Narciso Rodriguez x Zara 2022

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The collection:



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Campaign imagery with Natalia Vodianova by Craig McDean:



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[GERGIN]

Quite unexpected but happy that Narciso is collaborating with Zara honestly.

 

[Cocteau Stone]

Good on him! I've always loved his collections - even though they aren't my style - for the honest, clean, minimal American ease that seems to be lost to both New York fashion week and at large.

It's been frustrating to not be seeing much of him as of late so this is a great coup for him and hopefully it gets him some extra deserved appreciation.

 

[THD96]

I'm hope this collaboration is a sign that Narciso is ready to make a full comeback. NYFW is desperately needs him back.

As for the collection, it's very straightforward. The white slip dress is gorgeous.

 

[Deleted member 7575]

Actually pretty cool.

Turns out they went and sourced the original fabrics and many of them are the same if not better.

It's also priced a lot higher than Zara. I think the most expensive piece is $450 or so.

 

[Lola701]

This collection is so unexpected that I think Marta might be a Narciso fan, customer or friend in the first place.
It’s great.
I kinda feel almost guilty for liking this…Because I will probably purchase the red dress, the black jumpsuit and the satin top…And i don’t even own any Narciso.

Apparently it’s a recreation of archives collection. If Zara goes on that route, it’s very clever.
Good campaign.

 

[YohjiAddict]

He’s the designer Peter Do and so many other NYFW flavors of the month aren’t and will never be. I love his style and I hope the collection is a success so that we see more of him in the near future.

 

[Cocteau Stone]

This collection is so unexpected that I think Marta might be a Narciso fan, customer or friend in the first place.

He's actually been in the know with both Zara and the Ortegas since his Loewe stint: Narciso Rodriguez Opens His Archive for a First-of-its-Kind Zara Collaboration

 

[Lola701]

He's actually been in the know with both Zara and the Ortegas since his Loewe stint: Narciso Rodriguez Opens His Archive for a First-of-its-Kind Zara Collaboration

Great! At this at this point, I need to manifest things to happen…
As Haider for Hermès or Givenchy doesn’t seem to be on the way..
Haider Ackermann for ZARA!

 

[tricotineacetat]

I was hoping for Narciso to use the break from his label to consult for another brand and this satisfies that wish greatly - After Zara's more questionable 'Atelier' collection, it's great to see him propose a capsule collection as focussed as this and with seemingly the right quality and price, so that the product can hopefully live up to the awesome campaign imagery.

A part of me would have loved to see him at Uniqlo, as that would have proven an exciting challenge to merge Uniqlo's product-driven approach with Narciso's sensual dressmaking. While that would have been the seemingly less expected move, I think the outcome would have greatly improved Uniqlo's womenswear offering, providing more feminine and 'dressed-up' products in the absence of Jil Sander's line - But who knows, maybe with a designer like Francisco Costa instead, who also has been quiet for a little too long?

 

[Salvatore]

Oh this is nice and works very well. Happy for Narciso !

 

[Benn98]

I'm very out of the loop with Zara (because they have such an awful carbon footprint and make very few amends to rethink), so news of this collab is new to me.
Have they done it before?

The pieces look great and Narcisco imo is up there with ODLR and the others as an American great. But it just seems too bit toned down and deja vu for Zara specifically whose signature looks are pretty much what we're seeing here.

I'd like to find out more about the sourcing of fabric. Will wait for the press writeups.

 

[Deleted member 7575]

Great! At this at this point, I need to manifest things to happen…
As Haider for Hermès or Givenchy doesn’t seem to be on the way..
Haider Ackermann for ZARA!

Oh, plenty of Haider's designs have ended up at Zara whether he sanctioned it or not.

 

[tricotineacetat]

While I do very much enjoy watching a Haider Ackermann show and liked most of his work at Berluti, I don't think his name deserves to be up there as the first choice whenever a big brand is on the watch of a new creative director - He is one of those designers with a long track record of beautiful shows and yet hasn't managed to turn that momentum into recognizable and commercially successful product.

When I look at a capsule collection like this one by Narciso, it's something a lot of women can appreciate - No matter if they know his body or work or not. I'm not exactly sure how wide the appeal with Haider is and if that particular customer even enjoys his going into the mainstream of fashion...

