Love / Hate : Your personal highlights of S/S 09

[Crying Diamonds]

A hugely boring and disappointing season, but there were some exceptions:

The ones that come to mind:

Love: Akris, Gianfranco Ferre, Jonathan Saunders, Maison Martin Margiela, Giambattista Valli, Manish Arora, Calvin Klein

Hate: Marc Jacobs, Hermes, Lanvin, Prada, Gucci, Chanel

Biggest Disappointments: Hermes, Halston, Lanvin, Chanel, Dior
Mild Disappointments: Calvin Klein, Giambattista Valli

 

[Caffeine]

loved:
Ann Demeulemeester

Balenciaga
Chanel
Dries Van Noten
Hussein Chalayan
Louis Vuitton

Marc Jacobs
Undercover

Versace
Yves Saint Laurent

hated: Gucci, Givenchy, Prada

 

[papa_levante]

Love: Miu Miu and Lanvin.

Hate: Louis Vuitton.

Those are the only three that stuck out like sore thumbs. (Probably because they were the last shows).

 

[Juliax]

Loved: Alberta Ferretti, Roberto Cavalli (but expected more of Cavalli)

Do not want: Calvin Klein ( and its disappointing since I used to really like some of his collections in the past), Chloe, Vuitton

Liked but a bit disappointed: Dolce & Gabbana, Versace, Chanel, Donna Karan, Prada, Lanvin...

 

[thiago:)]

Loved: Alexander McQueen (definitely the best of the season), Balenciaga, Lanvin, Louis Vuitton, Dries Van Noten, Ralph Lauren, Hussein Chalayan

Liked: Givenchy, Marc Jacobs, John Galliano and Dior (big dissapoitments), Chanel, Valentino, Stella McCartney, Yves Saint Laurent, Antonio B., Narciso Rodriguez, DSquared

Hated: Marc by Marc, Chloé, Hermès, Marni

And more, that I don't remeber right now.

 

[miwa]

Love:
Isabel Marant, Gianfranco Ferre, Valentino, Malo, Alessandro Dell'Acqua, Yohji Yamamoto, Versace, D&G, Christian Lacroix, Preen.

Not Bad:
Rodarte, Chanel, Lanvin, Jean Paul Gaultier, John Galliano, Marc Jacobs, Donna Karan.

Ugly:
Dolce&Gabbana, Givenchy, Prada, Louis Vuitton.

Disappointed:
Dior, Alexander McQueen.

Please Stop Designing:
Gucci.

 

[Salvatore]

Please Stop Designing:
Gucci.

Such a fitting category!!

 

[HighMaintenance]

Loved Balenciaga and Lanvin. I was very dissapointed in LV.

 

[Amywilliams]

Complete Favourites -
Dries Van Noten, Comme des Garcons, Ann D

Loved, but not quite so much -
Balenciaga, Rodarte, Prada

Huge Disappointments -
Chloe, Alexander Wang

Worst of all -
Gucci - just awful

 

[DuTTyRoCK112]

LOVED Lanvin, Ann Demeulemeester, Dries Van Noten, Stella McCartney, Balmain, Nina Ricci, Proenza Schouler, Givenchy, Marc Jacobs, Prada, Preen, Sonya Rykiel, Haider Ackermann

LIKED Versace, Louis Vuitton, Miu Miu, Alexander McQueen, Rodarte, Balenciaga, Chloe (I am inexplicably into the metallic pants), Valentino

DISSAPOINTED Chanel, YSL, Dior, Galliano

HATED GUCCI

 

[casaanova]

This made me gasp, it's so beautiful. In Rodarte, the finale dresses were just so amazing, I think it made a mark on everyone during fashion week.

As did this, Oscar de la Renta, he never dissapoints with his beautiful dresses.

This is so classy and elegant, Halston, the dress looks so effortless, and it just hangs and flows on her body. I loved the dresses and even a jumper in this collection.

Phi had some very cute and easy to wear pieces, very simple, but that's just my taste.

As for shoes, I loved a lot, especially the Rodarte heels, Hermes boots, and Philip Lim sandals.

all from style


I don't really know what I hated, I guess Gucci (loved the shoes) and Bottega Veneta, way too boring.

