nyfw spring/summer '10 pt. due.

i promised myself i wouldn't give a review of every show i hated 'cause that would take a while and it would get kinda boring half way in. so i thought i'd add the shows i anticipated most but was swiftly dismayed, beginning with Mr A. Wang..
i refrained from using all the horrible outfits from the Alexander Wang show 'cause it actually pained me how bad some of it was, so i only included two of the worst beside the ones i actually liked. i'm totally not feeling layered sweatpants, leather headpieces, grey jersey, pyjama prints and the random introduction of animal prints thrown into the mix. even the shoes in this show were a huge disappointment. naturally, i loved all the black pieces Mr Wang has created and i sorta wish he'd stuck to more of the same. the bad stuff isn't even 'so bad it's good' bad, it's just plain awful and i was so gutted when i saw it all. i loved the braids though, ingenious.
3.1 Phillip Lim was just a pale Rodarte imitation for the predominance of the show. it's what it would look like if Primark tried to rip off Rodarte and sell for a significantly cut price of the original using cheap fabrics. it actually made me sorta mad that Phillip Lim thought he could pull this off without anyone noticing? i can imagine Anna tutting audibly as this dupe stomping down the runway. i did love the spangly blazer though..
i've sorta lost interest in marc jacobs since he became a slimmed-down, bronzed version of his former self but i always had hope he'd return with vigour. i loved some of the Louis Vuitton shows in the past but this line just hasn't done it for me in a while and i'm not ashamed to admit this. for so many years i have tried to love Marc Jacobs but it's been a futile task. this year was no different, although Marc made it easy to hate. no heels, horrid flats, an overuse of ruffles...argh! i mean, i can say that every piece is so beautifully structured and there's amazing craftsmanship but it's just...tragically bad. there was one dress i liked in this whole collection and that was the final dress. it didn't flow from the rest of the collection but i was past caring about that by the time i reached the end.
charlotte ronson wasn't awful, admittedly. the styling was impeccable which is just as well 'cause it could've been car crash material without it. i loved the jackets and strangely, the sheer leggings. i'm feeling like a lot of it was Stella McCartney-inspired though, which is never a bad thing but it's quite derivative and so apparent. one of Charlotte's most impressive collections though, i never bothered with her before.

i'm not even going to bother with the rest as so many were dull and uninspiring, Narciso Rodriguez being one of those. and Proenza Schouler, oh jeez. i know Proezna's been getting a lot of good feedback from bloggers but it was a shambles! bring on Paris && London.