womenswear

[can-]

this is my roommate who just graduated and and her final collection @ parsons MFA



all prints are her own and give the gear this surreal look-- all of those pieces are actually laying flat but look very 3d/voluminous

[Syeknom]

They look really cool, would like to see them on a person

[can-]

this is my sister in 2003 teen vogue



im pretty sure memories of this keep her awake at night with shame

[sknss]

i'd like to see those balenciaga cargos

[Syeknom]

Haha, that's great

Does your sister "do" fashion, ben?

[bels]

I think if I recall correctly ben's sister exists in a post fashion nirvana where she looks good by accident and doesn't care AKA the dream.

[Syeknom]

Annemie Turtelboom, Belgian Minister of Justice, wearing an Ann Demeulermeester jacket and Margiela silver ring for today's abdication speech of Koning Albert II

[can-]

Mad jawnzz

[bels]

Is Belgium big on fashion syek?

[Syeknom]

Depends where but not really

Antwerp and Hasselt sure

Gent has a lot of "hip" young folk but most dress like badly

Leuven everyone dresses bad middle-class

Brussels is either atrocious or atrocious-posh

Saw a women once in Brussels station wearing the H&M/Margiela duvet coat

[bels]

Don't think there's a poltician in the UK who would wear Andy

[Syeknom]

About 10 years ago the city of Antwerp asked Walter Van Bierendonck to design the uniforms for the city's municipal workers



Not sure if they were ever used though

[bels]

thats fucking awesome.

[can-]

first fit beyond dope

[germinal]

[Syeknom]

Yeah, that's it really. The royals here and politicians have their outfits for events designed by approved designers - Natan did most of the outfits for this ceremony for example. I've no doubt MervrouwTurtelboom enjoys fashion (my girlfriend describes her as always being dressed like this) but there's certainly a degree of wearing Begian designers for the symbolic elements.

That said I really like how she brought a designer as full-on as Ann into a pretty serious and formal/business-like event.

The royals in the UK obviously have the same thing with the royal approval given to a variety of mostly good British brands who supply the family - Barbour, Trickers, Drakes, etc. Also shit like Austin Reed and Daks though.

Italian businessmen take pride in getting their shit made by the Italian bespoke houses.

[adhi]

syek is your gf also an englishperson living in belgium? or are you with a local belgian? jw.

[Syeknom]

I've gone native, she's a local.

[bels]

http://www.fashionsnap.com/collection/u ... 2013-14aw/

I thought the sue undercover stuff looked cool.

[schiaparelli]

[Rosenrot]

Hmm.. Visually pleasing as it may be, her construction ability lags behind her concept. Granted it's a BA-level work so good attempt.

[schiaparelli]

what specifically stands out to you as poor construction or unsatisfying construction? i'm curious because it's still hard for me to pick up on these things and articulate my findings.

[germinal]

I think what Rosenrot is getting at is that the garments aren't as well-finished as they could be, e.g. the puckering around the bust on the yellow dress, or most obviously, in the third picture, the lines of the boxes could be straighter, the corners better defined, the surfaces flatter etc.

[germinal]

[sknss]

that blog is absolutely hysterical.

so what went wrong in this collection?
raf has already proved his tailoring talent and the seamstresses seem to be quite experienced as well

[germinal]

OMG! Raf Simons is a real shame for DIOR! Somebody,throw him out !!!

but yeah i dunno, a rush job perhaps?

[bels]

Sick of this huckster charlatan "Raf Simons" bring Galliano back he seemed like such a nice, reliable young man.

[starfox64]

[germinal]

been meaning to make a BLESS thread

[germinal]