Giorgio Armani Spring 2010

Can we please stop with the 1980s inspi­ra­tion (the women out­fits)? It’s 2009.

I guess I might admit that there does exist a hint of the 1980s in this col­lec­tion (if you look for it), but its def­i­nitely a 2010s per­spec­tive … seem­ing moreso to con­tinue with where the last 25 years of fash­ion have left off and then com­bin­ing it with a bit of Jet­sons upscale. Note that trade­mark ‘80s details are miss­ing; broad shoul­ders, hats, big but­tons, baubles, belts, leg­gings, … etc.

So, I would say, .. its just an excit­ing col­lec­tion that if it were to remind you of bet­ter times, so what. That being said, some of the details hint­ing of ‘80s excess’ might be insen­si­tive to our cur­rent Depres­sion. (no denial of the facts here)

The thing that both­ers me most is when peo­ple re-​​invent the past and then try to claim it is an accu­rate rep­re­sen­ta­tion of it (ie: fash­ions in Happy Days, That ‘70s show etc.) when in fact its skewed from a cur­rent per­spec­tive. That being said, this col­lec­tion is its own — and not a 1980s parade.