Good Night and Good Luck!

Ricardo Tisci is a juggernaut of the fashion world. A matter of fact his cultural impact at this point transcends the fashion world and the style he has championed since being appointed creative director at Givenchy has arguably been the most marketable of any of fashion house of our generation.

However has Ricardo Tisci been a “creative” director for the past few years or has he just followed his formula for past success? The premium street wear that Givenchy was peddling in 2012 is looking ever so boring at this point and I personally am tired of star motifs. Also with the emergence of Vetements, Givenchy is at risk of being left behind in a lane it created.

I don’t question for one moment that Ricardo Tisci is a talented designer but Givenchy is in dire need of some new energy and with changes at Gucci, Dior and Saint Laurent maybe he isn’t any longer the man for the job.

Chanel x Lily Allen

Chanel is a luxury fashion brand established by one of the biggest style icons of all time, Miss Coco Chanel. Lily Allen is a British singer who used to sell ecstasy. What do these two have in common ?

Sad Story.

I spoke of how great Christian Lacroix was for still doing haute couture, whilst all other designer brands are concentrating on making money. However there is a down side to this, it’s harder to make money. I was reading this brilliant article from the wall street journal. It taught me a few things. One of them being Christian Lacroix, even whilst making brilliant clothing like the dresses in my previous post, in it’s 22 years has never made a profit. It’s actually a tragedy in a way. The article is a great read by the way people.

Tasty

This is from Christain Lacroix Autumn/Winter 09/10 Haute Couture line. I love Haute Couture because it’s just about making great clothes and a designer using cloth as his paint and canvas.

S’EXPRIMER – Obsidian Down Jacket

Obsidian is a shiny black rock formed by lava. So you can probably see why this jacket is called what this jacket is called.

Viktor & Rolf x Swarovski x Robert Wilson – Der Freischütz Opera Costumes

On May 31st Robert Wilson’s version of the romantic opera “Der Freischütz” by Carl Maria von Weber premièred at Festspielhaus in Baden-Baden. Famous for their flower based designs, Amsterdam based Viktor & Rolf became the obvious choice for the costume design. It was not an easy task for even them however they managed to complete it with the use of over one million Swarovski crystals.

Vogue x CDG x Takashi Murakami x Undercover.

A while back Comme Des Garcons did a collabortaion with Louis Vuitton on a store . Well now that space has been transformed by Vogue Nippon and Comme Des Garcons to a pop up store for there “Magazine Alive” collaboration. The store is located in Tokyo and will sell various fashion items such as clothes and accessories >_>. The stores content will revolve around whatever is featured in Vogue Nippon, so every month when a new issue of Vogue releases  the merchandise at this store will change.

Cannes 2009

So it’s the fifth day of the world renowned Cannes film festival (pronounced Can and Festiveleh). The festival opened with a Disney Pixar feature titled “Up”. Quentin Tarantino’s new effort “Inglorious Basterds” (which looks great) will also  premier here and I can confirm Brad Pitt will most likely be in France for that. I’m going to go ahead and say Quentin is probably going to be bringing home his second Palme d’Or but what do I know, I haven’t seen his or any of the other films yet. All in all the festival is turning out to be a pretty exciting one because you know great movies, great location, great people,great cheese, what more can you ask for ? Well great fashion for one. Celebrities are always expected to impress when a red carpet is laid out and just because it’s an indie film festival doesn’t go to say Cannes is any different. You can see former Miss World and globally accepted pretty girl Aishwarya Rai proving my point in a Roberto Cavalli Dress.

Recent fascination: Ermenegildo Zegna.

Zegna has been a designer I’ve been aware of but not given enough attention to in the past. I can’t remember exactly how it is that I started liking this fashion house but recently I’ve been obsessed with getting my hands on anything Zegna. During my research I learnt that some of my most adored suits were actually made by Ermenegildo Zegna. Not only that Zegna is one of the worlds biggest fine wool suppliers. That stuff has very little to do with why I like there stuff though.

My favourite fashion house right now: Balenciaga.

My favourite fashion house of all time would have to be Dior but Christian Dior himself once stated that Balenciaga is the master of all designers. Balenciaga was a fashion house that I could admire for all its achievements through out the history of fashion but never really enjoy. That was in the past because I was stuck in the belief that Balenciaga had nothing to offer me, as a fashion house that concentrates mainly on women’s ready to wear.