Obesity and Speed

[anaisanais]

NY design duo who do a lot of deconstructed cotton jersey pieces with braiding, knots, beads and a gothic edge....

all pix from obesityandspeed.com

 

[anaisanais]

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[Deleted member 1957]

love the white pieces

 

[metal-on-metal]

Oh I'm glad she's finally getting some recognition. O&S is designed by Liz Olko, who also works at Seven New York as a salesgirl. She used to work for Daryl K. She started this line a couple years ago and I think still works on it out of her apartment. Her mother even pitches in on the sewing. The clothes are pretty basic, but have a nice design element to them at the same time. The line is a HUGE seller at Seven, because it's thoughtfully-priced but still interesting and clever. And, naturally, it's very big in Japan.

As an aside, Obesity & Speed is a reference to an old Huggy Bear song. I know some people find it offensive but it's merely taken from a Huggy lyric.

 

[TheSoCalledPrep]

I loooove that first white dress... does anyone know what its price would be?

 

[metal-on-metal]

^ Probably something like $300.

 

[Alejandro]

Oh I love love this!!!

 

[Elegance.Is.Refusal.]

i love these very inspiring!

 

[Meg]

While a find a lot of this quite nice it sort of strikes me as something that someone would make while in fashion design school. I just feel that the design is a bit loose and not quite precise enough or finished. I'm not sure if this makes sense to anyone else but those are my thoughts.

 

[*sayan]

I agree with you Meg,
She should do less models, but work out the proportions more, especially sinc shes working with elements that we have seen before, white n black, coton jersey, skull prints, doodle style graphics, chain and pendant incorporation.

I love all of these elements, but to make them yours you must reinterpret them, wich she did a little, but i still needs a little extra to take it out of the fashion student feel.

Good job though, breaking in a japanese market is BIG..=)

 

[softgrey]

i agree with meg...and sayan...

this is the kind of stuff that sets me on a rant...
it's only cotton knit...basically t-shirts and sweatshirts...
the fabric costs next to nothing...to sell it for $300 when i could cut up a t-shirt and make it myself...(and HAVE done)...that's just annoying to me...
expecially when it looks this crude and unfinished...

i love knitwear...it can be draped beautifully...but this looks completely amateurish to me...

thx for the pics anaisanais and for the info metal...

 

[Scott]

Thanks anaisanais....

Yeah,I like some of the stuff she's done. I like the women's stuff better though. Wasn't it a duo at one point,Metal? I remember seeing the label featured in V a couple years ago and it looked pretty interesting to me. Those sweatshirt's with the skull motif made out of ragged lace really caught my eye.

 

[raijin]

I agree with meg on this.

 

[PrinceOfCats]

Is the title some kind of reference to Karl Lagerfeld's dieting methods...

 

[metal-on-metal]

Yeah,I like some of the stuff she's done. I like the women's stuff better though. Wasn't it a duo at one point,Metal? I remember seeing the label featured in V a couple years ago and it looked pretty interesting to me. Those sweatshirt's with the skull motif made out of ragged lace really caught my eye.

It's a duo, Scott. But I still refer to the label as 'her' because I only really know Liz and not the other guy. And I think that when the label originally started out, it was just her. Josh (who I think is her boyfriend) also works at Seven.

I agree with softgrey and Meg that the design element is basic and amateur. But I don't think there's any pretense here. She's not trying to be Chanel Haute Couture and that's reflected in the materials and the 'undone' craftmanship. It's just a fun, easy little line of basics--nothing more. And I don't think the prices are astronomical ($110 for t-shirts usually, $300 for dresses). It's a tad overpriced but not in the way that Dior Homme's $8000 cotton coats are.

 

[marrimoda]

^ I do think it is overpriced, and arrogantly so.

I see the unfinished look of this as something intentionally raw for the demographic she is selling to...so that makes sense to me. I would never wear this stuff now, but when I was a lot younger, perhaps it would have been desireable to me. But thats just it -- at that age, and with those "raw" style preferences, a large price tag is kind of ridiculous to me...like ...hey pay 110 buck for this T-shirt and you'll be a cool anti-mainstream individual. Who is controlling who?

I wish them luck...anyway...

 

[emi25]

I LOVE the prints!!!

 

[Deleted member 7575]

I like it as well, but I think I could make it myself without too much work.

 

[Spacemiu]

I love Obesity&Speed


I think most of is reasonably priced, swetshirts are 100-200, some of the mini dresses are like 150. I wouldn't pay 100+ for their T shirts though.

 

[Kimkhuu]

Some nice elements but most of it looks like amateur work, especially the hooded cotton tops.