couturefan
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Cute models.
I don't know, I love every thing about it. And I loved his last men's show. It was a bit repetitive and safe but beautiful.Anthony really is a terrible menswear designer.
I think you can’t say Anthony is a terrible designer… I “hate” (not the right word) him for many reasons, because he is so void as a designer, he is like the insta designer, going just for the look, he is a stylist at best, trying to be aesthetic, clean, “stunning”, wow… but he’s so empty after all.
That said, he is not terrible. He just makes pretty clothes that sometimes actually look good on the clients. I feel like consumers might want his garments just for the design and because they feel good and well dressed in them. I feel like in other brands the consumer wants to be edgy (which I despise), wants to look rich… with his Saint Laurent it’s just pretty clothes, quite unpretentious after all, and I kind of respect that tbh.
Menswear it’s been always like that (Hedi offerings aside). No one in fashion cares about menswear because most of the offerings are always irrelevant.Terrible menswear designer.
His menswear aesthetic and vision for Saint Laurent is terrible whichever way you look at it.
For a start, what has he designed for menswear that has made an impact during his almost decade long tenure? Has there been an iconic jacket or trouser or shoe or bag or even pair of sunglasses that he has designed that has really struck a chord with his audience?
Secondly under Vaccarello, Saint Laurent menswear has shrunk drastically. They went from having a sizeable revenue generated from menswear and having really iconic shows, to having a highly reduced revenue and now studio lookbooks? Talk about embarrassing.
Thirdly, the clothes themselves are still highly derivative of Hedi Slimane, yet executed through a much more basic lens. It's Hedi Slimane lite.
Last of all, under Anthony the whole allure of the menswear has lost its "cool" factor. You don't see young guys going to Saint Laurent or buying things anymore in the way that they did. The menswear needle has shifted completely. The men that wear Saint Laurent now are in the late 40s and 50s trying to be "cool" who accompany their trophy wives to the store events and shows. It's basically giving boomer vibes and not exactly the kind of vibes that you want to be adjacent to as a young person.
Anthony's womenswear outshines his menswear by 1000000000%. And they were supposed to fix that, yet from the strategic decisions we have been seeing over the last year, I don't really see any progress made whatsoever.