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Tuesday , December 14, 2010
Maximum Imaginary Shopping Spree: Laura Jane takes on Resort 2009
Resort collections rule. I always enjoy them heaps more than I do ready-to-wear because:
1) There are less looks in the collections, so you get less bored scrolling through seventy-freaking-eight pictures of Chanel in the style.com pop-up window.
2) They take themselves way less seriously, which they should, because fashion is not all that serious (and to anyone who thinks otherwise- you take yourself too seriously, dude!)
3) The clothes are always more casual and therefore look more like things I could wear in my boring broke-ass life.
4) There is not so much of an emphasis on cohesion and so the garments look less branded and/or cookie-cutter, which makes them highly more appealing to this particular anti-fashion-fashionista. Dressing solely haute just seems like cheating somehow; well, of course you're going to have to good style if you only ever wear expensive clothes made by the cool-kid designers! I doubt you'd look so fly if you had to dress yourself out of trash bins and Old Navy sale racks, you boring Lagerfeld death-drones!
Oops. I digressed. What I meant to say is, here are my picks from the Resort 2009 collections. Enjoy!
Figure 1: What Rich Laura would wear to... Grab Morning Coffee Fabulously
1. ADAM; 2. Stella McCartney; 3. Nina Ricci; 4. Marc Jacobs; 5. Doo.Ri
Figure 2: What Rich Laura would wear to... Scrappily Get Drunk in a Park
1. Stella McCartney; 2. 3.1 Philip Lim; 3. Sari Gueron; 4. Chris Benz
Figure 3: What Rich Laura would wear to... Go on a Date with Michael Showalter
1. Fendi; 2. Nina Ricci; 3. Reyes; 4. Helmut Lang; 5. Givenchy
Figure 4: What Rich Laura would wear to... Meet Sho's Parents
1. Givenchy; 2. Diane von Furstenberg; 3. Chris Benz; 4. Reyes
Figure 5: What Rich Laura would wear to... Go Shopping and Drink Sangria with Kat & Liz
1. Temperley; 2. Costume National; 3. Abaete; 4. Jonathan Saunders
Figure 6: What Rich Laura would wear to... Collect her Pulitzer Prize
1. Balenciaga; 2. Jason Wu; 3. Jonathan Saunders; 4. Brian Reyes
Tags: Abaete, Balenciaga, Brian Reyes, Chris Benz, collections, Costume National, Diane von Furstenberg, Givenchy, Helmut Lang, Jason Wu, Jonathan Saunders, Michael Showalter, Resort 2009, Reyes, sangria, Sari Gueron, Stella McCartney, Temperley
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4 Comments!!
So, I've been waiting for another Showalter post so that I can gush about this: did you know that his mother is the very important feminist literary critic Elaine Showalter? No? Maybe this is only exciting to lit majors, but STILL. I went through several years of college admiring both Michael Sho' and Elaine Sho' separately, never guessing their connection.
SERIOUSLY, EVERYONE. THIS IS AWESOME.
By April on July 12, 2008 12:13 PM
Ooh! One more thing, which I think is particularly apt for this blog (via wikipedia):
'English quotes Showalter’s controversial 1997 Vogue article:
"From Mary Wollstonecraft to Naomi Wolf, feminism has often taken a hard line on fashion, shopping, and the whole beauty Monty.... But for those of us sisters hiding Welcome to Your Facelift inside The Second Sex, a passion for fashion can sometimes seem a shameful secret life.... I think it's time I came out of the closet."'
Word.
By April on July 12, 2008 12:17 PM
April-
As a matter of fact, I did know this amazing bit of Sho-trivia, which is what happens when you Google Michael Showalter approx. ten trillion times a day for a month. It really adds to the appeal. Thanks for putting it on nogoodforme.com, though- everybody should know.
By Laura
on July 12, 2008 7:41 PM
Agreed on all accounts. I particularly enjoy the 'scrappily getting drunk in a park' ensembles, as that is often my most problematic situation when attempting to get dressed, and it's nice to know someone else out there thinks of such things as well.
By Sarah on July 14, 2008 10:18 AM