Victoria Beckham S/S 2018 New York

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[gossiping]

yeah ... stella mccartney ?

honestly this brand is so outdated

 

[Miss Dalloway]

I love how there is such a clear connection, and evolution in all her collections. This was such a beautiful step forward, but still very much what she is seen wearing now. As always, the love affair with menswear goes on, but what a beautiful "ice cream" colour palette, combined with delicate materials it actually came out looking powerful as a whole.

Apart from dresses, the strongest looks are suits!! Amazing layering in this collection, she and Joe McKenna are really working so well together, who would have thought!! I want all those sleeveless coats, and that grey suit on Jay, is pure perfection, i would wear it asap!!

The shoes are such an interesting, and unexpected choice here, and it really paid off. The glitter pumps, and mules, and even those slightly 1960s Monroe pumps, added nice touch of sexy.

If i was on her team, and advising her, she would be out of NYFW, and firmly showing at London, this collection was certainly good enough.

Thanks for posting Vogue28.

 

[AnaD]

I like this much more than I have her previous few collections, it at least has a solid colour and print scheme, and is cohesive. She's still riffing Stella, but its a much more polished and pulled together version. It's okay...forgettable, but an improvement on the past.

There are some solid pieces here.

 

[GivenchyHomme]

She's resting on her morals. She found a winning formula and she's going with it.

 

[Deleted member 7575]

Knock her all you want, it's still way better than half the B.S. that's been shown in NYC.

 

[TRCFashion]

I feel like she "invented" new colors. I think the brand's accessories were going up while the clothes have been going down for the past couple of years. But this is a good comeback!

 

[eugenius]

She's resting on her morals. She found a winning formula and she's going with it.

I believe the phrase is "resting on her laurels."
It's certainly not great by any means, but I don't see anything that I'd label "hideous"..which is the only word I can describe most of what I've seen from the other shows. Feeling..neutral.

 

[Lola701]

This is exactly the type of fashion that i hate. There's no distinctive point of view, no identity, no personality.
It's just "oh so in the middle". Everything is perfectly bland, from the color palette to the cast and the setting.

I'm sorry but wearing your own clothes doesn't mean that your brand has an identity. It just says that you're your own brand ambassador.

This is the reason why NYFW is just so boring... A lot (too many) of designers have a platform nut no voice. This is just the perfect illustration of that.

Yes, she has gained credibility but it's time for her to step-up her game. I need to identify the brand and the designer.

I would rather see Phillip Plein than this...Seriously.

 

[HeatherAnne]

^ Finally someone speaks truth, it's soulless.

 

[Littleathquakes]

I would rather see Phillip Plein than this...Seriously.

I don't think you mean that.

 

[liberty33r1b]

love it

 

[IloveDiorHomme]

I agree with Lola, VB has no proper identity. It's just "pretty/modernist" clothing and no message behind. What this woman would do without Céline ? I wonder...

She should really work on a signature look or bag instead of being happy copying the aesthetics of the moment. I mean even the Row are doing Céline-sque clothes but they develop their own world in their way...

 

[Lola701]

I don't think you mean that.

I sure do. Plein is not my style at all but aesthetic put aside, he do have a vision, a girl in mind and through his shows, you see his vision of the world, his point of view.
On a paper, Plein has a lot in common with Beckham. She used to symbolize the idea of euro-trash that is pretty much a base in Plein's aesthetic. They became designers after a career somewhere else and they have a good business sense.

Victoria, before being a fashion designer, was/is a fashion icon so people who goes to her admire/like/respect her style and somehow they want to look like her or capture what she is portraying.

But, by trying to fit in, she lost herself. I have two VB from her earlier work but today, i'm not even interested in buying her clothes.

 

[Miss Dalloway]

^ I disagree, I don't think she lost herself, she evolved. In fact i think she found a perfect balance between the old, and new VB. Cathy Horn singled out her collection this season, and mentioned this, and how well she has adapated her brand:

With the exception of Victoria Beckham, the rest of the Sunday shows were tedious.

Beckham has moved away from her ultrafitted dresses, signaling that she and her team know how to adapt to new attitudes. The appealing elements of this show were the breezy day dresses in silk or crêpe (some with a subtle frill), the big cotton shirts (a trend this season) and slightly oversize blazers, and the fresh pastels mixed with sand and chalk tones.

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[Lola701]

^^
You can evolve while still being yourself. Let's be clear, she is not a leader, just a follower and she should be able to adapt those trends into her aesthetic...If she had one in the first place.

I'm sorry but for me, the only thing that says it's VB is the fact that she took her bow at the end.

I'm not convinced and even Cathy Horyn cannot make me believe in this. I'm sure it does sell well but i'm here for fashion. I'm not a retailer.

 

[ghostwriter10549]

This whole thing of VB trying to be the Phoebe Philo of NY is not even funny anymore, is ridiculous. I don’t think that a woman who buys Celine would EVER consider VB as second or third option for her clothes, so please, Victoria, stop.