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Fat Karl
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I will say this:
There is something compelling here. Maybe in a certain way it feels like the first time in very long time that we’ve gotten someone at Givenchy paying homage to Audrey (I know McDonald did a collection, and Riccardo’s first RTW had a hint of it, too). It’s almost as if all the creative directors since Hubert deliberately avoided her specter in the House, which is fine, of course, but maybe having Claire take the time to pay the respects makes one realize how much her presence and spirit was missed in a certain way.
I still find most of the looks to be just too stiff and hard...I can’t stand the jewelry and the metal belts...those elements seem too much like literal efforts to “modernize” the archives. But regardless, I do like the sort of archival intention. I almost think in some weird way, it would have been actually quite gorgeous had she ditched the effort to update everything, and just sent out a gorgeously edited parade of archives. You think that that era Couture is dated, except I remember how Nicolas would reproduce verbatim Balenciaga archives during his time at the house and it was surprising, actually, how fabulous that was...worn on a fresh looking girl with modern hair and makeup, some cool shoes....really fantastic looking, actually. I sort of wish the same had been done here, to be honest.
But I do appreciate to a certain degree the effort to really chase elegance and beauty and live up to a certain standard...we live in a world of so much ugly and irony...I respect her desire to do something to counter all that. There really is something quite stirring and compelling about the opening look coming out with the gorgeous, swelling Mancini “Charade” soundtrack.
There is something compelling here. Maybe in a certain way it feels like the first time in very long time that we’ve gotten someone at Givenchy paying homage to Audrey (I know McDonald did a collection, and Riccardo’s first RTW had a hint of it, too). It’s almost as if all the creative directors since Hubert deliberately avoided her specter in the House, which is fine, of course, but maybe having Claire take the time to pay the respects makes one realize how much her presence and spirit was missed in a certain way.
I still find most of the looks to be just too stiff and hard...I can’t stand the jewelry and the metal belts...those elements seem too much like literal efforts to “modernize” the archives. But regardless, I do like the sort of archival intention. I almost think in some weird way, it would have been actually quite gorgeous had she ditched the effort to update everything, and just sent out a gorgeously edited parade of archives. You think that that era Couture is dated, except I remember how Nicolas would reproduce verbatim Balenciaga archives during his time at the house and it was surprising, actually, how fabulous that was...worn on a fresh looking girl with modern hair and makeup, some cool shoes....really fantastic looking, actually. I sort of wish the same had been done here, to be honest.
But I do appreciate to a certain degree the effort to really chase elegance and beauty and live up to a certain standard...we live in a world of so much ugly and irony...I respect her desire to do something to counter all that. There really is something quite stirring and compelling about the opening look coming out with the gorgeous, swelling Mancini “Charade” soundtrack.