OK, I just visited a store in Hamburg today that was actually brave enough (and well informed) to carry Taralis collection - as far as I was told by the owner, this S/S 2006 collection never made it to the salesfloor, and all they had left was a pair of heavy anthracite wool felt trousers with narrow legs from his debut collection, F/W 2004... it was a small size (french 36) so I gave them a try.... the fitting was just BEYOND amazing on me, normally I detest wearing tailored pants because there is too much fabric on the thigh, but these ones were just as skinny as a pair of very narrow jeans, yet very comfortable to wear. The only thing that made me hesitate to purchase these trousers was the very warm, slightly itchy wool flannel - probably due to the climate, as it was very hot inside the store.
It´s also very remarkable to add that the trousers came packed in a sleek, long black carton, discreetly embossed with the designers initials in silver, wrapped in tissue - I was obviously very nicely surprised by the attention to detail and quality, everything was very well made and of flawless quality... I´ve got very high expectations on him and will definitely check back for S/S 2006!
The only thing I´ve got my doubts on; if this is actually a women´s collection, I doubt there are a lot who could actually fit this as it was very narrow fitted... it´s definitely not a collection for a girl with curves - As far as I was told by the shop owner, half of the collection was sold to skinny men, so I´d say this is a similar approach as with Helmut Lang and Dior Homme in terms of the proportions.