Kawakubo's Dover Street Market -London

[helena]

my other half is going tomorrow - he is working in london today. he's so excited about it.

 

[softgrey]

Originally posted by helena@Sep 27 2004, 11:18 AM
my other half is going tomorrow - he is working in london today. he's so excited about it.

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oh boy...!!!...our first eyewitness report...

 

[helena]

he was at the cdg bit already - before the rest of the place was open. i think he was so goggle eyed at the clothes he didn't pay any attention to anything else. i haven't been yet though.

 

[softgrey]

the clothes are pretty mindblowing this season...it's really a special collection...i was in the cdg store here over the weekend...i tried on some incredible things...they are holding several items for me while i try to decide what to do...the pieces are so beautiful...but so much money...i thought i might get a jkt...but now i think i will only get a skirt...

plus some knit cdg pants and a knit top from junya...

 

[helena]

oh exciting. tell me about them. I tried on some stuff in paris. I tried on some junya knitted stuff too. did you see the tartan body affair with the accordion bits at the waist? did you like it? I also tried on an amazing black crotched wrap thing with one arm. It was so versatile. But I was blinkered by wanting quantity. did you see the jacket with the feathers down the back? i thought it was superb - hard to wear though. Do they sell Robe de Chambre in NY? What about the big puffy things? did you like them? I loved them but they are just too difficult. I actually find a lot of cdg difficult on my body shape. I look to gangly in it - a bit swamped.

 

[softgrey]

my friend tried on this bodysuit...very cute...
it looks good worn unsnapped and out over jns...but you have to be pretty ballsy to wear it like that and she's not really...

 

[softgrey]

she also tried on this poncho but in a beautiful purple with gold trim...it looked amazing...i think she should have gotten it...

 

[helena]

its funny because it looks quite normal in the pics but its only when you see it in real life that it actually looks quite odd. i like the colours in that one.

 

[softgrey]

this is the jkt i tried on... i love it...but it makes my head look like a pin...
i would need some funky hairdo....not veryy practical...

 

[helena]

Originally posted by softgrey@Sep 27 2004, 01:46 PM
she also tried on this poncho but in a beautiful purple with gold trim...it looked amazing...i think she should have gotten it...

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i tried that purple one on. trouble with ponchos - don't know about NY but over here EVERYONE is wearing them.

 

[softgrey]

this is the skirt ...it's a fortune...but i am obsessed and posessed...thereis also a tab and button in back...so you can take the bottom of the skirt and twist it around to make a bustle in back and it becomes a knee length hobble skirt...
so it's like two skirts in one...that makes it a bit better in terms of price...

 

[softgrey]

Originally posted by helena@Sep 27 2004, 12:50 PM
i tried that purple one on. trouble with ponchos - don't know about NY but over here EVERYONE is wearing them.

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true...but they don't look like that...

 

[helena]

Originally posted by softgrey@Sep 27 2004, 01:48 PM
this is the jkt i tried on... i love it...but it makes my head look like a pin...
i would need some funky hairdo....not veryy practical...

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yes i tried on a jacket a bit like that - i think it had am arm coming out of the back... but it just couldn't work. and i looked like a tiny wee girl in this huge big black affair. i can't carry off such a strong look i'm afraid.

 

[helena]

Originally posted by softgrey@Sep 27 2004, 01:50 PM
this is the skirt ...it's a fortune...but i am obsessed and posessed...thereis also a tab and button in back...so you can take the bottom of the skirt and twist it around to make a bustle in back and it becomes a knee length hobble skirt...
so it's like two skirts in one...that makes it a bit better in terms of price...

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yes that would be much more wearable would it not? its lovely isn't it? if you wore it with the bustle what jacket would you wear - just a fitted cropped one? c'est combien - dare i ask?

 

[faust]

Originally posted by softgrey@Sep 27 2004, 12:46 PM
she also tried on this poncho but in a beautiful purple with gold trim...it looked amazing...i think she should have gotten it...

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this outfit is mind blowing.

 

[softgrey]

Originally posted by helena@Sep 27 2004, 12:55 PM
yes that would be much more wearable would it not? its lovely isn't it? if you wore it with the bustle what jacket would you wear - just a fitted cropped one? c'est combien - dare i ask?

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if i wore it bustled...it's very sexy and rather dramatic...so i think i'd wear a simple sexy top...it's definitely eveningwear...so i don't think i'd necessarily wear a jkt...

if it was cold and i needes a coat...i'd probably wear a short wool peacoat...i like mixing the basic with the very dramatic...makes it more wearable and less precious...less costume-y...

($2050)

 

[softgrey]

Originally posted by helena@Sep 27 2004, 12:53 PM
yes i tried on a jacket a bit like that - i think it had am arm coming out of the back... but it just couldn't work. and i looked like a tiny wee girl in this huge big black affair. i can't carry off such a strong look i'm afraid.

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it's funny...because sometimes when i put some of it on...it's like i was meant to wear these clothes...and it's not just me...my ex saw it and my friends see it...it's like an external manifestation of who i am on the inside...it really is rather remarkable...

 

[faust]

Originally posted by softgrey@Sep 27 2004, 01:15 PM
($2050)

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+ tax ... but I say, if you can afford it - more power to you!

 

[softgrey]

yuk...forgot about tax...yeah...well..i couldn't get the hussein chalayan jkt i wanted...so maybe this makes up for it...i don't know...i have to decide...
walking out without the stuff was pretty hard

 

[faust]

Originally posted by softgrey@Sep 27 2004, 01:56 PM
yuk...forgot about tax...yeah...well..i couldn't get the hussein chalayan jkt i wanted...so maybe this makes up for it...i don't know...i have to decide...
walking out without the stuff was pretty hard

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I hate their sales people by the way. i bought a knit sweater years ago, it pulled the first time i wore it - they didn't want to hear about not only returning it, not even for a store credit, but not even about taking it back to be fixed. I say getting the same piece at a store like Barneys is a better move.