J.W. Anderson Resort 2015

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Jonathan Anderson said he set out to work with the “clichés of resort,” thinking about how a girl would wear her bourgeois mother’s clothes. That translated into a collection with an almost exaggerated femininity — and lots of edge. There were soft wool gabardine trenches with rough seams, bow-tie blouses featuring dramatic capelike sleeves and cotton bustiers with delicate sleeves.

Anderson also collaborated with textile designer Jessica Mort, a recent graduate of Central Saint Martins, on three pieces in the collection, including a skirt resembling a sarong. Crafted from ruched net fabric, it seemed more suited to urban landscapes than seaside ones.

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[Not Plain Jane]

is it just me or does this seem more expansive than some of his regular collections?

 

[Koibito]

I feel bad for the model at most of the look. Even the model look awkward in those clothes.

 

[StoneSkipper]

I'm sorry, this has got to be one of the ugliest pieces of clothing I've seen in quite some time. Did he really look at this and think it was a good idea?

In his defense, however, the clothes do seem better than his earlier attempts.

 

[Salvatore]

It looks very sloppy in some places to me.

 

[TheoG]

I do get doses of resort wear of this collection, I just understand his point of view yet. Isn't LVMH behind him?

 

[GivenchyHomme]

If only Cathy Horyn was still writing. I'd assume she would provide the same kind words "(JW Anderson) is not a good designer" as she did with Alexander Wang. I don't understand how such mediocrity is praised but I suppose ugly and poorly constructed is an attractive alternative to market flooded with minimal clones.

 

[softgrey]

i would seriously like for someone to explain the JW Anderson phenomenon...
(along with the Opening Ceremony phenomenon...)

because i do NOT get it...
at ALL...

if someone could give me some intelligent critique or explanation for their popularity, i would sincerely be interested...

because i am just not seeing it...

 

[ChristianThomas]

Well say what you will, but it at least looks a bit more solidly constructed than his previous collections, guess that's the extra cash doing some work there.. and there are a few looks that don't look too bad (the first look, the camel trenchcoat, the last look).. but seriously the boy needs to stop desperately attempting and wanting to be next big avant garde designer.

His earlier work was better when he had just the menswear and still had this slight grungy look to his work without obsessing about strange fabrics and androgyny.

 

[Hot Cowture]

This is probably what all the patients in the second season of American Horror Story want to wear. My god, such ugliness

 

[elle_gb]

I don't know who would wear these but she must fairly chic!!

 

[Scott]

he tries...he tries really hard...perhaps too hard...and maybe that's the problem. i want to like it....it feels very conceptual but to me it misses a lot of marks. there's such a lack of precision and technique--in vision or with the scissors--like we used to see with brit,shelley fox or some of the dutch designers of yore like old-school V&R,niels klavers and rozema and teunissen,which his work sometimes reminds me of in spirit.