From ignoring the scene to paying attention, it was Phillip Lim's S/S08 that got me into the current American fashion again. I normally skip checking them online, especially I do not really agree CFDA/Vogue US's way of promoting all and any newcomers whom, some of them I consider plain and 'not there yet' to deserve it. The organization supports rather blindly, it's more or less like giving them their 15-minutes of fame without really screening. There is one caught my eyes lately though. Asked by my friend from New York and talking to editors, we all like Alexander Wang.
Across the atlantic pond though, someone disappointed me. I liked his work normally, but not keen on his F/W08. I remember Christophe Decarnin at Balmain did something very Parisian from very early on. She's Paris' long lost rock chick since Stella McCartney at Chloé. But, where is that girl now? She's gone to the States...?! The way Decarnin repeats the same old patterns over and over again gets on my nerves. And I'm not impressed with his use on Americana imspiration for two seasons in a row. Okay, he's doing the Kate Moss bad girl things here, even the Giuseppe Zanotti designed fringed top booties are Moss's. But where is the 'design'? Don't know if it's because the supports from Vogue Paris came too easily, I don't think he's the kind of person who'd let fame get to his head, he's too old for that. He's becoming a stylist more than a designer slowly. I hope for his groundbreaking ideas in the seasons to come.
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