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John Bartlett Fall 2005 NYC
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I love it alot. It looks like it's from an editorial. Love it.
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Who is he?
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I don't don't think he does womenswear?
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I served Mr. Bartlett popcorn this past summer when I worked at the Angelika Film Center. B)
Heh. Somehow I knew you'd react this way.faust said:
One has to note that this new John Bartlett collection is not so much high-end designer as a suit licensee. Unlike John Bartlett's lines previous to his hiatus, the price points are much lower, and the target audience is customers at Macy's & Bloomingdales, where the line is sold. What is interesting is that last season, what sold more weren't the more conventional, easy items as John surmised, but the more fashion-forward (at least relative to the other pieces in the collection). He seems relatively unknown to TFS (judging from some reactions I've seen to his 'nude finale' from his previous incarnation, on another thread), but I guess his customers still remember him.
baklanyc said:Heh. Somehow I knew you'd react this way.
One has to note that this new John Bartlett collection is not so much high-end designer as a suit licensee. Unlike John Bartlett's lines previous to his hiatus, the price points are much lower, and the target audience is customers at Macy's & Bloomingdales, where the line is sold. What is interesting is that last season, what sold more weren't the more conventional, easy items as John surmised, but the more fashion-forward (at least relative to the other pieces in the collection). He seems relatively unknown to TFS (judging from some reactions I've seen to his 'nude finale' from his previous incarnation, on another thread), but I guess his customers still remember him.
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That's too bad he had to go this way. I kind of liked his menswear, all the military influences.
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nice.
Seems the licensee bit is old news - John Bartlett is opening a door in toney Bergdorf Goodman: from Style.com
"Now in his forties, John Bartlett is on a serious comeback trail, describing the clothes at his Bryant Park presentation as “more formal, with a focus on tailoring.” Another big influence for the designer this season was the in-store boutique he’ll be opening in Bergdorf Goodman this fall, which might account for the safety net of what he called “grown-up preppy.”
His latest show was characterized by coats and jackets, with a definite leaning toward gray flannel. But one jacket in printed corduroy looked almost like devore, and another in salt-and-pepper had a country-squire feel. Bartlett has never played fashion purely by the numbers, so the same fearless impulse that led him to dedicate the collection to Irving Penn’s “corner” portraits (the ones for which he pushed his famous subjects into existential little cul-de-sacs) was also responsible for a tantalizing waywardness amid all that tailoring. The white velvet pants with the stripes of Swarovski crystals; the flare of cardinal red in a striped sweater; the ultra-long, knitted rock-star scarves (also sighted at Burberry and Dior this season); and the pale-gray pinstriped jacket with the sprinkle of crystals, just like angel’s dandruff, at a pocket and the corner of a hem—these were the touches that made one relish Bartlett’s renaissance."
It's not the kind of detail one celebrates on a runway collection because it's so subtle, but I for one love the idea of a crystal-dusted suit, something not evident from the photos shown here. Style.com did a closeup, which I'm including on this post. This is the John Bartlett style I know and love - it's a completely conventional suit just f*cked up juuuuust enough to be interesting!
"Now in his forties, John Bartlett is on a serious comeback trail, describing the clothes at his Bryant Park presentation as “more formal, with a focus on tailoring.” Another big influence for the designer this season was the in-store boutique he’ll be opening in Bergdorf Goodman this fall, which might account for the safety net of what he called “grown-up preppy.”
His latest show was characterized by coats and jackets, with a definite leaning toward gray flannel. But one jacket in printed corduroy looked almost like devore, and another in salt-and-pepper had a country-squire feel. Bartlett has never played fashion purely by the numbers, so the same fearless impulse that led him to dedicate the collection to Irving Penn’s “corner” portraits (the ones for which he pushed his famous subjects into existential little cul-de-sacs) was also responsible for a tantalizing waywardness amid all that tailoring. The white velvet pants with the stripes of Swarovski crystals; the flare of cardinal red in a striped sweater; the ultra-long, knitted rock-star scarves (also sighted at Burberry and Dior this season); and the pale-gray pinstriped jacket with the sprinkle of crystals, just like angel’s dandruff, at a pocket and the corner of a hem—these were the touches that made one relish Bartlett’s renaissance."
It's not the kind of detail one celebrates on a runway collection because it's so subtle, but I for one love the idea of a crystal-dusted suit, something not evident from the photos shown here. Style.com did a closeup, which I'm including on this post. This is the John Bartlett style I know and love - it's a completely conventional suit just f*cked up juuuuust enough to be interesting!
