turning in his grave or giving a standing applause? There was no official show and as Milan Men’s Fashion week has started combined with the Golden Globes, the release of the Saint Laurent collection was a non-event in more than one way.
In his first season for the newly re-named house, Hedi Slimane showed a collection that was underwhelming to say the least. Given his history and stature in the industry, it seemed that despite this he was given a ‘do-over’ by the industry… can we be so generous this time?
Here is a living breathing example of what he delivered last time:
Yes it’s Anna Della Russo and Yes we love her and Yes she looks great in everything, but is it WOW?! or is it a bit too much like it was fished out of the costume department after the Mask of Zorro was made? OK it’s a look, it’s Gothic LA, yada yada, but from a heralded so called genius like Mr Slimane (he totally inspired Karl to lose 500 million kgs to fit into his clothes) I just expected more. I wanted it to be more beautiful.
So, on to this season. Here are 3 of the about 19 looks:
The dress below – totally hot. I get it. Think I saw it in Zara this season just gone..
The leather dress is cool and edgy, reinforces the leather story for another season, I think Phoebe did it better though, and I’m pretty sure TopShop did one just like it not so long ago.
This one is tough to say.. it’s a knit and presumably a skirt, with the same jacket in the top photo. The look reminds me of an angry teenager I’ve probably seen hanging around a cinema complex somewhere. I guess the overall impression I’m getting or giving I guess is that as far as women’s wear is concerned, Hedi Slimane is a great stylist. The accessories are great. The hats from last season are already everywhere and the bags are lovely and not doubt will do well enough to justify his position at the house. I’m glad he didn’t do predictable and mine the archives for another kind of do-over – like we need to see safari suits right now anyway, but in my mind at least YSL was glamour and it was cool. He has hit a nail on the head with some cool here, but let’s have some glamour too.
Morgan May 
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