Vogue top 10 collections F/W 06.07

[caryanne]

style.com

balenciaga- Nicolas Ghesquière's startling and sweeping update of Cristobal Balenciaga's signature silhouettes and detailing produced the show of the season.

comme des garcons- Rei Kawakubo's exploration of the elements of masculine and feminine dress (Renaissance to the present) was boldly conceptual, richly romantic, and surprisingly wearable.

lanvin- In a collection that celebrated cut over tricks of styling, Alber Elbaz masterfully hit fall's key notes—he/she dressing, curvaceous fronts/straight backs, tux chic, and effervescent volume.

marc jacobs- A celebration of dramatic layered proportions and original pairings (frock and pantsuit, anyone?), Jacobs' show was a brilliant rethink of what it means to dress "city smart."

marni- Consuelo Castiglioni's bohemian girl is suddenly as pared down and refined as an oughties Katharine Hepburn. The subtlest palette of the season, and one in which prints (long the house's trading card) were used only as accents.

 

[caryanne]

narciso rodriguez- A powerful argument for minimalism that featured unusual and beautiful fabric pairings for day—mud cloth with sport fabric with silk with leather—and sparkly short dresses for evening.

prada- Miuccia Prada confined "pretty and ladylike" to mothballs with her darkly glamorous urban warriors in their faux-hawked cheetah-print coats, gray flannel bustiers, and gothic knits and leggings.

proenza schouler- Reworking early-nineties tough-chic, Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez offered cool updates on big-night dressing: a velvet tux pant and chain-embroidered shell; silver lamé tee under an embroidered purple mini-sheath.

rochas- Olivier Theyskens' lyrical homage to chimney sweeps ranged from the everyday (softly tailored trouser suits) to the ethereal (cloud dresses).

yves saint laurent- Stefano Pilati continued to challenge convention, advocating tunics as the basis of a seductive, modern wardrobe. For day, he paired them with ever-so-slightly bubbled skirts; for evening, with must-have sheer trousers.

 

[fashionista-ta]

Half of these I thought had a weak showing this season--namely Lanvin, Prada, Proenza, and possibly Marni and YSL. This list is bogus and highly suspect ...

 

[caryanne]

Yes, it's probably one of their most conservative and safe top ten lists.

 

[metal-on-metal]

I love how year in, year out, Prada is always on this list, whether or not she has a strong showing. Prada is one of Vogue's biggest advertisers.

 

[grace`d]

I don't necessarily agree with the list...

 

[kimair]

the usual suspects from vogue...
the only surprising name on their list is marni...

 

[fashionista-ta]

That is what I call an amazing coincidence I do notice that they feel pretty comfortable leaving Karl off most of the time ... it seems like he may not be quite the lavish advertiser that Prada and Marc are ... I'll have to start paying more attention to this ...

Prada was so interesting for spring that this collection was a real let-down. Lanvin, too, looked like an amateur retooling of the last collection, which itself took the house in a direction I wasn't fond of, but at least did it much better than this

 

[fashionista-ta]

the usual suspects from vogue...
the only surprising name on their list is marni...

v true, I don't remember Marni being on there anytime recently. I guess she took Alexander's spot

 

[eternitygoddess]

I think Versace deserved a spot on the list.

 

[kinkexplosion]

im so surprised with marni... and yeah i agree versace should be on this list.

 

[masquerade]

god, balenciaga and prada were pretty bad this year

i agree with the rest. i dont know why everyone didnt like lanvin, i loved the tromp l'oeil. im surprised mcqueen and versace arent on there, far more impressive.

really, judging by the stuff they put in the magazines, their list is pretty surprising

 

[Benzo]

Disagree w/ most of the choice.
Business as usual
I think they're V's biggest clients.

 

[Johnny]

Disagree w/ most of the choice.
Business as usual
I think they're V's biggest clients.

Not all of them........Marni and comme bigger than Dior and Chanel?

 

[Callidora]

Can you believe that 7/10 of these choices are the exact same as last season? It's the exact same list, except that Calvin, Dries, and Rick Owens were on last season in place of Comme, Marni, and Proenza. And if you go back in the archives, Balenciaga, Prada, Lanvin, Rochas, Marc Jacobs, Narciso, YSL pretty much have permanent spots on this list. I find any list that does not include Versace & Alexander McQueen to be highly suspect.

 

[rui]

Half of these I thought had a weak showing this season--namely Lanvin, Prada, Proenza, and possibly Marni and YSL. This list is bogus and highly suspect ...

everything Vogue says is suspect!!!!

Balenciaga, good
comme des garcon, AWSOME

the rest is just the usual line up that they constantly promote...hmmmm
conspiracy in fashion I think!

 

[DriversHigh]

everything Vogue says is suspect!!!!

Balenciaga, good
comme des garcon, AWSOME

the rest is just the usual line up that they constantly promote...hmmmm
conspiracy in fashion I think!

or bribes.

 

[fashionista-ta]

god, balenciaga and prada were pretty bad this year

i agree with the rest. i dont know why everyone didnt like lanvin, i loved the tromp l'oeil. im surprised mcqueen and versace arent on there, far more impressive.

really, judging by the stuff they put in the magazines, their list is pretty surprising

masquerade, could you post a couple Lanvin pix to illustrate what you liked?

 

[indie]

where is mcqueen?

 

[faust]

I love how year in, year out, Prada is always on this list, whether or not she has a strong showing. Prada is one of Vogue's biggest advertisers.

... and balenciaga, and jacobs. the fvcking list never changes, as a matter of fact (cdg is a big glaring contradicion for some unknown reason). btw, before i clicked on the thread i thought "balenciaga will be first on the list"