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Takeo Kikuchi A/W 05/06
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If someone stuffed a bit of Galliano's baccy down Matsushima's pipe...
^ i'd be interested to see someone who could pull off the entire look too.
i agree that this is a bit of masaki matsushima, especially the silhouette. minus the styling, i find this collection rather intriguing although the color selection isn't my cup of tea--i still believe in black/grey/white. i wish i could check them out in person to judge more.
i agree that this is a bit of masaki matsushima, especially the silhouette. minus the styling, i find this collection rather intriguing although the color selection isn't my cup of tea--i still believe in black/grey/white. i wish i could check them out in person to judge more.
kit said:Could anyone name somewhere , whether Japan or any other country , where one could find ANY male wearing outfits like these ?
And DON'T tell me some gay club in London , NYC etc .
Kit,
I think that you're exactly right in asking that question. I've not seen anybody (I live on and off in the US and Japan) who dresses this way.
The only thing that I can think of is that Kikuchi was attempting to mix some of the current, popular European designers, elements of Etro, Galliano or Viktor & Rolf or Hedi (that tie over the polo shirt and the super-skinny trousers) with the Japanese aesthetic of quirky layering, combinations of colors/patterns that "clash", etc. Also, conveniently, these designers are REALLY popular in Japan right now.
Unfortunately, I just don't think it worked well for him. I don't see anything in this collection that works as a whole. Individual elements are sometimes interesting, but I think they don't work together. It seems that he tried the old formula "Galliano works. Etro works. So does Comme des Garcons. Therefore mixing them all together must work." But... of course... it doesn't.
To be honest, I don't view Kikuchi as much of an original designer in the first place. In Japan at least, he has LOTS of stores that put out mass-produced, low priced clothes that copy the latest trends. While I'm sure that this collection is higher quality and higher priced than his mass-produced stuff... nevertheless it still seems to me to be simple "sampling" of trends without a real, underlying idea.
John
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rach2jlc said:
Takeo Kikuchi used to be quite big in the 80s , along with forgotten Japanese labels like ,
Arrston Volaju by Koshin Satoh
Matsuda by Yukio Kubiyashi
Monsieur Nicole
Blue Man
etc etc
Masaki Matsushima has sharpened up his act and makes extremely wearable clothes , one would have hoped that Takeo could have done the same .
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