Pierre Cardin F/W 2023.24 Paris

[LadyJunon]

 

[YohjiAddict]

I could hardly imagine a collection that looks more passé…you can tell Rabanne’s niece was involved since this could only be the the work of a) someone not actually trained in fashion and b) someone whose excessively reverential to the founder’s work. I really didn’t like anything, the op-art inspired dresses were just awful, the color palette (if you could call it that) a total mess and the tailoring was just a blast to the past with no connection to the present moment. The drab presentation of the clothes was just the cherry on top.

 

[yslforever]

I am here for the Giscard-punk nostalgia and the Vasarely inspo. It could have better with a proper production.
Edit: still better than Nina Ricci

 

[jeanclaude]

This screenshoot resumes all about this, they did not care to edit the video:



"Beyond cheapness, in a far away galaxy, lies the worst 80s/90s dated Cardin costumes..."

The part with the children running, wearing those...those things they were wearing. And the ego-trip of Cardin nephew at the end.

And the fact that they want to keep all the licenses out there:


Really as cheap as those plastic chairs they force the audience into.

 

[OllieJE]

Cheap, tacky, and dated

 

[lhhbl]

was that Susy Menkes on the front-row? wth was she doing there lol

 

[Deleted member 116957]

You know, someone could really do something with Cardin (which is obviously never going to happen, but hear me out) if they'd look into his archives from the late 1950s and early 1960s before all the cosmonaut sh*t. There's some really beautiful and creative stuff there AND look at André Oliver's eveningwear... but, alas, we're forever doomed to get the worst looks by Cardin recreated ad-nauseum.

 

[andrew]

wooof everything about this presentation is messy

the editing is killing me

 

[donyan]

there are some good ideas hidden beneath the terrible colours, editing, production, casting and that awful blue catwalk and there’s something about the lack of professionalism that is strangely endearing. But who are those 4 musketeers at the end ?

 

[penny609]

Perhaps one of the cheapest things I've ever seen in fashion... I didn't even bother to watch the video, pictures were way enough. Reminds me how Pierre Cardin was written on almost everything marketable, I wouldn't be surprised if there was some Cardin toilet paper (my parents who have zero interest for high fashion had some Cardin towels...).

You can clearly see everything is dated and feels amateurish. Even the casting.

 

[yslforever]

was that Susy Menkes on the front-row? wth was she doing there lol

That's called dedication ! I loled hard when she sat after the 1st model.

 

[GivenchyAddict]

I felt like I was back in 2007 watching Fashion TV. Who did that?

 

[perhydrol]

Everything about this show feels dated and poorly produced. Cardin is an extremely problematic brand, and creating a literal collection won't help it in any way. If they were serious about the possible relaunch, they would have hired a proper creative director and merge all the licences, or at least do an overhaul. Courreges is a perfect example of a brand rooted in the Space Age, which has been transported to the present times so it's a possible option. It's just a matter of the right strategy.

 

[jeanclaude]

A nice video about Cardin:

 

[Deleted member 116957]

Everything about this show feels dated and poorly produced. Cardin is an extremely problematic brand, and creating a literal collection won't help it in any way. If they were serious about the possible relaunch, they would have hired a proper creative director and merge all the licences, or at least do an overhaul. Courreges is a perfect example of a brand rooted in the Space Age, which has been transported to the present times so it's a possible option. It's just a matter of the right strategy.

One of the funniest books I read last year was the biography Pierre Cardin: The Man who Became a Label by Richard Morais, it was published in the early 90s so who knows what happened to the brand (lol) between that publication and Cardin's death, but some of his business practices were beyond comprehension. It's actually impressive that the "brand" has survived as long as it has! Usually when I read these biographies it's the fashion or their messy lives that are the drama, but the sheer drama caused by his licensing was incredible. If I recall correctly, some of the executives in charge of licensing weren't even allowed to speak to each other!! I never thought I'd be on the edge of my seat reading about tie licenses.

Like I said before, Cardin was a talented couturier with beautiful and creative designs for a time, but it's so bizarre that the band somehow still "exists" in this context.

 

[Cocteau Stone]

Dated and cheap. If they insist on these designs, it should have been in all black to make it less jarring because what f*ck were those colour and fabric combinations?!?!

I don't see the entire point of reviving this. Cardin left a huge stamp but also a massive smear on fashion, so it is hard to appreciate the idea of this existing in the now. We've also seen his take better executed by other designers for decades. Even films and costume designers have done this far, far better...

 

[Blaiseybabey]

I think this is a perfect example of unmet expectations.
Cardin is a house with a pretty influential and experimental legacy of the 60's.
I cannot see that here. It just feels like a bunch of people met together, they ripped off some pages from the brand's archives, asked a local seamstress to put something together like stuff from their references using cheap material. All that with a rushed execution.
And in the meantime, these guys seemed to realise it would be good to throw a fashion show.
I really wonder how they managed to get Suzy Menkes into the crowd. I just love how slightly chaotic this show was.
I know it's hard to revive a house that's been dormant for so long but in order to bring back life to it, you need a good designer, with a new vision. There's no vision here apart from "Hey, we're baaaack!" - Well, so what? I don't even look forward to their next endeavours... I even started to skip through the video towards the end of the show because I just couldn't stand it.

 

[Phuel]

^^^ They were trolling LOL 4 millionaires trolled with some poorly-made Star Trek cosplay… Maybe Suzy was in on it. Hilarious: From the battery percentage randomly popping up during the livestream that @jeanclaude posted, to the poor male model who can’t even get his hand into his pant pocket— this can’t be serious. But people are none the wiser these days since so many "designers" and fashion presentations are of the exact horrid quality as this.

 

[Scotty]

This is like when a real housewife puts on a fashion show for her storyline.

 

[Deleted member 1957]

The beginning felt like a comedy skit with the model trooping through the guests that were rushing to sit. The location, styling didnt help. I didnt mind some of the men's looks and the short dresses especially the colour blocked ones though it felt like the fabric didnt really bring the vision to life.