Marc Jacobs S/S 07 NYC
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Wearing a dress that looks like shredded paper.....
Review on the Marc Jacobs SS07 collection-post trunk show
For some reason I couldn't post pics on blogspot, so I'll post it here with the pictures
It's finally the right time to share my view on the Marc Jacobs collection after experiencing the clothes at the trunk show.
Marc always has great ideas, and he is not afraid of using the elements from other designers to complete his ideas. This time around, Marc wanted to present the lightness. He used fabrics such as gauze, muslin, and lightweight silk that look like candy wraps. To balance the sheer looks, he used metallic leather, metallic sequins, tweed, and cotton gabardine to form more structured looks.
There were three kinds of metallic shown on runway: a metallic shirt made of paper, metallic leather, and metallic sequins. The Japanese made clothes with durable paper many years ago, but Marc introduced the paper fabric with a metallic coating to create a worn yet shiny effect. It was priced at $300 range, and I won't be surprised if many young people fall in love with it: I tried the silver shirt on, and I saw an updated "boyfriend's shirt" look on me instantly. The dress with metallic sequins was gorgeous. Not only the sequins reflected the light with a metallic shine but created great draping looks. The beautiful dress full of sequins was priced at more than $7,000, expensive but it made sense. The metallic leather jackets, however, felt stiff and lifeless. I'd rather pay less and purchase a jacket made of synthetic fabric to get the same look.
Another group of clothes were the deconstructed pieces. There were shredded T-shirts, shredded T-shirt dresses as well as deconstructed knit wear. They reminded me Martin Margiela, Comme des Garcons' "broken bride" collection, and Cristobal Balenciaga. Marc was not afraid of using bold reference to complete his concepts, but the dress on Stam showed so much reference that I felt slightly uncomfortable.
The prices on the T-shirt dreses were not sensible at all: the printed T-shirts with the simplest construction and the most common cotton fabric were priced at around $860 each. When a nicely made tweed jacket was priced at $1,500, it looked like a problem to me.
The dresses impressed me very much. I put on several size 4 dresses (the one worn by the model but two sizes bigger on me) and yet I was amazed by the beauty of them. One dress made me feel like wrapped in a beautiful flower yet it looked so abstract and well constructed. Another dress worn by Chanel on the show was the most amazing piece to me. It was a highly "Cristobal" looking little black dress with a great deal of volume, but Marc made two poufs on it with a sash belted between the two to define the waist. The brilliant design made it a statement piece without overwhelming the girl in it. If I had the courage to shed $3,900 on it, I would definitely do so. It is going to be a LBD never goes out of style and follows me for the years to come. (I should start buying lottery tickets, seriously!)
The "Arabian nights" looking pants were interesting but they looked hard to sell. The good news is that they are being perfected, and by the time they reach the stores, you'll see the slimmed down version. I expect them to be very flattering.
first pics are mine and the rest are from style.com
1.cotton dress;2.cotton dress with one shoulder
3.deconstructed T-shirt; 4.dress with too much reference
5.dress with metallic pattern; 6.my favorite LBD
7.tweed jacket;8.tweed jacket
9.silver shirt made of paper;10.sheer shirt (candy wrapper looking) and metallic jacket.
For some reason I couldn't post pics on blogspot, so I'll post it here with the pictures
It's finally the right time to share my view on the Marc Jacobs collection after experiencing the clothes at the trunk show.
Marc always has great ideas, and he is not afraid of using the elements from other designers to complete his ideas. This time around, Marc wanted to present the lightness. He used fabrics such as gauze, muslin, and lightweight silk that look like candy wraps. To balance the sheer looks, he used metallic leather, metallic sequins, tweed, and cotton gabardine to form more structured looks.
There were three kinds of metallic shown on runway: a metallic shirt made of paper, metallic leather, and metallic sequins. The Japanese made clothes with durable paper many years ago, but Marc introduced the paper fabric with a metallic coating to create a worn yet shiny effect. It was priced at $300 range, and I won't be surprised if many young people fall in love with it: I tried the silver shirt on, and I saw an updated "boyfriend's shirt" look on me instantly. The dress with metallic sequins was gorgeous. Not only the sequins reflected the light with a metallic shine but created great draping looks. The beautiful dress full of sequins was priced at more than $7,000, expensive but it made sense. The metallic leather jackets, however, felt stiff and lifeless. I'd rather pay less and purchase a jacket made of synthetic fabric to get the same look.
Another group of clothes were the deconstructed pieces. There were shredded T-shirts, shredded T-shirt dresses as well as deconstructed knit wear. They reminded me Martin Margiela, Comme des Garcons' "broken bride" collection, and Cristobal Balenciaga. Marc was not afraid of using bold reference to complete his concepts, but the dress on Stam showed so much reference that I felt slightly uncomfortable.
The prices on the T-shirt dreses were not sensible at all: the printed T-shirts with the simplest construction and the most common cotton fabric were priced at around $860 each. When a nicely made tweed jacket was priced at $1,500, it looked like a problem to me.
