Givenchy Menswear Pre-Spring 2014

[VogueDisciple93]

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[VogueDisciple93]

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[KKnardi]

well, I would do some of it.

 

[dior_couture1245]

What an absolutely idiotic collection. Clearly this street-style tumblr gay look sells like hotcakes, which is why it's all he designs now...but if he doesn't figure out something else (which I doubt he will) I can confidently say I'm OVER Tisci and OVER Givenchy. I'll keep looking at his first collections for the house and think happier thoughts.

 

[Marc10]

Man... it's like Riccardo's creativity simply ended. WHAT happened?

 

[GIVENCHYlover]

HQs?

 

[Thefrenchy]

Good for them that they chose a distracting background so you don't have to spend too much time looking at these awful clothes.

What an absolutely idiotic collection. Clearly this street-style tumblr gay look sells like hotcakes, which is why it's all he designs now...but if he doesn't figure out something else (which I doubt he will) I can confidently say I'm OVER Tisci and OVER Givenchy. I'll keep looking at his first collections for the house and think happier thoughts.

Agree 100%.

 

[ogepma]

wow! This is painful to look at. For the first time, I can safely say that there is not a single thing I desire from a Givenchy collection. Mainly because I have seen all this before, some of them are even identical. What happened to his creativity? With each season, especially in menswear, Tisci keeps proving how much of a one trick pony he has become. I mean, it is great that he has found a general image for the house but isn't the purpose of a new season to reinvent and play around the idea or ideas of that image? This is almost embarrassing from a critical point of view, from a sales perspective however; I guess it will make investors happy since that is what fashion is all about now.

 

[LagerfeldBoy]

Repetitive, stale, yaaaawn. It's like Riccardo doesn't even care at all.
The "Tumblr-snapback-hiphop-douche-rottweiler wearing-gays" crowd will EAT. THIS. UP.

 

[GivenchyAddict]

My eyes are crying...It's ugly. Nothing can be saved in these outfits.

I'm done with Riccardo Tisci

 

[TianCouture]

What happened? What happened is that he became comfortable. He found something that both critics and buyers alike responded positively to and it seems like that's enough for him. A lot of his early work received some pretty harsh comments from the critics, so my guess is that his mentality is "Why fix what isn't broken?" We may not like, but people eat this s*** up! I can't say I hate all of it, I see two shirts I'd want to wear, but other than that, what is this?

Also: Someone really recently did the backwards floral fabrics thing, was it Rei? I honestly don't remember, but the fact that he is using the wrong side of the fabric reeks of something I've seen in the last season or two. If only I could remember!

 

[mistress_f]

i understand this ~~~haute street wear he's making sells like crazy, but most of this is truly an eye sore. but then again the individual pieces will sell out and we'll be back to square one. (it's also not really that i was expecting something different upon clicking the threat... but still :| )

 

[MaFortin]

The "Tumblr-snapback-hiphop-douche-rottweiler wearing-gays" crowd will EAT. THIS. UP.

Sadly, this collection is a complete snoozefest.... but it's going to sell like crazy, again.

 

[Gemint]

reused prints from previous seasons,same cuts oversized t-shirts, shorts leggings, tops ... are you serious?
i can design some of those prints in like 2 seconds on photoshop and then get it digitally printed jesus christ the strips of different prints... really??!?!?! stuff is elementary

 

[Phuel]

^^^ Yeah, but yours won't have the Givenchy label on it.

No doubt mistress_f! All those loud, desperately-seeking-attention patterns are in-season instant-status for a certain type-- and those types are plentiful.

Several years ago, I would wear shorts over leggings. It's not a shocking look by any means-- bike couriers dressed like that all the time. But with how that look is so identifiable now with Givenchy men, I would never wear it again. I don't think he's a one-trick pony-- I think he's just adamant and dutifully doing his job for the investors. As many have pointed out, why bother trying new things when this mess sells? And Riccardo himself seems to have settled into the celebrity-designer attitude where he seems to feel with all his superstar BBFs wearing his designs, that's the only affirmation he needs to continue doing what he's doing. Why bother taking the time designing immaculately-constructed high fashion with pricetags north of $3,000 that won't sell much, when sold-out status is guaranteed with graphic tees for $500 each?

I won't compare him to Formechetti, as I think Riccardo is genuinely talented and intelligent-- but, he seems to be falling into the same pattern as the former: BFFs with superstars and living it up has made his work suffer greatly. And as long as his brand is appealing to the superstars and all the kids, he seems content to just go with the flow instead of pushing his designs. I can't blame him really; He's living like a superstar.

That ugly-as-all-hell jacket with the baroque gilded-flame design is the same design that was on tacky-a*s Beyonce's dress worn to the MET gala. I just thought her dress was mostly her input-- but, guess he liked it since it's in his collection now... Bring on Kim and Kanye fronting the new Givenchy campaigns!

 

[Gemint]

the camoflague prints look like some cheap streewear stuff that bathing ape would do, for a high fashion brand it just looks really cheap

 

[elle_gb]

I like the patchwork or collage I dont know what its called, it looks good.

 

[Street_a_Licious]

for me, Givenchy jumped the shark (following pun kinda intended) after the S/S 12 show, which was immaculate imo. Tisci has rarely done white, and to blind us so with both white AND tropical prints, that was genius. coupled with the mermaid themed womenswear, it was a match made in heaven.

but after being jolted awake by that summer, i've been bored to death ever since.

 

[GERGIN]

To be honest his pre collections are beginning to really go downhill, I would rather trade this up for getting his couture collections back in presentations and images on style.com

 

[Littleathquakes]

This is the proverbial "resting on your laurels" - come on man, we know you're better than this.