 

[helmut.newton]

New York was really good this season!!!! I loved it! Nothing disappointed.

Milan was pretty mellow. I didn't love anything but I didn't hate anything either.

And Paris was utterly disappointing. All the shows I expected to be great (Nina Ricci, Lanvin, Miu Miu, Chloe) majorly disappointed!!

The stand-outs for me, if we are to pick ONE from each city were: Calvin Klein in NYC, Jil Sander in Milan and Balenciaga in Paris.

 

[Spike413]

Loved - Jil Sander, Marc Jacobs, Prada

Liked - Alexander McQueen (a timely return to form), Balenciaga, Donna Karan, Louis Vuitton, Rodarte, Versace

Disappointed - Balenciaga also fits here, it wasn't as mind blowing as I'd hoped. John Galliano and Lanvin were disappointing as well.

 

[coolasfcuk1010]

These are the collections I either loved or liked:
NYC
Herve Ledger
BCBG
Peter Som
Marc Jacobs
Donna Karan
Narciso Rodriguez
Phillip Lim
Vera Wang
London
Luella
Basso & Brooke
Mulberry
Milan
Burberry
Missoni
Blumarine
Versace
Dolce & Gabbana
Fendi
Paris
Nina Ricci
Akris
Dries Van Notten
Celine
Stella McCartney
Yves Saint Laurent
Chanel
Karl Lagerfeld
Lanvin
Mui Mui
The rest I either hated, weren't memorable, or don't matter.

 

[Kimkhuu]

Personal favorites: Comme des Garcons, Rick Owens, Givenchy, Prada, Veronique Branquihno

Disappointments: Margiela, Balenciaga, Lanvin, Balmain, Yves Saint Laurent

 

[kinkexplosion]

LOVE LOVE LOVE:
Miu Miu
Prada
LV
Versace
Givenchy
Jil Sander
Chloe (suprisingly I cant believe it like it)
Lanvin
Rick Owens
Marios Schwab
Margiela
Proenza Schouler

BIGGEST DISSAPOINTMENT:
YSL
Balmain
Narciso Rodriguez

I JUST HATE:
Gucci

 

[a.t.]

Yohji Yamamoto
Francesco Scognamiglio

Ann Demeulemeester
Haider Ackermann



Dries Van Notten
Limi Feu

 

[helmut.newton]

I HATED Yves Saint-Laurent!!! It was shockingly boring - something I'd *never* expect from Stefano!

 

[MulletProof]

HIGHLIGHT OF THE SEASON: UNDERCOVER. ♥

LOVED: RICK OWENS, BALENCIAGA, KENZO, MIU MIU, DRIES VAN NOTEN & CHARLES ANASTASE.

LIKED: ANN DEMEULEMEESTER, COSMIC WONDER, ANTONIO MARRAS, JIL SANDER & LIMI FEU.

DISAPPOINTMENT: PETER PILOTTO, SHARON WAUCHOB, BRUNO PIETERS & RICHARD NICOLL.



Overall, it was an extraordinarily positive season for me, so rich and full of energy unlike the uncertainty of F/W 08.09. The only that's slightly puzzling for me when looking back at my list is seeing names like Balenciaga and Miu Miu making the cut whereas people that I profoundly admire like Sharon and Bruno are right in the black side.. maybe I should just blame that on current economic times.. I suppose the first bunch is so used to that dizzy balance scale of commercialism+creativity and while they tend to lose 'it' in my book quite often, the only way left to catch some attention and respect is by playing their own roots with some dignity and digging imagination from there.. the opposite route to that, departing from a deep sense of individuality and creativity and having to acknowledge $ signs.. that seems like a very hard task and I feel like Peter and Sharon failed at it season, I know they'll recover soon enough but it still feels sad to see them struggling with their designs, hopefully next season is only a more positive step and not potential talent disappearance a la 2001.

 

[cesarcmma]

Well I have a lot of fun this season specially because I'm new here and for the first time I enjoy some of the collections before other people, so thanks to all the people who upload the collections from catwalking and other sources.