Gucci F/W 09.10 Milan

[mademoiselle_]

Alright ..I've liked most of Frida's collections ..this one it's not her best but there some great things here, boots and shoes great as usual gucci, the polka dots are indeed aweful but it's not that bad collection

Gucci Haters... omit your comments it's not our fault you look like sluts wearing this because you don't have the body, the style, attitude, security etc etc to pull this off without looking bad... whoever it hurts.. and that goes too for Tom Ford collections who only few can pull off a great Gucci look

"Goodbye Gucci" "Downhill Gucci" ..ha party more, go out more, have fun ..then you'll see Gucci is going nowhere under whoever name design

 

[vithul_l]

I'm very happy!!

because I never hope or expect anything from Frida.

Good bye GUCCI

I know your feellin' Tom Ford

You should be the only one who happy when you see this show.

I forgot sometin'

I see Lady GaGa
Bye Bye Rihanna!!
Lady GaGa is comin'

I don't like this coollection it dosen't mean I don't have body, style, attitude or whatever you said..

It's mean I have vision and testy to compare what should be good on me!!
I still stand up for what I used to say I hate 80s
let's rock star wearin' its..I don't want to be a rock star
No for me!!

 

[AngeloftheEast]

a collection under such brand should be getting better and better every season, but this, downgrade..

well, what more can we expect for the next season? is there still be hope?..

 

[helmut.newton]

The collection was in fact inspired by Tina Chow!

For fall, a number of designers are choosing to stare down the recession with in-your-face fashion, often Eighties-inspired. Count Gucci’s Frida Giannini squarely in that category. The collection Giannini showed on Saturday was inspired by Tina Chow and, as the program notes read, “a glittering, glamorous time, when going out was a way of life.” But refinement, not so much.

The gauche glam of the uncontested flashiest decade in living memory was part of the appeal for Giannini. That meant that the designer ignored Chow’s innate elegance while homing in on her androgynous allure. “This is a collection for a dangerous woman,” Giannini said before the show. “She’s a tough woman. She’s not shy. She wants to stand out.”

Giannini played to her with a daring collection that was as on trend as it was off the glitter charts. Throughout, she worked the gender play in the leggiest manifestations possible. For club-crawlers, a great big yes, but not for wallflowers, those thigh-high boots under micro-micro-minidresses or their butched-up counterpoint, pleated pants slung low and cut skintight through the legs, paired with strong-shouldered jackets for that rock ’n’ roll-gangster effect. Giannini pilfered from the world of sports for sexed-up jogging gear and incorporated details aplenty with fabric patchworks and an elaborate, tightly packed floral appliqué treatment fashioned from feathers.

Even sans such flourishes, the dark palette was far too glitzy for sobriety, given the parade of paillettes, sequins, Lurex and lamés — a lineup that could have benefited from some editing. But then, the whole show was an ode to a raucous, decadelong, real-life fashion show its participants thought would never end.

source: wwd

 

[helmut.newton]

The thing that is really surprising about this collection is the lack of development in terms of accessories. Generally speaking, the strengths of Frida for Gucci are her accessories. No matter how hideous a collection is, the shoes and bags are everywhere the next season.

The shoes and bags for this collection was subdued in comparison to previous seasons, which I found strange considering that Frida LOVES to go over-the-top with these elements.

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[chloehandbags]

Extremely unpopular view, here, I know, but I really like a lot of this (minus the poorly cut trousers and overly tight jackets, of course) and see it selling well (relatively speaking); particularly the pieces involving angular graphic patterns in brights/jewel tones with black and the long tops, or short dresses/tunics, worn with leggings.

I have to admit, it kind of gets to me when people say they don't like a collection based on them not liking some part of their own body. Fair enough if you don't like this sort of thing aesthetically speaking, or don't approve of the way it's cut and/or constructed, but to moan about it because you (like the store buyer quoted in Cathy Horyn's review) don't like your butt is, quite frankly, a bit rich; especially considering 95% of fashion seems to be designed and fitted to the pear-shape, leaving the rest of us pretty much out in the cold.

I don't like my swimmer's arms much, but I don't poor scorn on any collection involving sleeveless pieces, despite their overwhelming ubiquity over the last 15+ years, just because they're not for me.

Not that pear-shaped women can't wear this type of silhouette. In fact, it helps balance their proportions far better than tight tops do, IMHO. It may make them look as though they're slightly larger at the top than they actually are, but as stylists have been saying for years, proportion is far more important than size and so, looking as though one's bust and hips are of, roughly, equal size should be a good thing, surely?

Unless one's only concern is going for the Thinnest Woman in the Room Award, of course (which [with any luck] may well become less and less of a desirable award to win, anyway, especially if the lines at the soup kitchens get much longer... ).

This all may well be similar to outfits already available on the highstreet (mainstreet), but high fashion often does take its inspiration from the streets (in a trickle-up kind of a way) and people will, probably (if anyone's still buying anything at the grossly inflated bubble prices designers are still attempting to charge us!), still buy it despite (or even because of) that; as not every R-T-W customer wants to only wear hard-to-wear demi-couture, or the highstreet offerings of cute, but poor quality, stuff made by Chinese children.

 

[helmut.newton]

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[helmut.newton]

I have to admit, I'm warming to this.

I still passionately despise the presentation; the horrid make-up/hair, the catwalk, the poor lighting etc etc.

I don't understand why Frida says "I don't think this is 80's...I think is is completely modern"!! She could not have made it more referential if she tried!

Either way, I'm starting to like this, and I think given the right kind of styling and girl, these pieces could really look quite cool.

 

[helmut.newton]

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[chloehandbags]

Another thing is that, if the typical R-T-W customer is worried about looking insensitive to the economic situation, looking (to the uninitiated eye, at least) as though one is wearing highstreet fashion, whilst enjoying the quality of R-T-W (quietly!), may come to be considered a plus...

 

[helmut.newton]

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