 

[Lola701]

While I do very much enjoy watching a Haider Ackermann show and liked most of his work at Berluti, I don't think his name deserves to be up there as the first choice whenever a big brand is on the watch of a new creative director - He is one of those designers with a long track record of beautiful shows and yet hasn't managed to turn that momentum into recognizable and commercially successful product.

My support for Haider comes from the fact that of course, he is talented, can make beautiful clothes and knows his craft but also because I never had the feeling that he had all the infrastructures in place to develop his voice or even his own brand.

And it’s same thing with my support for Lutz.

It’s one thing to have the talent but without the great strategy to support the talent or take it to another level, quite difficult to do things. And one of the reason I like him is because he does mature fashion. I respect talents like that. I wouldn’t give him Chanel or Dior tho.
It’s a bit the same for Narciso. What he does is extremely mature while timeless. His amazing fragrances however supported his structure.

 

[tricotineacetat]

My support for Haider comes from the fact that of course, he is talented, can make beautiful clothes and knows his craft but also because I never had the feeling that he had all the infrastructures in place to develop his voice or even his own brand.

And it’s same thing with my support for Lutz.

It’s one thing to have the talent but without the great strategy to support the talent or take it to another level, quite difficult to do things. And one of the reason I like him is because he does mature fashion. I respect talents like that. I wouldn’t give him Chanel or Dior tho.
It’s a bit the same for Narciso. What he does is extremely mature while timeless. His amazing fragrances however supported his structure.

Haider enjoyed the support and production infrastructure of Anne Chapelle's 32 bvba fashion group for more than a decade, during which his collection was stocked by all the major retailers till the very end. I'd assume he generated more buzz than the much-bigger Ann Demeulemeester brand, so I'm not exactly sure he was much limited to incubate his vision to it's full potential - If anything at all, he didn't manage to back up his vision with a solid foundation of products that continuously sell, as Ann Demeulemeester or Rick Owens would.

 

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I am very curious to see how it sells.

The fact that they are going back to all the original mills is pretty insane to me.

@tricotineacetat hinted at this offline before, but it seems like there's a potentially new market/arrangement emerging for designer-centric, mass-produced collections that are able to leverage the retailer's sourcing and logistical scale to offer near designer-level quality for fairly accessible prices.

I'm talking about this, Yeezy Gap, and particularly UNIQLO's last +J collection which also retailed way above UNIQLO's norm but was extremely high in quality. They had coats for as high as $300 which is pretty reasonable but for UNIQLO that is staggeringly high. It all sold out nonetheless.

To get something with real design integrity, high quality, and an at affordable price seems like a winner. Who else operates in that price range? Banana Republic? Club Monaco? J Jil? No thanks.

 

[MyNameIs]

Is Zara going back to chic/sophisticated/streamlined? I hope so. We've suffered enough of the oversized/urban/streetwear era.

 

[Lola701]

Haider enjoyed the support and production infrastructure of Anne Chapelle's 32 bvba fashion group for more than a decade, during which his collection was stocked by all the major retailers till the very end. I'd assume he generated more buzz than the much-bigger Ann Demeulemeester brand, so I'm not exactly sure he was much limited to incubate his vision to it's full potential - If anything at all, he didn't manage to back up his vision with a solid foundation of products that continuously sell, as Ann Demeulemeester or Rick Owens would.

He definitely enjoyed the support of Anne Chapelle but compared to Ann Demeulemeester, the brand wasn’t really mature by the time Anne decided to « give him his independence ». Haider’s hype was build in a slow but healthy way but his breakthrough came quite late and when the hype was at it high maybe they didn’t expand enough.
But I also think that sometimes even in business, people have some real integrity and I can understand why some decisions weren’t made. I think that ultimately, in order to sustain an independent brand like Haider Ackermann with such a specific aesthetic, you need a bigger platform to maybe use your creativity in a different scale.

Because I’m sure that Haider’s goal is not to make 600M 1 year with all of what that implies..We have seen with Marc Jacobs and Galliano how those ambitions can literally kill a house.

But back to Zara/Narciso.