Fendi S/S 2006 Milan

[mb117]

^ i am a bit afraid to see chanel. I have been looking forward to see where sooo many designers were going to go, after such a strong fall season, and I have really been dissapointed. I love chanel, I just don't want to see a giant disaster.

 

[JuiceMajor]

I quite like this....although it's more Chanel then Fendi!

 

[PrincessImp.]

^ Yes you are right..that definitely feels Chanel.
Other than that....this collection felt a little bland...not feeling the shoes nor bags either...

 

[metal-on-metal]

Looks good so far.

 

[Diorling]

^ Yes you are right..that definitely feels Chanel.
Other than that....this collection felt a little bland...not feeling the shoes nor bags either...

The shoes I LOVE, ankle strap sandal flats, very cool. That bag above ^ it has dual belted pockets, can anyone say Coach? It makes me think of our Soho Business Tote.

 

[Lena]

they need a new artistic director... since some season now
i like the fitted jacket with the puff sleeves (worn with shorts) but the few pics posted here dont even put me in the mood for checking out the rest of the collection at style.com

 

[brian]

MILAN, September 29, 2005 – There is sometimes a sense with Fendi's spring collections that the house is treading water before Karl Lagerfeld's exuberant imagination truly lets rip for its highly furred, inventive fall shows. This fresh collection, however, seemed to signal a new creative energy for the season.



The overscale lace patterns that filtered the backdrop's glowing pink light and shadowed the length of the runway, together with the influence of Lagerfeld muse Amanda Harlech, who was dressed backstage in a turn-of-the-century Irish lace bolero (which the designer found in a vintage store in Biarritz), pointed to a new light touch. Blooming tulip and poodle skirts, and blouses with built-in fichu capes, were made in crisp white piqué, eyelet, lace, and dotted Swiss cotton and given a pastry chef's flourish of spiraling ruffles or lettuce-edged flounces. Less-conventional treatments included laser-cut doily decoration on gleaming white patent, three-dimensional honeycomb appliqués, tremblant embroideries like clusters of wisteria blooms, and, this being Fendi, after all, dresses with their hems cuffed in pastel-colored fox, worked to seem as light as powder puffs. And there was a reason for those gigantically buckled belts that cinched dresses high under the bust or skirts low on the hip; they mirrored the buckles on the new B. Fendi bag. Whence the name? "B for buckle, b for belt, b for bag—B. Fendi!" laughed Harlech backstage.

 

[brian]

 

[brian]

 

[brian]

i love it

 

[mikeijames]

is it just me or does it seem like lagerfeld's playing a cruel joke on gemma ward? the most girlish model we've seen in a while dressed up like a power-dressing eighties doyenne. with that said, i believe the look on doutzen sums up the essence of the fendi woman without the spectacle of the other looks.

overall this collection clearly references pilati's debut at yves saint laurent: looks like lagerfeld's new fendi contract has got him a bit competitive, again.

 

[lolita729]

too Chanel for my taste. but i like the shoes

 

[metal-on-metal]

It's a cool show. I like it. Fendi somehow always retains this edgy, hyper-creative look, even when being ultra commercial in its approach. Vuitton used to be that way a few years ago before it sold out to logos and easy commercial clothes. This Fendi is saleable but totally unique and totally cool.

 

[Lena]

oh no, not for me
those hiddeous belts , the tacky bags

 

[pradaromance]

this is wonderful

i love it

 

[mdankwah]

The white dresses are quite refreshing

 

[Kimkhuu]

the fendi and chanel folks are fools for letting lagerfeld stay..... hes ruining both empires........ what is THIS!? its TERRIBLE!

 

[justinleaddict]

I do really like some of this. Not very fond of the huge belts accross some of the dresses, or the buckle at least. A few things I like:

(vogue.co.uk)

 

[arlekindearrabal]

i've changed my mind about this, i saw the whole collection at style.com...
i can't help it, i have a soft spot for lagerfeld's hyper-constructed excentricities

 

[Diorling]

Actually. After reviewing it I really do enjoy it quite a bit. I love the lightness of it, none of those garish vomit inspired (and inducing) prints. The bags suck and the big belt is okay.

Not as good as F/W 04 which is my favorite Fendi collection so far.