by odradek » Wed Jan 15, 2014 8:22 pm
that's an interesting point about commercialism vs challenging and i agree with you - where i liked ss14 for really making me ask "what the hell is going on?" and trusting raf enough to agree that there IS in fact something to be read there not just thematically but also in the clothes, this asks no such questions of me. it basically says "here is this cool shit, enjoy." one pays the bills, the other pays the dues (not that this collection doesn't pay dues), but there's a difference between a collection we as consumers like and a collection we as enthusiasts like to see proferred. ruby's influence, knowing what little i do about his oeuvre, seems to be limited to the purely visual. sure, the match-up between the two guys makes sense given their past history, but all i'm really seeing with the collection are elements drawn out of ruby's work and applied to raf-cut clothing in a raf-like way. i have no problems with that, but i'd love to see the depth that i'm going to assume they're both capable of.
that said, i want like, three or four of those coats. time to start sitting on my money.