^^^ Yes, absolutely different leagues. At his best, Ghesquiere approaches fashion with such an architectural sensibility, constructing new suggestions of shape and form, while Marc— even at his very best, has always been simply fashion.
why do his collections seem so often to chafe against women's bodies? it's very rarely flattering imo
*shrug*
Interesting observation Jane.
This is the era that’s a reaction to the era before it: It’s Bizzaro World come-to-life. Everything that was rejected and shown as a parody, a caricature of fashion is now celebrated, revered and insisted as an ideal. The fashion times now are a reflection of Kurt Vonnegut’s dystopian society where the physically superior individuals are made to wear contraptions to burden and handicap them with what it’s like to be physically inferior.
That past era— the period between the mid-90s to the end of the 2000s, really was the Golden Age of highest fashion: Talents, design, showcase, presentation, all of it. The entire argument of representation/divesrity/inclusivity aside, this was a period in fashion that produced the highest of creative standards and technical achievement, along with the talents that pushed and challenged the limits to the max. And unrivalled by any period in fashion.
Unfortunately, what reaches and soars so beautifully high up, like Icarus, must come tumbling down, like a sloppy mess. Hence… this era of fashion. Someone like Ghesquiere, who’s proven how high he can soar with his Balenciaga— and who’s also shrewdly so aware of the times he’s working in, has remained relevant not just adapting to these lesser times with lowering his aesthetic standards to placate the masses, but has managed to evolve his sensibilities without compromising the way that someone like Miuccia has spiralled down in this desperate attempt to keep up with the children. He’s till leading, while she’s reduced to following. That’s something worthy of admiration even if I’ve found his Vuitton exhausting, even irritating. His talent remains untarnished.
