann and Dries are successful, maybe along with Walter - I don't like him though)

and don't forget dirk van saene!
he is still so utterly quiet....

well,i love what walter is doing these days and for me at least even he had something to say throughout his career.....at least he had ideas. i don't know if bikkembergs really had that.....he was always good at his craft but nothing he did ever stood out in such a dynamical manner as his five peers. but we digress....

 

[vetements]

and don't forget dirk van saene!
he is still so utterly quiet....

well,i love what walter is doing these days and for me at least even he had something to say throughout his career.....at least he had ideas. i don't know if bikkembergs really had that.....he was always good at his craft but nothing he did ever stood out in such a dynamical manner as his five peers. but we digress....

yeah, agree we have digressed, but i still would rather hear scott talking about the belgian designers that to see dirk's work. This latest addition is indeed quite horrid. it somehow reminds me of p*rn stars

i was wondering if you could share with us why the belgian designers are so 'gifted', given the country is really small, and rather industrial in its economy? off hand i could list these belgian designers that i really like, apart from those that was mentioned
raf simons, ann demeulemeester, veronique branquinho,
martin margiela, olivier theyskens, kris van assche, wim neels.

 

[Zsquared]

terrible models, but somehow refreshing...?

i like most of the clothes.

 

[gius]

yeah, agree we have digressed, but i still would rather hear scott talking about the belgian designers that to see dirk's work. This latest addition is indeed quite horrid. it somehow reminds me of p*rn stars

i was wondering if you could share with us why the belgian designers are so 'gifted', given the country is really small, and rather industrial in its economy? off hand i could list these belgian designers that i really like, apart from those that was mentioned
raf simons, ann demeulemeester, veronique branquinho,
martin margiela, olivier theyskens, kris van assche, wim neels.

from all the things i've seen scott speak about, it's that there is integrity and personality/soul in the work of the Belgians (namely the ones who studied at Antwerp Academy)--they can never be sell-outs
i do notice particularly with Dries and Demeulemeester, there is a really personal style.. their own vision of things, something you don't always see in other designers. I don't know the rest of them very well.. but I think Beirendonck and Bernard Wilhelm are another of those 'visionaries'
I've noticed though, with Bikkembergs, maybe "sports" is the main theme for him and his work.. I saw a mat he designed in the "Designers go Home" thread and it also has that athletic feel. It has his name as a patterned logo print too, just like in this clothing collection, and the mat looks just like what you use in gymnastics and yoga, I think...