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21 comments January 24th, 2008
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Fashion: Manipulation
I think it is all manipulation, and that we either go along with it or we get angry and refuse to. This, however, is manipulation I can respect. Pleats, tucks and hemming– beautiful.
This is to me a stunning dress. LaCroix often looks like he is making a fool of his woman and himself, as if somehow we are all potentially jokes. The star of the British series “Absolutely Fabulous” was infamously horribly dressed in the 1980s in her adored LaCroix. This year’s collection offers plenty of that kind of expensive laugh, but this dress is no joking matter. Beautiful.
Everything that is important about that dress has to do with masterful manipulation of the fabric. You can see more on Givenchy mastery at the UK Telegraph coverage.
This from Gustavo Lins, on the other hand, speaks of manipulation of perception.
This I enthusiastically enjoy, copy, and clap my hands together for. The wearing of normal clothes that vary slightly from what we have known as normal suits me in every way.
4 comments January 24th, 2008
Fashion: Maurizio Galante
I have this wrap, from some years ago when a client bought it for a gift. Mine is softer velvet, so it is not only easier to wear, but not nearly as pretty, So, then, this is not news.
This, however, is news and is pretty and does represent what Galante did this year.
Fabrics were manipulated, embellished, altered and exaggerated to create something we’ve not quite seen before. Like this:
Or this: 
which may seem bizarre until you think of it as a topper over slim trousers and a tight turtleneck, or over a slim black columnar dress if you’ve a need for that instead. I’d wear it that way, would you?
See the rest of the UK Telegraph coverage.
4 comments January 24th, 2008
