3rd March 2010
Modernity 1 – Robin 0
Hey - Back to Paris! Nay - so much work I couldn’t go to all the shows I wanted to… Well, I have to say (in a vey shameless self promotional kind of way) that we at Maria Luisa are also showing are own collection this week from Friday, it’s a lot of work on our side to organize it all, so unfortunately I can’t allow myself to be 100% on the fashion show front (hope I will have some time to see Rick Owens and Manish Arora tomorrow, the only ones I should be able to go to!)
My last experience for the Farfetch.com blog should have taught me to invest in a good camera, not an average Blackberry. My Mom would say ‘don’t blame your tools’ and it’s also true that I’m a bad photographer, and a lazy iconographer, so don’t complain if there is not many pictures here. Only bad videos.
For instance, I couldn’t take pictures of Felipe Oliveira Baptista, or Rue du Mail by Martine Sitbon for the two afore-mentioned reasons… Very Parisian shows for very Parisian crowds – there was good taste and interesting taste but not much challenge, a bit minor in a season where you have to make a difference.
My mind gets confused between Rochas and Giles, two shows that were pretty different but very similar in the way they handled two fantasies: that of the Ibiza 60’s go-go girl, and also the fantasy of what a show in Paris should be like, as seen from an Italian or an English point of view. Err, not very subtle is the answer you are looking for to both questions.
Between hair, make-up, styling, shoes (Rochas’ shoes, like last season’s surprising lesbian sandal, was quite something, with a 90s heel that even Patrick Cox wouldn’t have dared thinking of years ago – I’m not sure you can see them that well on the video, but if you do, please note that it’s the thickest heel you’ll have seen for a very long time).
Rochas
Funny how these two collections respond to each other in such a very short time, with their big hair, flirty peachy dresses, lamé Capri pants and pop catwalk. Of course it’s not easy to be referential, and especially with that type of collection, you realise that not everyone is a Miuccia Prada or Marc Jacobs, who consistently manage to get to another level and twist their references. Points to Giles for the fluffy bags though…
Robin Schulié.
Giles