I agree with so much of this, but I am absolutely amazed that there was no mention of the YSL show which for me was the show of the season managing to manage to walk the line that seems to be this great chasm of difficulty; just being wearability and fantasy colliding. It was the most opulent of all of the shows visually down to set design, of course, and managed to not so much re-create the wheel, but cement the customer and then cater to her with options for a future case in point? How all of the ball gowns could be folded up into a pouch. Those slinky nylon pieces that walked are a perfect example of eroticism that does not require yards of bare skin.
Totally—the Saint Laurent show was fab! My focus was on designers breaking from nostalgia, and Vaccarello’s brilliance this season felt more about perfecting the codes than rejecting them. Mad respect for the dude, tho
this is so gorgeously quotable
I agree with so much of this, but I am absolutely amazed that there was no mention of the YSL show which for me was the show of the season managing to manage to walk the line that seems to be this great chasm of difficulty; just being wearability and fantasy colliding. It was the most opulent of all of the shows visually down to set design, of course, and managed to not so much re-create the wheel, but cement the customer and then cater to her with options for a future case in point? How all of the ball gowns could be folded up into a pouch. Those slinky nylon pieces that walked are a perfect example of eroticism that does not require yards of bare skin.
Totally—the Saint Laurent show was fab! My focus was on designers breaking from nostalgia, and Vaccarello’s brilliance this season felt more about perfecting the codes than rejecting them. Mad respect for the dude, tho