09.30am VIKTOR & ROLF MONSIEUR
11.30am ISSEY MIYAKE
12.30pm RICK OWENS
02.30pm LOUIS VUITTON
05.00pm JEAN PAUL GAULTIER
7pm DRIES VAN NOTEN
8pm YOHJI YAMAMOTO
January 21
10am JUNYA WATANABE MAN
3pm KRISVANASSCHE
5pm COMME DES GARCONS HOMME PLUS
6pm GIVENCHY
8pm JOHN GALLIANO
January 22nd
09.30am MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA
11am KENZO
3pm DIOR HOMME
8pm HERMÈS
9pm RAF SIMONS
January 23rd
11am LANVIN
2pm YVES SAINT LAURENT
4pm PAUL SMITH
extremely curious to see if some new constructions will be born :) something new to wear for men
ReplyDeleteits about inspiring the rest of the world to take clothes to the next level. eventually it turns into a trend everybody will wear when they are ready. dont be ignorant and say that no one can afford designer clothes. its so much more than that :)
ReplyDeleteDear Anon: Agreed that sometimes things can get silly/ unwearable (especially in the case of thom browne), I must say that alot if it is inspirational, beautiful and inventive. People do buy and wear this stuff - i was at the shops just yesterday and because of the mark downs, there were actually lines outside shops like LV and Burberry was packed like a bus station.
ReplyDeleteDear Dennis: As it is a new decade, lets hope that the designers show something new and ravishing, something to inspire and lust after. I always look forward to Prada, Jil, Dries and Lanvin is now a firm favourite!
i love every designer on this list! :) and yeah 2011 feels very new to me :) time for change :) my favs are probably the japanese like yamamoto and kawakubo and also dior and martin margiela
ReplyDeleteDear Dennis: Ahhh... you go more for the 'intellectuals' i see... i quite like dior and kris van assche, yohji i've become sort of blind to not because he isn't good but he's been doing the same stuff for years so i don't really see his work anymore; comme can feel abit contrived sometimes, and gimmicky? i like rick owens, ysl and hermes and lv too. i think veronique nichinian and paul helbers do a really good job always.
ReplyDeletei wrote my thesis on visionnaries, discussing comme des garcons and alexander mcqueen :) (and i studied graphic design btw) and yes i love the philosophy behind the clothing, even though most of the time you can't even see the concept in the actual clothing. except for names like rei and alexander :) ps ive never heard veronique nichinian's name before.... am i bad? haha
ReplyDeleteDear Dennis: Well, ms nichinian's not a 'visionary' and maybe that's why? she just makes awesome, beautiful, elegant, very french clothes, and such a sense of colour. i wonder how you would define a visionary? i consider galliano a visionary and i love seeing his mens shows the styling is always exceptional and inspiring!
ReplyDeletei'd send you the pdf but it's in dutch ;) think probably hussein chalayan's way of designing is the definement of visionary design :) it's about the visions and ideals rather than pretty clothes
ReplyDeleteDear Dennis: Ahhh... but then they cease to be clothes and become art? I guess there's a place for everything? I do like pretty things, and i love art, but i don't necessarily want to wear art, do you know what i mean?
ReplyDeleteof course! i love pretty things too. im just saying that i like the designers that choose statement over beauty :) not that i DONT like beautiful clothes ;)
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