Vivienne Westwood F/W 06.07 Paris

[brian]

 

[Melisande]

Love it.

 

[Multitudes]

Thank you for posting that article and those pictures brian...

 

[Benzo]

Retro VW.
Cute kid there!

 

[melt977]

Long live Queen Viv!

 

[skot4mc]

very nice and very westwood.

 

[susie_bubble]

More of the collection. Pics from style.com

 

[susie_bubble]

(The black outfit is gorgeous! )

 

[susie_bubble]

 

[perdoneme]

not really feeling it. :/

 

[susie_bubble]

At first glance, this looks very all over the place and un-coordinated but I think what Westwood has achieved in this collection is to give us the 'Westwood' essence under different guises. You can look at every piece and immediately identify it as Westwood but she seems to have given a well-rounded collection that can cater to a variety of tastes. The black and navy palette for those with more conservative tastes. The slogan prints for those that are a fan of her punk/World's End era. The plaid/tweeds for those into the Anglomania look. As always, there's the Japanese kimono aesthetic which she has been incoporating for years. I personally can't say I love it all and would wear it all (don't think a lot of ppl can...) but what I appreciate is the variety and that it's almost a celebratory collection of the best of Westwood.

 

[nqth]

^ Yes, I think when she is more serious:-) and doesn't just "play" with bumps and such, her clothes look much better.

 

[Estella*]

my father just sent me this article, i thought i'd share

Feb 28, 2006 - By Kerstin Gehmlich - ABC NEWS

PARIS (Reuters) - A flying penis, voluminous robes and a call to release a
convicted prisoner - British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood brought it
all to Paris in a shrill show on Tuesday.

In an autumn-winter collection inspired by Greek themes, 64-year-old
Westwood paraded models in long, gold shimmering coats and girls showing off
colorful tights under bright purple layered dresses with the word "Innocent"
printed on them.

"I think it is terribly important to have opinions, and to think. We live in
a world of action without thought," said Westwood, who has kept her
eccentric edge since her bondage- inspired creations for the Sex Pistols
punk band in the 1970s.

Westwood, who is famed for using British fabrics such as tweed and tartan
for her daring clothes, has not been shy to add a political touch to her
clothes. Last year, she presented tops reading "I'm not a terrorist. Please
don't arrest me" to protest against a tightening of anti-terrorism measures.


Wearing two sparkling little devil's horns in her bright red hair, Westwood
told reporters she wanted to raise attention to the case of Leonard Peltier,
a American Indian activist convicted for the 1975 killings of two FBI
agents.

"Leonard Peltier is innocent. He's been in jail for 30 years now," Westwood
said, pointing to the invitation letter for her show, featuring a blue penis
with wings and the word "Innocent."

"The Greek penis is a good luck sign. It suits Leonard, because if you're in
the wrong place at the wrong time and you get arrested, maybe you're getting
jailed for the rest of your life. So you need good luck not to be a
criminal," she said.

Peltier, whose case has received international attention, has been serving
two consecutive life sentences for the agents' deaths on an Indian
Reservation in South Dakota. He has unsuccessfully brought a number of
appeals.

Wearing buttons reading "Innocent," models at Westwood's show presented
short suit jackets to wide voluminous ballroom skirts, or coats with large
shoulders spiking out.

The British designer recently told German magazine Stern she would be ready
to dress German Chancellor Angela Merkel, a pastor's daughter from the
communist east who is known for her conservative dress sense.

Westwood's collection included a golden suit with a wide hood, toga-style
dresses in pink and purple and accessories such as a police-man style visor
in sparkling gold.

Westwood seems untiring in her work. But she told Reuters: "The story of my
life is (that I think) 'When I finish this pair of trousers, I can read my
book'. It's always been the same. When I'm not having to work on fashion,
I'm usually not thinking about it at all."

 

[Deleted member 1957]

brilliant collection as usual!

 

[Multitudes]

As for Monsieur brian... merci beaucoup Madame Mare and Miss Bubbly.. .. for those photos and article...
... and you are so right Susie... some of the clothing lots of people would not be able to wear... but it's filled with such creative energi and unique aesthetic that you got to love it for that, anyway I do... I feel the same thing when I see some of Jean Paul Gaultier's pieces.. I wouldn't be able to wear it, but how creative it is...

 

[Bidwell]

Westwood:

It's always been the same. When I'm not having to work on fashion,
I'm usually not thinking about it at all."

Maybe she should think about it a bit more.
Her last good collection was in 1996.
Maybe the tailoring suits her body, but it looks like slop on models let alone real women. In fact, I'd love to see her real clientale base.

 

[Trista]

I really like this! Fun things-I'm younger so I could see myself in some of them IMO.

 

[Mary-Anne]

I absolutly love it!!
so beautiful... so exciting!!

 

[skip-her]

Love it

 

[CocoFashionista]

Love the boots and the "greek leggings"