I want more from this guy. And maybe he’s not capable of giving it? Maybe my expectations are too high? Moschino is a brand with potential, though, and I want to see it flourish and I want to see something compelling.
I loved what Jeremy Scott did for the brand. I loved his conviction. He always really went for it. But what I loved most is that he NEVER was interested in his work looking “cool.”
That is such a rare trait these days, and Adrian suffers from this widespread disease in this industry of needing the work (and themselves) to be cool. I want to see him say “f*ck it” and just TRY something new and idiosyncratic. New kind of design, new kind of casting, new kind of presentation and show…I want to root for him. I’m probably giving him too much credit to have any hope, to be honest.
Like…I want to ask him… “why is she carrying the tea pot?” I get that he and the team think it’s like a wink-wink, so-clever gesture, but me, as an intelligent viewer, am asking what that has to do with anything in this collection conceptually, narratively or visually.
It’s easy to tell a joke. It’s much harder to get a real smile out of someone. That’s where Adrian is falling short, and where Jeremy succeeded.