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Though I'm quite taken by this dress as a stand-alone piece, and though I believe this collection is a slight improvement, J.W. must be the most overrated designer in fashion's recent history. What does this collection have to add? What is it trying to say? I just fail to see the relevance of his work. Which wouldn't necessarily bother me, if he wasn't trying to be so relevant. It just feels very try-hard, you know?

He should stick to his gender-bending menswear. There, at least he has a clear message.
 
how very unflattering and unoriginal. He had a moment of greatness with last years fall-winter collection, but from there on it's been downhill... :ermm:
 
StoneSkipper said:
Though I'm quite taken by this dress as a stand-alone piece, and though I believe this collection is a slight improvement, J.W. must be the most overrated designer in fashion's recent history. What does this collection have to add? What is it trying to say? I just fail to see the relevance of his work. Which wouldn't necessarily bother me, if he wasn't trying to be so relevant. It just feels very try-hard, you know?

He should stick to his gender-bending menswear. There, at least he has a clear message.
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the draping on this dress is subtle and beautiful when compared to the heavy handedness of the rest of the collection. I used to enjoy his heavy, clunky draping but there is no progress in any of the pieces, everything is just cut and past collages of the most basic type :doh:
 
StoneSkipper said:
Though I'm quite taken by this dress as a stand-alone piece, and though I believe this collection is a slight improvement, J.W. must be the most overrated designer in fashion's recent history. What does this collection have to add? What is it trying to say? I just fail to see the relevance of his work. Which wouldn't necessarily bother me, if he wasn't trying to be so relevant. It just feels very try-hard, you know?

He should stick to his gender-bending menswear. There, at least he has a clear message.
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Absolutely. Not only are his designs unflattering and largely unwearable, they are also terribly constructed.

They say that no publicity is bad publicity, I must be giving him some of that publicity by posting in his thread every single season just to complain about how terrible his collections are.

Edit: And to think he's the new designer at Loewe. What on earth is going on with him and his brand? Who is backing him?
 
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why is he so loved??? i really honestly do NOT get it at all. this is so boring.
 
^^I cannot freakin' wait to see the gravity of the trainwreck his Loewe debut is going to be.

Dazed described his collection as "avant-bland", and I cannot find a better description than that. "Avant-bland" is exactly what this is.
 
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As I do find this collection better than his recent offerings but, like others have said, it oozes how hard he's trying and how he lacks the originality and talent to pull it off.
 
This guy is like the parody of the "avant-garde" fashion designer. Pick the most odd fabric, create the most unflattering silhouette, add some deep and meaningful inspiration and call it fashion. Not only this is ridiculously unwearable (they are supposed to be clothes, after all), it's just flat out ugly. I wouldn't call him untalented, but he deserves less than half of the hype and attention he gets.
 
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Crying Diamonds said:
Absolutely. Not only are his designs unflattering and largely unwearable, they are also terribly constructed.
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I agree. I was really surprised at how clunky and leaden the pieces were. Deeply unappealing and very awkward.
 
The printed looks are kind of cool, and a few of the other dresses, as well as some footwear. But yeah, a lot of this feels unwearable. Or maybe "undateable!" to quote Frances Ha. ^_^
 
I like this Collection and I like J.W Anderson. I think he brings different perspectives to fashion .These perspectives may not always be popular. I also like the progression he is making, which is very good considering he is quite young. There is imagination!!!. Whether or not its successful its something completely different from being bland etc. WE need people like him as much as we need people like Zara Murad.
 
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FEBRUARY 15, 2014
LONDON
By Maya Singer

Jonathan Anderson likes to make shapes. He's said so many times, and previous J.W. Anderson collections have borne out his avowed obsession with creating new silhouettes and proportions. At times, Anderson's talk about shapes has come off a bit disingenuous—a way of ducking chat about the complex semiotics of his clothes. This season, though, making shapes really did seem to be the point. And the collection was less powerful for it.

That's not to say there weren't some very forceful looks here. The group of corduroy skirts and turtlenecks, with sculpted sleeves and built-in bustiers, got this show off to a strong start. The triumvirate of funnel-neck tops and long skirts that followed kept up the momentum. But there were also more than a few looks that felt atypically aimless—as though Anderson had stopped at a rather arbitrary point in his experiments with contortion and said, "Well, good enough." To wit, the long dresses with a bit of twisted shearling about the top, or the drop-waist dresses with folded collars. You just weren't sure what woman Anderson was seeing, or what story he was telling, with these clothes.

Which raises a larger question about Anderson's MO. In future seasons, it would be nice to see him working with the female form a little more than he has of late, rather than resisting it so much. There does come a point when tortured silhouettes make you wonder how a designer feels about the women he's meant to be dressing. In some ways, this was one of Anderson's warmest collections; there was an earthiness to the textures that was welcome. But in other respects, this collection seemed so detached and so all about shape-making, it felt a little cold.

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i think it's quite wonderful, i like how he's able to really wind people up.

but i don't get the hate, isn't it refreshing after nyfw to see someone actually trying to push fashion design forward. whether you like it or not.
at least he isn't relying on prints and embellishments to make his clothes look exciting like most of his contemporaries are doing.

i just wish he didn't dress so boring himself so it'd make his designs more believable and less of an abstract design experiment.
 
tatouejeremie said:
i think it's quite wonderful, i like how he's able to really wind people up.

but i don't get the hate, isn't it refreshing after nyfw to see someone actually trying to push fashion design forward. whether you like it or not.
at least he isn't relying on prints and embellishments to make his clothes look exciting like most of his contemporaries are doing.

i just wish he didn't dress so boring himself so it'd make his designs more believable and less of an abstract design experiment.
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A designer has to dress classy or quirky to make his collection more believable ?

Have you ever seen the way Nicolas Ghesquiere dress himself ?
 
this looks quite amateurish to me, well-intended maybe but with no real vision or concept
 
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