What’s It All About Alfonso?
My sentiment on the Paris Runway Shows. Now over, it’s all such a blur.
Opinions vary almost as much as the various collections presented themselves on what was good, what was hot, and what was not, with the exception of one….and that would be Alexander McQueen (Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garcons has critics as well as fans). Rave reviews from all around, McQueen took on the establishment, his peers and himself for being too referential in their collections from season to season. This season, as an almost too easy way to dialogue with the current recession, the eighties came back almost with a Twenties Roar but may crash in the end as a theme for fashion. Perhaps this was just a designer’s way of giving into the recessionary times, too overwhelmed by it to think of much more than the last time this all happened, ahem, the 80’s, Duh. Talk about self defeating.
This awkward 2009 FW season came with all the potential landmines known to the industry given the economic precipice the globe seems to be teetering on, but that did not stop the fashion industry from doing their part in trying to tip the scales in their favor. While the future of many in this industry remains unknown at least to the general public right now, one thing is clear…..there is still a market for creativity and innovation perhaps now more than ever.
Behold Alexander McQueen Women’s FW 09: (for more see Style.com and Eric Wilson’s NYT’s article, McQueen Leaves Fashion in Ruins)
Headpiece by Philip Treacy for Alexander McQueen FW 09
Top image, Street Movement Blur, from Righthandbits.
