Donna Karan S/S 06 New York

[Mr-Dale]

www.style.com

 

[softgrey]

are you serious or just being sarcastic softie?

serious as a heart attack...
my sarcasm is much more biting than that...


....

seems fairly obvious to me
i think you'd have to be a bit blind not to see how good this collection is... B)
especially in terms of donna's overall career...

but most kids here probably have no knowledge or background there...
so maybe they're missing it....

 

[Mr-Dale]

www.style.com

What I posted is not everything in the collection. I see a lot of references to some artists. I see Jackson Pollock, Piet Mondriaan, I think... It's new for a Donna Karan collection, but nothing to get psyched about I think. Also, where is the S/S in this collection

 

[Lena]

i think you'd have to be a bit blind not to see how good this collection is... B)
especially in terms of donna's overall career...

but most kids here probably have no knowledge or background there...
so maybe they're missing it....

hmm i'm obviously blind with no knowledge or background i guess ,
hence i'm missing the beauty at DK

 

[MissAnia]

Donna made a good job this time !!! BRAVO !!!

 

[MissAnia]

serious as a heart attack...
my sarcasm is much more biting than that...


....

seems fairly obvious to me
i think you'd have to be a bit blind not to see how good this collection is... B)
especially in terms of donna's overall career...

but most kids here probably have no knowledge or background there...
so maybe they're missing it....

that was so... TRUE

 

[Mr-Dale]

but most kids here probably have no knowledge or background there...
so maybe they're missing it....

....

 

[Meg]

clearly in the minority here but there are some things here i really love. i love giant oversized dresses with big short sleeves and the sort of 60's mondrian colors/prints

 

[Erin]

Some of the dresses are nice, but for the remainder of everything, an excess of fabric totally turns me off. Just looks like too much to me. I am absolutely not feeling most of the collection. I'm disappointed.

 

[metal-on-metal]

I think it's great. Very fresh for her.

 

[Caffeine]

the dresses posted by Dr. Dale really look nice!

 

[Lucia-]

I like the yellow in post #21, but I'm a bit disappointed.

 

[Caffeine]

serious as a heart attack...
my sarcasm is much more biting than that...


....

seems fairly obvious to me
i think you'd have to be a bit blind not to see how good this collection is... B)
especially in terms of donna's overall career...

but most kids here probably have no knowledge or background there...
so maybe they're missing it....

I can see it from some of the dresses, but not from the first several pictures. It's probably new to DK, but not new to the fashion week.
Calling others kids is not very nice. Not working in fashion industry just mean that we have different ways to interpret and judge fashion. we'll appreciate if you can explain how important it is to DK a little more, to the kids

 

[softgrey]

calling someone who is still in high school or below a kid is just a FACT...
how is it 'not nice'...?...

and this is a forum...not a school...
i am not getting paid to teach people about fashion here, you know?...

 

[LoveKylie]

^it's also about personal taste, just because you're disliking a collection doesn't mean you don't understand the value of it... if you get my point.

 

[softgrey]

i totally agree...
but 'in the grand scheme of things'...
and from a professional point of view...
it's a strong collection FOR DONNA KARAN...

 

[fashionista-ta]

Another big departure from fall, but a successful one ... I like the primary palette she's brought in, don't remember anyone else doing that, it should stand out nicely ...

Like the long "shapes" necklaces, nice dramatic accessory ... and like the obi-influenced sashes, really takes the precious out of the empire shape. I think the brown dress with the ivory sash is my favorite.

It's nice to see someone marching to her own drummer.

 

[nqth]

Here an article from IHT

Donna on Karan
By Suzy Menkes International Herald Tribune
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2005


NEW YORK From high-waisted jersey dresses, through snug, ultra-light jackets, contrasts of rough Hessian fabric and soft cotton, the designer discusses the feeling, the force and the fabric behind her new spring/summer collection, in which an African-inspired greometric pattern was even splashed on a jacket by her own artistic hand:

"It's all about the dress - and the dress and jacket. The dress is the new T-shirt - it's relaxed - and we are in a relaxed mood. A dress is easy and sophisticated from day to night. It hangs out with everything. It's like the new body (suit). It defines what the slip dress meant to us all.

"The jacket is about air. This, to us, is the new shirt. It is the easiness of throwing on a jacket. The whole collection is about air and a lightness of being.

For me, it's all about the fabric - fabric talks to me. It's the constant language you have between you and your fabric: burlap (hopsack), natural fabrics of lightest jersey or double-faced silk and cotton. I derive most pleasure out of sculptural working with fabric.

"We love silhouettes relaxed in the back, in gauze, linen and jersey. It's a major jersey statement this season. The whole idea of stretch, so it feels like a T-shirt. A high waist, frees you up. As a woman, I understand what it does for a woman. It still has sensuality to it without showing skin or being tight.

"Black is the new accent: Black and blue, black and brown, black and white. Then there are splashes of color. I love the primaries - yellow and red. They are all hand painted - we have been having so much fun with the stroke of color. I had just been to Africa. I wanted to keep it clean and modern.

"I love graphic modernism - something so basic, clean and purified. Everything is easy. You just throw it on. Spring is a time to be effortless."

I don't know much about her except for few years ago when she did kind of "artsy" collections ala Yamamoto. It is good that she makes real clothes again:-)

 

[softgrey]

thanks nqth...
great to hear what the designer's intentions are without some airy fairy mystical mumbo jumbo nonsense...

just good clothes in good fabrics that are easy to move in and easy to wear...
and are forgiving to those of us with less than perfect bodies...

**which is EXACTLY what donna karan based her company on when she launched it...
a woman designing for other women...

 

[nqth]

You are welcome:-)