4.16.2009

Kenzo A thousand and One nights Men’s S/S 2009



The Grand Bazaar that was Kenzo. The Kenzo team treated us to an afternoon at the souk. Complete with mint tea, honey almond cakes and rose bud and almond sorbet. What an afternoon! Kenzo invited us to live the essence of the collection. The spectators were surrounded by magic carpets that took as away to a far of land and time.
Arabain Nights roded down the runway wrapped in layers of white gossamer fine boned coloured shirts with floral appliques, a billowing white tunic with gold buttons, darted jacket cut from single pieces of fabric, and a pair of draped cotton voile dhoti pants that narrowed at the cuff. Around his head he draped a piece of ivory silk that resembled a ties cut into turbans, how genius.

The attire for the meeting of men was of radiant shades of emerald greens, luminescent ochre, intense magentas, royal blue, turquoise and burnished gold. These garments mirrored the opulence of the surroundings. A clash of jewel-like-painterly florals, madras checks, artisanal woven stripes and romantic brocades. Waistcoats and suits were edged with ornate swirls of embroidery. The Nehru collar jackets were lavished with panals of thread-work and antique coins. Shirts were fashioned from fragments of block-printed florals. Patchwork knits in a kaleidoscopic array of shined alongside jersey djellaba style tunics edged in gold.
This was not a trend we witnessed this was fashion. It was like entering a place of dreams with hippie baba cool’s everywhere. Thanks stylecartel donna Charlotte Smith and Photographer Olivier Lalin

4.13.2009

Kenzo仿陶瓷娃娃




Kenzo的服飾向來於典雅中帶點味道,成熟的女士愛其大方,年輕的女郎亦愛其型格,可見不同的年齡層都可於Kenzo中找到心頭好。
2002年的秋冬季,Kenzo設計師Gilles Rosier演譯強烈的英國造型,以圖案、格子花紋及校園條紋,揉合cashmere羊毛和織錦,拼湊出別具時尚氣派的服飾,而那些層層疊疊的剪裁更帶來陶瓷娃娃服飾的感覺。
Gilles Rosier以apron-fronts如圍裙般圍著褲子,帶來了一新耳目的配襯方法,甚具型格。長身的絨褸加上有長擺尾的腰帶,配合恰到好處。而起縐的衣料加上復古的格調,帶出already-worn的感覺,配合深淺的綠色、粉紅色、紅色、深褐色等,如陶瓷娃娃的美感悠然而生。


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