Gareth Pugh S/S 2018 London

[vogue28]

VOGUE.COM

 

[vogue28]

VOGUE.COM

 

[vogue28]

VOGUE.COM

 

[Not Plain Jane]

my take on the film: the suits or "powers that be" try to destroy creativity/creation but it's borne by fire anyhow. art transcends brutality. we must not be blind to art or beauty; we must follow our own vision.

 

[jeanclaude]

It feels a bit "Gareth Pugh´s greatest hits". Nothing new, just a summary of his vision as a designer. Not bad, but so déjà-vu.

The red vinyl is problematic. It has a very "cheap sex-shop" feeling.

 

[iclawhands]

I wish he would switch to just doing performance pieces for musicians, theatre, film, etc. The film has too many ideas, any of those sections would work alone, but it (and the collection) rather suggests a lack of focus or story.

 

[AnaD]

This just looks uncomfortable.

 

[Deleted member 130879]

I strongly feel he is the only designer nowadays that could be the one true heir of the house McQueen. He seems a bit lost here in terms of innovation (as this is too close to designs he presented in the past) but his tailoring and fabric knowledge is remarkable. The construction and tailoring reminds me more and more of McQueen rather than Rick Owens. And I love that.

 

[June]

I enjoy every single collection of Gareth Pugh, he is my highlight of LFW.

 

[kenndale]

This just looks uncomfortable.

I'm guessing maybe thats why no runway?

 

[IloveDiorHomme]

His tailoring skills are so poor. Don't like the comparisons with McQueen who was a master of the tailoring, cut and fabric manipulations.

Just open the HQ pictures and see all those little flaws. Sorry, this look like Zara quality. And the statement pieces are just ridiculous. It's been a long time Gareth Pugh's work is no more relevant.

Only those golden pieces feel fresh but of course are highly tricky to wear, even as a costume I guess. Gareth Pugh used to rock LFW a decade ago with unpredictable weird collections exploring directions, moods. He keeps on reproducing the same shapes over and over again.

The Showstudio's video was more nice. But it's basically inspired by the artist he worked with:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gYBXRwsDjY

 

[jeanclaude]

I strongly feel he is the only designer nowadays that could be the one true heir of the house McQueen. He seems a bit lost here in terms of innovation (as this is too close to designs he presented in the past) but his tailoring and fabric knowledge is remarkable. The construction and tailoring reminds me more and more of McQueen rather than Rick Owens. And I love that.

He totally would be more interesting than Sarah Mower, that´s for sure.
Although Gareth´s work is quite derivative from McQueen, at least he could understand Alexander´s DNA way better than Sarah (who is totally unable to).

 

[jeanclaude]

Just open the HQ pictures and see all those little flaws. Sorry, this look like Zara quality. And the statement pieces are just ridiculous. It's been a long time Gareth Pugh's work is no more relevant.

I wish the clothes at Zara stores here in Spain would have that level of quality...you can´t compare "little flaws" with "HUGE AS HELL flaws" from Zara clothes, trust me!

 

[MulletProof]

I didn't even want to bother but.. it's Sunday, so I went to find the right soundtrack to this and played it as I scrolled back and it's actually pretty enjoyable in that bad tv/'lost purpose in life'/'maybe I'll watch some Kardashians too' kind of way.

 

[Not Plain Jane]

I wish he would switch to just doing performance pieces for musicians, theatre, film, etc. The film has too many ideas, any of those sections would work alone, but it (and the collection) rather suggests a lack of focus or story.

agree with you ... the film has more going for it than the collection. i think there's a trajectory to the film's narrative, but it needs more clear transitions for it to feel coherent. visually there are some interesting ideas though.

 

[YohjiAddict]

I see someone watched the opening scene of "Qui êtes-vous, Polly Maggoo?"...

He totally would be more interesting than Sarah Mower, that´s for sure.
Although Gareth´s work is quite derivative from McQueen, at least he could understand Alexander´s DNA way better than Sarah (who is totally unable to).

Sarah Burton is the "creative" director of Alexander McQueen. Sarah Mower is a pseudo journalist working at Vogue.com.

 

[jeanclaude]

I see someone watched the opening scene of "Qui êtes-vous, Polly Maggoo?"...


Sarah Burton is the "creative" director of Alexander McQueen. Sarah Mower is a pseudo journalist working at Vogue.com.

LOL! True, I changed their surnames by mistake. Love the "pseudo-journalist" part!

 

[perhydrol]

The film is really good, it was quite shocking to me and the printed pieces were gorgeous in motion but the rest is literally the same collection all over again, just in different colours. At this point I don't know if this has been caused because his team is so small that he can't produce new patterns or he's just limited as a designer.

 

[jeanclaude]

At this point I don't know if this has been caused because his team is so small that he can't produce new patterns or he's just limited as a designer.

You only need one person to make new patterns. This is just laziness.