>>I came across this piece of very very early (his first actually…) writing by the fashion journalist/lecturer/writer Iain R. Webb (has just written a great book on British 60s duo Foale and Tuffin) via the site of his new concept/gallery store venture Orange Snow. It was written in 1978 for an art school project to review the Paris collections. Webb says he was heavily influenced by the punky likes of Julie Burchill, Nick Kent, Tony parsons, Vivien Goldman and Jon Savage…. in other words, show-reviewing whilst under a heavy dose of early 80s NME, The Face and Melody Maker makes for a far more interesting, if albeit not so insightful (with regards to the collections anyway…) read…
Ha, I really enjoyed this actually, funny.
love his writing style in this.
and we are still seeing clothing nostalgia now!
the thierry mugler robot outfit is the best- nice article, too
http://www.twolia.com/blogs/teacups-and-couture/
Haha GREAT article!
Interesting that it was for an art school project, you probably wouldn’t see that kind of irreverence if it was being published…
Thanks for posting!
xo
Haha that is one interesting writing. Now I’m intrigued what the show was really like.
Such a shame the F&T book lacks the same bite!
This is great, basically a replay of fashion in the last 2 years… American Footballers, Shoulder Pads, and Tailored Outerwear.
mhhhmmm say it mister. clothing nostalgia forever it seems, but at least he was open enough to be brash about it (even it was just for a school project). i wish there would be more opinionated responses to fashion shows today rather than all the roses and flattery that usually pour in. i might actually start reading fashion publications, dear i say it, again. speak your voice.
I love it. I reread it in my head with Andre Leon-Talley’s voice, don’t ask me why. This was truly entertaining but left me wondering, what the hell is wrong with a lil bit of nostalgia? haha..He seemed to abhor its very presence in the show…I’m apprehensive whenever I see ghosts of the pasts in clothes I’m thinking of wearing next season, but I never hate it this much?
Shades of the Robot Girl from Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis” there surely!
http://www.technovelgy.com/graphics/content09/metropolis-robot.jpg
funny one.