Imitation of Christ Haute Couture FW2005 ?

[Lena]

introducing a trendy/younger house is an attempt to make couture more accessible .

couture needs 'wearable' but inventive approach with all the dream detail craftmanship and the detailed elegance of old school..
new names, new vision, new attitude..

bringing prices down a bit could also help a lot in keeping the Houses and the Craftmanship alive..
democratisation of couture, i wouldnt mind that
new designers, indie production and lower prices please

 

[Mr-Dale]

thats true, apart from this the dresses look not too bad

Agreed. I don't have anything other to add then: why was she invited and why did I not know about this

 

[Diorling]

Meh, it's bland. The dresses give me no feeling either way, I can say that isn't Haute Couture. That is available at any Urban Outfitters and quite frankly is several seasons out of date.

 

[flick]

agreed.. regardless she's a tweet or not (i dont know anything about her really) she can make some few cool vintage dress copies..

sure it is not couture, could it be her ss06 collection?
could the title make it any more ...acceptable?
because couture or not this is acceptable by my standards..

stereotypes are a bit ...you know

I think the dresses are gorgeous, and I agree with you that the label attatched to the collection doesn't change that. My personal philosophy is to know what I genuinely like, without getting swayed by whether something is "cool". And I like these dresses. I think it is pretentious though that she is passing them off as haute couture. I dont know heaps about her, but I am pretty sure she started off as an actress, and had an idea to revamp vintage clothes with Matt, and then this media frenzy stated around her. Im pretty sure she has had no training- (I bet if you woke up in her position you could put out a collection of beautiful dresses)- which is fine, but call a spade a spade- I just dont like that she portays herself as a visionary.

I think this is a big improvement from her last collection, which seemed over-intellectualised. This is pretty and very wearable.

 

[Lena]

we dont know too much about her in EU, imitation of crist became slightly famous for one season ages ago due to their controvercial 'name' thats all i know about this label, but it seems she has some fierce 'critics*' in our forums..

(*most of whom's the taste and culture i happen to deeply respect)

 

[Spike413]

IOC really became known a few years ago for their reworking of vintage pieces....I believe they were all one of a kind. Then one of the duo left (Matt Damhave or something like that) and Tara Subkoff changed tactics, gained a huge "hipster celebrity" following and became an obnoxious b**ch. That's really all I know about the IOC label's history.

Maybe she's doing a Yohji and is showing during couture week regardless of the Federation's wishes...but if it is in fact a haute couture collection I'd be very shocked because for the Federation to invite her when there are designers out there with way more talent then her is just wrong.

 

[tiffany]

it's very pretty, much better than anything I recall seeing in her collections before - but ... it looks more like a rtw line?

 

[travolta]

she's arrogant or tenacious?

 

[Spacemiu]

It was anounced she'd be doing couture awhile ago. It's pretty actually, but very boring.

 

[Spike413]

^ Now that is the death of couture

 

[jhaime]

I'm not sure why people are labelling her obnoxious and pretentious...

It wasn't so long ago she was struggling to pay electricity bills and her partner at IOC (matt damhave) was homeless...

I think she should stick with the IOC concept...even with a name that controversial...

 

[Spike413]

People are labelling her obnoxious because she is. She's become pretty well known for having an attitude.

Does the fact that she was struggling just to live mean that she can't be a stuck up b**ch?

 

[masquerade]

from fashion week daily




Tara Subkoff Wants A Job In Paris
Imitation of Christ couture, round 2

PARIS: Friday, July 08, 2005

Her previous flirtation with Paris haute couture was three years ago, when Tara Subkoff hijacked the Dior show with a fleet of ambulances that spilled out models who staged campy dramatics to the delight of those waiting under the baking sun.



This afternoon, the sun was definitely not shining when Subkoff made a more official couture showing. In fact, a few drops of rain started to fall but then thought better of it and stayed in the gray clouds. An empty park—a group of teenage boys were playing basketball at the other end—behind the St. Paul church was the setting where models paraded a simple collection of chiffon dresses hand-painted with flowers as a girl sang a dirge about Bonnie & Clyde into a microphone and guys rushing around with cameras gave the impression of a movie being rather urgently filmed.



Theatrics aside, the clothes were pretty and light, and light-handed too, with bared backs, ruffled rolls around a neckline, a scarf sashed around the hips, and hems gently tucked under like sexy little parachutes.



As Subkoff told eager press afterwards, Paris is her favorite city in the world and she'd move here in an instant, "if someone gives me a job!"
KARL TREACY

 

[Scott]

Well,it's not just the attitude I dislike about IOC....a large part does have to do with design credibilty and the fact that she prices so stupidly high for stuff that appears quite amateurish.

 

[Diorling]

Her previous flirtation with Paris haute couture was three years ago, when Tara Subkoff hijacked the Dior show with a fleet of ambulances that spilled out models who staged campy dramatics to the delight of those waiting under the baking sun.

What'd she do at Dior?

 

[FashionFix]

Don't care for it at all.

 

[faust]

the title of this thread just sounded so hilarious, i had to click on it.

 

[fouroclock]

This is Million Dollar Baglady IMO. And enough people can pull those dresses off. It's not couture, but it's not bad.

 

[mishahoi]

*sigh* its a pretty RTW, but does it belong in HC? im feeling like im ready to leave it behind....

 

[Deleted member 7575]

??? huh?