The dresses impressed me very much. I put on several size 4 dresses (the one worn by the model but two sizes bigger on me) and yet I was amazed by the beauty of them. One dress made me feel like wrapped in a beautiful flower yet it looked so abstract and well constructed. Another dress worn by Chanel on the show was the most amazing piece to me. It was a highly "Cristobal" looking little black dress with a great deal of volume, but Marc made two poufs on it with a sash belted between the two to define the waist. The brilliant design made it a statement piece without overwhelming the girl in it. If I had the courage to shed $3,900 on it, I would definitely do so. It is going to be a LBD never goes out of style and follows me for the years to come. (I should start buying lottery tickets, seriously!)
The "Arabian nights" looking pants were interesting but they looked hard to sell. The good news is that they are being perfected, and by the time they reach the stores, you'll see the slimmed down version. I expect them to be very flattering.
first pics are mine and the rest are from style.com
1.cotton dress;2.cotton dress with one shoulder
3.deconstructed T-shirt; 4.dress with too much reference
5.dress with metallic pattern; 6.my favorite LBD
7.tweed jacket;8.tweed jacket
9.silver shirt made of paper;10.sheer shirt (candy wrapper looking) and metallic jacket.
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they look gorgeous on you!!
itThanks girls.
Jssy,the paper feels quite durable...it's that kind of woven paper if it makes any sense to you. there is this silver coating on top, so I'm sure it gets wrinkled easily to look very "worn". I'll probably get one but before that I need to make sure they are more durable than paper
Jssy,the paper feels quite durable...it's that kind of woven paper if it makes any sense to you. there is this silver coating on top, so I'm sure it gets wrinkled easily to look very "worn". I'll probably get one but before that I need to make sure they are more durable than paper
300 isn't too bad...the only thing that worries me is the word paper..it makes it sound very...ripable Are alot of things not getting produced? Because some of the stuff on the runway seemed more for show than anything...for example, the closing pant suit was stunning, but perhaps a little costumey for real life....I love both looks on Behati (The white suit in particular
) and shredded dress on Bruna. 
The metalic dress that was $8000...was that the one that was on Vlada? The blue one with the open back? or is it another one?
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I believe the paper garments are made from Olefin, which is a completely waterproof type fiber that they use to make extremely strong and unrippable paper. I'm not familiar with it being woven but often the fiber is made in a process similar to felt (or actual paper really) and compressed. It's used in fed ex bags. The fabric made from is usually called Tyvek.
It's extremely cheap to manufactor (of course, not if you are adding silver into the mix) and durable for the most part. It's utlized because it's cheap to produce and dispoable, I wouldn't exactly want my clothes to be made out of it. A friend had a tyvek jacket from American Apparel and the fabric wore out pretty quickly. Keep in kind that it was American Apparel and not Marc Jacobs and that she wore it often under extreme stress.
Caffeine, you look lovely in those two dresses and actually make me like the collection more seeing it on you! Thanks so much for your insider reporting.
It's extremely cheap to manufactor (of course, not if you are adding silver into the mix) and durable for the most part. It's utlized because it's cheap to produce and dispoable, I wouldn't exactly want my clothes to be made out of it. A friend had a tyvek jacket from American Apparel and the fabric wore out pretty quickly. Keep in kind that it was American Apparel and not Marc Jacobs and that she wore it often under extreme stress.
Caffeine, you look lovely in those two dresses and actually make me like the collection more seeing it on you! Thanks so much for your insider reporting.
mutterlein, thanks for the clarification on the fabric--i love learning about stuff like that.
caffeine-- So sweet of you to take pics for us! You look absolutely adorable. I like the dress in the first two pics. The collar framing your face really suits you.
caffeine--
So sweet of you to take pics for us! You look absolutely adorable. I like the dress in the first two pics. The collar framing your face really suits you.jssy4eva said:
Are alot of things not getting produced? Because some of the stuff on the runway seemed more for show than anything...for example, the closing pant suit was stunning, but perhaps a little costumey for real life....I love both looks on Behati (The white suit in particular
yeah I think that most of the stuff are being produced. Did you mean those BIG pants? they are trying to make them slimmer and then produce them. The stores have wishlists and so the SA put my name down for a couple of items for me to try in the right size.
Yes the almost $8,000 dress is the blue drop waist dress fully covered by sequins. it weights a ton
But so gorgeous!Mutterlein said:
Thank you Mutterlein for explaining the fabric. I learned something new today
Yes it felts like that kind of FedEx paper, but I think the inside face is a little more rough than the envelopes. The SA told me that the paper shirt can't be dry cleaned so just wipe it clean. I really need a confirmation on the durability before I buy it laika said:mutterlein, thanks for the clarification on the fabric--i love learning about stuff like that.
caffeine--
Thank you Laika. I liked that collar very much,too
I am very glad to share the experience, because a trunk show really gives me a feeling about the clothes. They tell me so much more than the pictures. I tried on the black dress, too. And i also have pics. Unfortunately they were not very clear so I used the runway pics instead. That one was really breathtaking but so expensive.I wish I had some important events to go to, but no...I just can't justify buying one...sigh
...My general feeling about the pricing is that it's all over the places. $1000+ for a tweed jacket makes sense, but $890 for a tshirt dress is complete nonsense.
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