Who I'm excited to see:
- Band of Outsiders (Tuesday - presentation)
- Rag and Bone (Wednesday - runway)
- Thom Browne (Thursday - runway)
- Ralph Lauren (Saturday - runway)
- 3.1 Philip Lim (Sunday - runway)
Despite the huge numbers of designers showing over the next week, I'm into only a few. Milan and Paris showed S/S08 earlier this summer, so we're really catching the tail end of the men's designs for next season.
I was only sort of impressed by the Europeans. I was disappointed by Chris Bailey, whose Prorsum line for Burberry seemed rather strange, and I tend to love most things they do over there. I enjoyed Balenciaga, but that may be because I love Ghesquiere's work for his women's line. There were a few other bright spots, Gucci comes to mind, but nothing particularly outstanding.
I'll be more interested in the F/W08 collections we'll see early next year, particularly that of Kris Van Assche for Dior. I quite like his own line, but was a little weirded out by his designs for Dior. Obviously, he's not Slimane so his work will be different, but I am so used to seeing the Slimane silhouette, etc. However, Van Assche's take was welcome because he did his own version of Dior rather than a Hedi-redux, which he rightfully should as their new taste maker.
We'll see what NY has in store for us.
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