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Ok, I am going to write something lengthier here given I do have a very close attachment to the house. JPG was the house that was über inspiring and made me dream of fashion. I actually wished to work with him one day and I was sending my sketches there just to get myself into the rigour of actually designing...something (I don't do that anymore, in fact, my career is something totally different now and I like it).
So about the elephant in the room - that onesie with the "sausage" out. I swear to God, a few days ago when I noticed an IG post with the announcement of the day, it crossed my mind while doing the dishes "God, I hope he's not going to create his own interpretation of Gaultier onesies/prints with mens body to make one with a literal d**k out, given his boobs work". And I was pretty correct. Just didn't think this would materialise. It's just incredible how predictable some people can be. Does it mean that the entire industry has become predictable? Possibly, but why in such a bad way.
We've experienced for a while the absence of JPG from his own brand so some other new designers could actually look at the codes and bring their own interpretations and most of the did an amazing job (I love Julien Dossena's collection for the house. And Martens' take on the archive was fantastic, too.). The guy is now the sole direction-setter of it all and I feel concerned. The collection is just weird and pointless for a revival. It has nudges to specific things but there's no good interpretation of that. Where the hell is tailoring? Where the hell is that Frenchness? That playfulness and fun, kitsch executed in a smart way and brought to live technically perfect? That first look with the stuffed boobs just lost me completely and I knew it was going to be meh. But just meh - not entirely bad. It all feels so cheap and graduatey. Gimmicky and attempting to be artsy?
I did see JPG giving him a happy hug. I don't know. Maybe there's a reason why I don't work in fashion. Maybe I've got a bad taste and I don't get what the fashion critics see? Maybe I should be lucky I don't work there anymore? Maybe I am just "one of the haters" here. But a living dream to me, continued by some talent has sort of been killed. It's not like I will be looking forward with excitement to another show to see what great it's going to be. It will be more of a check on how more offensive the guy has gone. I am just sad.
So about the elephant in the room - that onesie with the "sausage" out. I swear to God, a few days ago when I noticed an IG post with the announcement of the day, it crossed my mind while doing the dishes "God, I hope he's not going to create his own interpretation of Gaultier onesies/prints with mens body to make one with a literal d**k out, given his boobs work". And I was pretty correct. Just didn't think this would materialise. It's just incredible how predictable some people can be. Does it mean that the entire industry has become predictable? Possibly, but why in such a bad way.
We've experienced for a while the absence of JPG from his own brand so some other new designers could actually look at the codes and bring their own interpretations and most of the did an amazing job (I love Julien Dossena's collection for the house. And Martens' take on the archive was fantastic, too.). The guy is now the sole direction-setter of it all and I feel concerned. The collection is just weird and pointless for a revival. It has nudges to specific things but there's no good interpretation of that. Where the hell is tailoring? Where the hell is that Frenchness? That playfulness and fun, kitsch executed in a smart way and brought to live technically perfect? That first look with the stuffed boobs just lost me completely and I knew it was going to be meh. But just meh - not entirely bad. It all feels so cheap and graduatey. Gimmicky and attempting to be artsy?
I did see JPG giving him a happy hug. I don't know. Maybe there's a reason why I don't work in fashion. Maybe I've got a bad taste and I don't get what the fashion critics see? Maybe I should be lucky I don't work there anymore? Maybe I am just "one of the haters" here. But a living dream to me, continued by some talent has sort of been killed. It's not like I will be looking forward with excitement to another show to see what great it's going to be. It will be more of a check on how more offensive the guy has gone. I am just sad.
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