anna karina said:
that really isn't expensive... could you nail a bit what you thought was lacking, faust?
It's hard to say. It seemed to lack personality? It was neither non-chalant nor edgy. It was too neat, too contrived. For example, there was a pair of dark dark olive herringbone pants with sharkskin effect, and the fabric was really top notch, but then it had three buttons on each thigh, which at first I thought "cool!" and next second I thought "gimmick." Another version of these pants had a wide burgundy insert down the side of each leg, and I thought the same thing. Something along those lines. It was like the first Cloak collection, may be getting there, but no cigar....
I'm trying to articulate it the best I can, but I see that it's not easy

. To give a contrary example (and I know people are probably already a little tired of my reverence for Ann), when Ann Demeulemeester places a button or a zipper somewhere, there is ALWAYS a reason for it, it's all very well thought through, there is either a functional or an aesthetic point in it, which I TOTALLY SEE. I did not see it in this collection.
It was still not a bad collection by any means, and I imagine that a person with a different aesthetic would love it. I thought of Baklanyc, actually, that it would fit his style more than mine.
Honey~Blade, I saw it at a local shop here, you can actually see pictures on the site.
http://www.giganticbrand.com