Versace S/S 2005 Milan

[LostInNJ]

Anyway, these are my favorite looks:

 

[eternitygoddess]

I it!!!

 

[Plumour]

the same old Versace, and boring

 

[Deleted member 1957]

well if some people can look like rascals why cant some look like rich hookers? By the way did you know that high class hookers are the world's best dressers remember CZJones in the movie with George Clooney or Samantha in Sex and the city??

 

[purplelucrezia]

Originally posted by Urban Stylin@Oct 4 2004, 07:07 AM
well if some people can look like rascals why cant some look like rich hookers? By the way did you know that high class hookers are the world's best dressers remember CZJones in the movie with George Clooney or Samantha in Sex and the city??

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Very true, actually... Here's Caroline Otero, a famous 19th century courtesan.

According this book I've been reading, "Extravagance was their best means of self-advertisement." Quite applicable here I think.

 

[orlem]

Originally posted by LostInNJ@Oct 2 2004, 04:49 PM
I guess what I mean is why do people bash the collections, only to say that it is the same stuff. What else can they do, other than what they are known for.

I can only speak for myself but I think that a designer's time and creativity should go towards improving upon the house's current "essence". The problem with the Versace essence is that it is outdated -- putting a woman in the center of attention and showcasing her breasts and in skimpy or tight clothes is rather patriarchal. Nevermind the fact that Donatella is a woman; I am critical that she is not drawing out of the lines as a designer to overcome the idea that women exist for men.

The designers I praise are the often ones who have developed sexiness without subjection.

 

[mikeijames]

donatella has found a strength in sexy suiting and seperates. i know most write off this stuff as same ole same ole...but for those who actually wear designerwear everyday i think it's a nice alternative to some of the more obvious designs. a versace pant doesn't look like a versace pant except to the well trained eye...to the rest of us, it looks like a nice pant cut to accent the curves of a woman. the same with skirts and suits.

and i like the bag posted a lot...perfect for a little jaunt on someone's yacht. this collection was one of the strongest in milan.

 

[Nemova]

Originally posted by MulletProof+Oct 3 2004, 06:17 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(MulletProof @ Oct 3 2004, 06:17 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>oh come on, stop that self-defensive attitude, it's not towards you or your tastes, it's about the lame collection, which is certainly not about 'looking sexy' but about looking, feeling, trying hard to be rich, something that in my opinion, is hideously vulgar
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agreed

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All I see is nightgowns - those are wearable on a daily basis Seriously, I go with what many of you already said. Isn't Donatella tired of doing the same stuff repeatedly season after season?

 

[Lena]

Ms. Versace has been through a rough patch of late; she sought treatment this summer for substance abuse. At a postshow dinner at her home, attended by about 40 guests, including her former husband, Paul Beck, and their teenage son, Daniel, she looked well. Ms. Versace has lived many lives — as her brother's muse, as the woman of the house. And to look at her clothes was to perceive a quality of grown-up experience, an intuitive understanding about women, missing from other designer's collections. Roberto Cavalli, for instance, seems to view life as a constant costume drama, a spaghetti western with Bardot in the saddle. And it's fun. But ultimately it is a static vision of Italy, as if the projector got stuck on the same frame and nobody noticed. And the Versaces, whatever their shortcomings, have always dreamed bigger.

Cathy Horyn at the NYT

 

[Spike413]

This collection, overall, was the one I found the least flawed in Milan this season. I could've lived without the plunging necklines and excess frills, but overall it was an improvment. Lighter, more practical (well, for Versace anyway) and softer then usual. Some of the gowns were very pretty and the prints are great and fun for the summer. Hardly perfect, but better then it has been the past few seasons.

 

[meowmix]

while i agree it's still 'same ole versace' i don't think it's so bad... the clothes are not extraordinary, certainly not very exciting but they're pleasant...whch doesn't suffice from a design point of view, but from that of a consumer, they do have a wearability and some good cuts. some of the colors are nice, others seem to be a little dull, but i think it's at least better than the over 'celebritied' looks that seems to have been the theme or aim of the previous seasons...

