I'll fall in line with Norden, Tatouejeremie and Lola701 on this.
These clothes are nice but they yearn and they reach SO HARD for that Celine aesthetic and language. It was tired out when Phoebe was doing it and it is even more so now. I suppose they think they'll fill her void but even Phoebe had moved on from this before she left the industry. Why are they still clinging on?
I think we all know the answer: they don't know where to take it next without another, more talented and original designer showing them the way.
They're sort of your typical, Type A New York Parsons graduates: great taste, very knowledgable, but can't think for themselves. That's harsh, but did you see the Parsons MFA show where the student blatantly copied Viktor & Rolf and they STILL let them show it on the runway?! The student would have been kicked off the course at St. Martins.
You can't help but wonder what the collection Jack and Lazaro should have designed actually looks like. This is just so forced, a bit over designed and so inauthentic. No matter how good it is, and some of it IS good, I just don't believe it.