Posted on July 5, 2010 – 13:58 in Features | Bjoern
Spring Summer 2011 A Report from Paris Fashion Week
Paris Fashion Week is packed with appointments, miles and miles of clothes racks to be seen, and catwalk shows to be attended. Of course, I didn‘t manage to do it all (meaning: I didn‘t get tickets to all the shows I wanted to). So here‘s a cross-section of what my colleagues in the net thought about the collections.
For spring summer 2011 Junya Watanabe took his inspiration from the sea. Matelot striped shirts and cagoules in shapes that, by now, we know quite well from the Japanese designer. Hywel Davies from Showstudio : „The designer’s continual foray into outdoor heritage wear develops each season to produce sharp but relaxed casual clothing. While the collections are accomplished and modern, they sometimes lack a new sense of direction. We have seen these shapes and styles many times before from Watanabe, and despite their charm and practicality, you sometimes feel you want to feel more suprised.“ Junya is still one of my favourites and, indeed, the collection is beautiful, but the question remains: How much more gingham can we bear?
Kris van Assche (image above) takes it easy this season, his suits are a bit looser than usual. The idea behind the collection stems from the aesthetic of worn-in working clothes. But „…the show needed a boost of color, of imagination or of novelty to give it some energy.“ Suzy Menkes from The International Herald Tribune
Please take a minute or two to head over to our colleagues from GQ to check out Dries van Noten‘s entire spring summer 2011 collection. Urban tailoring, easy and modern. Aside from the skinhead-inspired bleacher denims… buy as many pieces as you can from this collection. Have I mentioned that it is utterly modern?
For all you modernists who actually DO work in a bank, thus need to dress properly – try Dunhill. Classic has never been this modern thanks to the brand‘s creative director, british designer, Kim Jones.
This season‘s WTF: Givenchy. Above-the-knee-skirts and rubber gas-style masks. Need I say more?
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