 

[kimair]

the review from WWD:

There’s a new day dawning at Versace, with a new ceo, a focus on growth and Donatella Versace more determined than ever before. To drive home that message, she kept her spring collection deliberately low-key, both on the runway and off — yoo-hoo, front-row celebrities: anybody home? — treading a deft line between the expected sexiness and savvy restraint. The result was a collection that glowed pretty and even ladylike, in clear counterpoint to last season’s nouveau punk. For the most part, it worked beautifully.

Of course, by Donatella’s lights, why shouldn’t a lady be a vamp, too? For spring, the designer fancied her “a goddess emerging from the sea,” but one plenty aware of her earthly powers, exercised here with less-is-more surety. During the design process, a momentary minimalist fantasy must have swept over Versace, resulting in some of the simplest clothes ever to hit her runway. Yet one would never mistake her Plain Jane for a wallflower; rather, she’s a bombshell without beading. And those iced pastel satin lovelies did her equal justice, draped and cut out to va-va-voom effect, a major halter haul revealing both décolletage and back. For more casual moments, Versace chose deliberately unfettered tailored jackets over bias skirts, and jet-set-worthy low-slung pants.

But no girl should go overboard with understatement. To that end, Versace broadened the range of the celebratory scarf print, from dresses with Midas-loving Medusa belts to a beachy halter-and-jams set. And while on the topic of snorkel chic, a delightful pink underwater motif got liberal use in one of the biggest, best bathrobes ever to hit the shore.

Still, in Versace’s world, every goddess worth her backstroke revels in the occasional big event. And if, by now, Donatella’s evening approach seems formulaic, it’s only because she knows exactly what the red-carpet set wants and sends it out in droves. Familiar or not, her crystal-encrusted spring flou still looked plenty see-worthy.

 

[Erin]

I'm sorry, but I'm lovin' it...

the mint green dress... spectacular

 

[Salvatore]

I really really this collection. This is the Versace I fell in love with. It reminds me of the 2000 Collection a little

 

[Couture_Whore]

Originally posted by Salvatore@Oct 7 2004, 01:11 PM
I really really this collection. This is the Versace I fell in love with. It reminds me of the 2000 Collection a little

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You took the words right outta my brain! My thoughts exactly! I love how Donatella throws some "skankiness" into her sexy designs. I also love her updated version of the safety pin dress that Liz Hurley wore.

 

[dl20]

I like it...

Anyone willing to post some pix of the men's collection??

DL

 

[Salvatore]

Originally posted by Couture_Whore@Oct 7 2004, 07:36 PM
You took the words right outta my brain! My thoughts exactly! I love how Donatella throws some "skankiness" into her sexy designs. I also love her updated version of the safety pin dress that Liz Hurley wore.

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I'm so happy Donatella decided to stray away from the punk-rock, slightly dominatrix motif and go back to the softer, more flowy looks.

 

[softgrey]

Originally posted by Urban Stylin@Oct 4 2004, 07:07 AM
well if some people can look like rascals why cant some look like rich hookers? By the way did you know that high class hookers are the world's best dressers remember CZJones in the movie with George Clooney or Samantha in Sex and the city??

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best and worst is a matter of opinion dear urban...and neither of the characters you mentioned were actually hookers...if you recall ...so they don;t really help your case...

personally... i would take great exception to calling kim catrall's character 'well-dressed'...imo...she looked like cheap trash...not even expensive trash...


and while people of course CAN dress anyway they choose...i simply cannot for the life of me understand why anyone would CHOOSE to look like trash?!?!?...

 

[AlexN]

Originally posted by softgrey@Oct 8 2004, 02:57 PM
and while people of course CAN dress anyway they choose...i simply cannot for the life of me understand why anyone would CHOOSE to look like trash?!?!?...  

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While I agree with you, you must remember that not everyone defines trashiness the same way. Some people like this stuff; just try to respect their opinions.

Hopefully, no one is taking offense to having their fashion preferences referred to as trashy hooker style.

 

[softgrey]

Originally posted by AlexN@Oct 8 2004, 03:00 PM
While I agree with you, you must remember that not everyone defines trashiness the same way.

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no reminding needed...