Preen by Thornton Bregazzi F/W 2020.21 London

[vogue28]

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[vogue28]

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[Mathewthew]

I always think Preen is a little bit underrated, like Chalayan. They probably are not the most "WOW, social media favourite" designers, but they deliver a solid and desirable collection every season.

 

[Benn98]

Love it, and dare I say I can very much deal with Bregazzi's version of chaos than that of LV. Plus there's a lot more to behold here. When you strip the crazy styling you're left with interesting little black numbers, but my fancy tickles towards the 2 piece ensembles.

As usual, one of the highlights of LFW. Holding my breath for Mulberry.

 

[Not Plain Jane]

masculine/feminine deconstructionaire

 

[MulletProof]

When you strip the crazy styling you're left with interesting little black numbers

Guide me here please, the two black dresses?

I stumbled upon this thread by accident yesterday and seriously must've stared for some good 10 minutes and even searched for an interview to find a clue on what went so wrong with this label (I concluded it was that gotta-make-a-living family life!). Then felt even more confused when I pondered a bit longer on their newly found parent responsibility to take a more sustainable route in their work, because.. although sustainability does not necessarily call for minimalism or the death of opulence, it should require a significant reduction of excess, and there are pieces here (pieces really, not styling) that are just absurd in terms of cost... meaning they fail to communicate a commercial trend, a thought, or serve as even just some silly garnish to whatever this show and that golden thing hanging in the back is about because.. it's an actual piece! (like these brutal military skirts). I also concluded long ago that age (and again, financial survival) just happened to them because they went on a gradual decline over the past 15 years from from being highly promising, to dull to.. this.. I just can't let go of how modern their work in that promising phase STILL is.. anything from F/W 04 would put most collections shown so far to shame, it's never not looked modern and exciting and it's a shame they were once capable of producing something so atemporal and at the same time, sensitive to times and the field they're in, and now.. not even Anna Dello Russo (whatever she's up to these days) would touch this.

FYI, I know there are worst things than Preen! I'll always have a microscopic soft spot for them, it's just so contrary to what they seemed to be about at first that these changes in direction (drastic like McQueen in 05 or slow like this) are always perplexing to me..