Watch & Comment Live... The 2024 Met Gala
I'm wondering the same thing.Originally posted by Alliecat@Feb 11th, 2004 - 8:02 am
Was it one of their designs that Meg White was wearing for the grammies - similar, if not same, leaf graphic
The design team of Cindy Greene and Johnson Hartig presented their fall 2004 collection of screen-printed thrift store couture at St. Bart’s church on Tuesday. The first time I saw Cindy Greene, she was on a stage at St. Marks Church in the East Village. She was playing Athena in a Ford Wright musical, “I, Medusa.” Mr. Wright’s plays have a “hobo chic” quality to them, much like the current Libertine collection.
Compared to previous seasons of Libertine, the focus has shifted from literary references to using nature as a muse. The clothes were overtaken by a wealth of imagery, and the effect was much like an untended garden.
In keeping with the earthy, Highland-inspired clothing landscape, military greens, muted grays and tweedy browns completed the palette. Libertine’s one-of-a-kind clothes were punctuated by high contrast screen-prints—white graphics of horses and leaves on dark suits, and dark prints of insects and birds on the lighter colored pieces.
Celebrities, buyers and editorial directors were in force in the tiny auditorium. Seated on the front row, Hamish Bowles of Vogue seemed particularly enthralled with the collection.
Jimmy Fallon of SNL, wearing his custom-made Libertine shirt based on a Syd Barrett album cover, gushed: “I thought the show kicked ***!”
Helena Christensen loved the men in tights, but also loved the more feminine pieces: “There were two dresses at one point, a white one embroidered and see-through, and right after that came a black dress that I loved.”
Casey Spooner of Fisherspooner said: “I really liked the eagle suit. I liked the patriotism of it, I think that it’s high time that we take back the flag, take back the motifs of America, for the people that really deserve them… It’s wearable, yet glamorous. The best thing, though, was at the end of the show. I really felt like there was a real solidarity in the room. I’ve known Cindy for a long time so it’s really gratifying to see her come to fruition.”
At the end of the show, rather than have the models file back onto the runway, the curtains parted to reveal a dramatic found-object tableau featuring the players precisely placed around a folksy set. A pair of bagpipe players unexpectedly crashed the auditorium. It was like watching the final scene of Brigadoon, but with much better clothes.
Ok, I am now going to go vomit, thank you!Originally posted by Lena@Feb 11th, 2004 - 2:35 pm
Casey Spooner of Fisherspooner said: “I really liked the eagle suit. I liked the patriotism of it, I think that it’s high time that we take back the flag, take back the motifs of America, for the people that really deserve them… It’s wearable, yet glamorous. The best thing, though, was at the end of the show. I really felt like there was a real solidarity in the room. I’ve known Cindy for a long time so it’s really gratifying to see her come to fruition.”
agreedOriginally posted by faust@Feb 11th, 2004 - 11:12 pm
Ok, I am now going to go vomit, thank you!
agreed [/b][/quote]Originally posted by Lena+Feb 11th, 2004 - 3:20 pm--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Lena @ Feb 11th, 2004 - 3:20 pm)</div><div class='quotemain'> <!--QuoteBegin-faust@Feb 11th, 2004 - 11:12 pm
Ok, I am now going to go vomit, thank you!
casey spooner...PUH-lease!!!Originally posted by softgrey+Feb 12th, 2004 - 8:21 pm--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(softgrey @ Feb 12th, 2004 - 8:21 pm)</div><div class='quotemain'>Originally posted by Lena@Feb 11th, 2004 - 3:20 pm
<!--QuoteBegin-faust@Feb 11th, 2004 - 11:12 pm
Ok, I am now going to go vomit, thank you!
agreed