Jean Paul Gaultier Spring 2010

I feel like the very last look should have been the start­ing point. The rest, I felt like I had seen it before, and could see a trendy per­son wear­ing it right now in Paris or Lon­don. The last look shows us, I think, true (or at least closer-​​to) androg­yny – the other uses of the bustiers were ridicu­lous, more drag than (good) design, not to men­tion they were paired with pretty much ordi­nary pants/​jackets and (ugh) over-​​used Con­verses, so that the bustier says, “Hey, I’m not to be taken seri­ously, I’m just another “shock­ing” thing to be shown on cat­walks so peo­ple say ‘Oh he’s inno­v­a­tive’ but then never really be sold, or sold along­side better-​​selling clothes”. Not only is the last look androg­y­nous, its pro­por­tions are also dif­fer­ent, it shows good design, and it’s sim­ple (remem­ber Occam’s razor?). Of course part of it is the (rather feminine-​​looking) model, but it was refresh­ing to see after a whole col­lec­tion of var­i­ous inter-​​collection trends (prison stripes) and annoy­ing add-​​ons that won’t make it to stores. Why can’t design­ers be hon­est? Either show sure-​​sell, trendy, and con­tem­po­rary pieces, the ones that make it to stores any­way for such big design­ers, or show inno­v­a­tive pieces that show good, forward-​​thinking design and are unfa­mil­iar to all who see and buy them.

I feel like the very last look should have been the start­ing point. The rest, I felt like I had seen it before, and could see a trendy per­son wear­ing it right now in Paris or Lon­don. The last look shows us, I think, true (or at least closer-​​to) androg­yny – the other uses of the bustiers were ridicu­lous, more drag than (good) design, not to men­tion they were paired with pretty much ordi­nary pants/​jackets and (ugh) over-​​used Con­verses, so that the bustier says, “Hey, I’m not to be taken seri­ously, I’m just another “shock­ing” thing to be shown on cat­walks so peo­ple say ‘Oh he’s inno­v­a­tive’ but then never really be sold, or sold along­side better-​​selling clothes”. Not only is the last look androg­y­nous, its pro­por­tions are also dif­fer­ent, it shows good design, and it’s sim­ple (remem­ber Occam’s razor?). Of course part of it is the (rather feminine-​​looking) model, but it was refresh­ing to see after a whole col­lec­tion of var­i­ous inter-​​collection trends (prison stripes) and annoy­ing add-​​ons that won’t make it to stores. Why can’t design­ers be hon­est? Either show sure-​​sell, trendy, and con­tem­po­rary pieces, the ones that make it to stores any­way for such big design­ers, or show inno­v­a­tive pieces that show good, forward-​​thinking design and are unfa­mil­iar to all who see and buy them.

the best desinger of times..