Oh dear
It feels like we're going to be discussing the form of presentation rather than the content, the collection, here.
Because, whilst I'm trying hard not to feel guilty at my own conservatism, we can't tell, given the use of monochrome, mirror technology, shadow and jolty editing, either 1) where one look ends and another begins, 2) quite how many looks there are, or, 3) quite what many of the looks actually are.
A video like this is all very well for creating a mood, like an editorial might, but when it comes to reading and understanding a collection we do need a hefty dose of commercial type reality and clarity of vision. There's a reason why look books are typically shot more cleanly than editorials. At the time of presenting a new collection we want to be able to see the damn clothes in a form fairly close to reality. No, I really don't feel guilty about wanting that.
So I'm feeling a little short changed, like I want more. And therein perhaps lies a clever ruse, a bit of sleight of hand marketing. I almost felt like going and buying the scarf just so I could have a more tangible, a more solid, slice of Mr Pugh's offering.
It didn't take me long to decide - no, I shan't be buying the scarf. That's the trouble with marketing - we see through it and we don't like it.
Didn't Viktor and Rolf do something similar the first season Renzo took over? For one season only.
This wasn't big, it wasn't clever and it wasn't edgy. Could we now have our runway show please Gareth. The show that Nick nicked one dark night.