Roland Mouret S/S 06 New York

[pasfoti]

Nordstroms carries Roland Mouret? I didn't know that...

 

[Deleted member 7575]

Thank you so much sayan and spike, I will look into it.


I spoke to the sales assistant, I think it was one of 3 Nordstrom stores that got Mouret. They also had a decent amount of Chloe, Proenza Schouler, and I was able to dig out a wonderful Giambattista Valli dress. All of them were quite nice! They had a large selection of Cavalli and Valentino which I was less excited about. This is in Atlanta (I come to visit my parents and it's one of the few chances I get to inspect designer garments).

 

[pasfoti]

Have been wondering the significance of the Atlanta market for a while...
It seems designers visit that city quite often.

 

[Deleted member 7575]

Have been wondering the significance of the Atlanta market for a while...
It seems designers visit that city quite often.

It's a rich city, not as progressive as one would prefer for a luxury clothing market but it's pretty substantial. Their Neiman Marcus carries a large selection of Valentino and Prada every season. This particular season they had Galliano and Lanvin as well. Nordstrom had the already mentioned labels along with Missoni. When I was looking around in Neiman Marcus Usher (the pop singer) was there and actually had his assistant ask me where I got my trousers from! So I think there definitely is a customer base, but as the sales assistant was telling me, southern women are not as open minded.

 

[haoshcn]

It's a rich city, not as progressive as one would prefer for a luxury clothing market but it's pretty substantial. Their Neiman Marcus carries a large selection of Valentino and Prada every season. This particular season they had Galliano and Lanvin as well. Nordstrom had the already mentioned labels along with Missoni. When I was looking around in Neiman Marcus Usher (the pop singer) was there and actually had his assistant ask me where I got my trousers from! So I think there definitely is a customer base, but as the sales assistant was telling me, southern women are not as open minded.

What about Jeffrey? What are the selections like at their Atlanta store?

It's quite surprising and impressive to me that the Nordstrom in Atlanta carries labels like Roland Mouret. I have always thought of Nordstrom as a stuffy and boring chain catering to all those typical American middle or maybe upper-middle class clientele. At least that's the impression all the Nordstrom stores I ever visited gave me, including the one on N. Michigan Ave. in Chicago. We also have a Nordstrom in town. But it's so boring that the only stuff I ever bought there during the last four years were two Paul Frank (which they don't even carry any more) T-shirts and a pair of leather golves. Their so-called contempory men's wear are all mid-priced trash and the major men's section on first floor is just full of stuff like Tommy Bahama (don't even know if I spell the name correctly) which make you look at least 10 to 15 years older than your real age.

 

[Deleted member 7575]

What about Jeffrey? What are the selections like at their Atlanta store?

It's quite surprising and impressive to me that the Nordstrom in Atlanta carries labels like Roland Mouret. I have always thought of Nordstrom as a stuffy and boring chain catering to all those typical American middle or maybe upper-middle class clientele. At least that's the impression all the Nordstrom stores I ever visited gave me, including the one on N. Michigan Ave. in Chicago. We also have a Nordstrom in town. But it's so boring that the only stuff I ever bought there during the last four years were two Paul Frank (which they don't even carry any more) T-shirts and a pair of leather golves. Their so-called contempory men's wear are all mid-priced trash and the major men's section on first floor is just full of stuff like Tommy Bahama (don't even know if I spell the name correctly) which make you look at least 10 to 15 years older than your real age.

Oh yeah, I meant to post about Jeffery's! I haven't been to it yet this season (I will tomorrow I think). Last time I went in November they had Stella Mcartney, Libertine, Project Alabama, Junya Watanabe, Missoni, those are the only ones I remember. There was tons more. It's right next to the Jil Sander store and there is a opening between the two stores actually. The Jil Sander store is VERY nice with a large selection.

The menswear at every Nordstrom I've been to has sucked. Most of all the menswear sections in all the stores in Atlanta have sucked. Bloomingdales is bascially a Dsquared store with a small offering of D&G, contemporary sportswear lines and suprisingly a lot of Martin Margiela (which is not much more interesting than Dsquared to be honest). The smaller boutiques have more interesting things but Marc by Marc Jacobs and Trovata is as cool as it gets. Atlanta has a Barney's Co Op which this season was severely dissapointing.

From the way the SA put it it seems Mouret hasn't been that popular among Atlanteans but she did take the time to point it out, even she knows it's something very special.

 

[pasfoti]

Mutterlein

Thanks for the input...

 

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So I had my sister try on the Roland Mouret at Nordstrom today and my opinion is quite different. I found that as nice as it is on the runway it is extremely difficult to wear. The porportions don't always transfer off the model figure and on to a more average person well. My sister is slender but she is short and has hips, some of the garments fit her quite awkwardly and she looked awful. Some of it however looked amazing, it was hit and miss. Mouret is defintely not for bigger than average women. In comparison, all of the Chloe she tried on fit her amazingly well and she looked brilliant in all of it, it was effortless, easy, and impeccable. For this reason alone I could see Mouret not selling well at least among a more conservative crowd in Atlanta Georgia. Interestingly enough, that particular store had been sending out a lot of it to stores in California due to a strong interest there. I have a couple of photos that I will try and post later.

I did manage to stop by Jefferys as well. They merged the Jefferys and Jil Sander store so it's one unit. About half of it is shoes which I didn't pay much attention to. There was quite a wide selection of clothes. Here are the labels I remember: Miu Miu, Prada, Missoni, Martin Grant, Christian Dior, Galliano, Lanvin, Rochas, Balenciaga, Project Alabama, Jil Sander, Giambattista Valli, and maybe a few more although they did advertise in the display Yohji Yamamoto and Dries Van Noten which I couldn't find.

The actual selection of the said labels was meh. They didn't have anything from the runway for Balenciaga, it was just a bunch of light sweaters and caridigans with some beading on them. I didn't even recognize the Rochas, besides being well made they weren't very interesting and I would have guessed they were from BeBe or some cheaper contemporary line at Macy's. The Lanvin however was excellent and was some of the most stunning clothes in the store. I think I may start a thread on how the integrity of a collection dissolves once it hits stores. I don't get to see designer goods often and the whole experience left me disenchanted.

 

[Caffeine]

It's a rich city, not as progressive as one would prefer for a luxury clothing market but it's pretty substantial. Their Neiman Marcus carries a large selection of Valentino and Prada every season. This particular season they had Galliano and Lanvin as well. Nordstrom had the already mentioned labels along with Missoni. When I was looking around in Neiman Marcus Usher (the pop singer) was there and actually had his assistant ask me where I got my trousers from! So I think there definitely is a customer base, but as the sales assistant was telling me, southern women are not as open minded.

maybe because southern men are not as open minded

 

[bedtimestorynyc]

not bad, some interesting tops, nice shoes, but not groundbreakingly amazing overall