Turtle Tattoo Designs

Christopher Kane presented looks with plastic detailing filled with vegetable oil and glycerine as part of his fall 2011 collection during London Fashion Week. We are intrigued. Check it:


We might come off terribly conventional in our fashion opinions, but that has more to do with the type of fashion we talk about most: red carpet, which is a sporting event for cash prizes and a method of marketing a project or actor, which means the fashion is mostly very conventional and choices are made to appeal to the widest audience. Incidentally, this is why we resist any and all calls to "educate" our readers about the proper way to dress. We're not interested in "street" fashion here at T Lo and we'd never presume to tell any woman how to dress in her day-to-day life. It's red carpet and runway, darlings, and they rarely have anything whatsoever to do with the lives of the vast majority of people. That's what makes it so fun.

Anyway, this is a wordy way of saying that despite the conventionality of our opinions, we do, honest and for true, have a great love of experimental fashion. It may sometimes look strange to our eyes and maybe it won't sell, but it moves the conversation in a 21st Century direction and that's never a bad thing.

We generally like the idea here, from a visual point of view. We especially like the crochet dress with the plastic detailing; a perfect juxtaposition of modernity with (very) old school techniques. We can't really say we like the other looks as much, because they're just standard modern looks (and very basic ones at that) with plastic details. A collection playing off that crochet and plastic dress would have been fantastic.

We're gonna have to say "NAY" on this one. There are too many practical issues with an oil-filled garment to make it desirable to wear; there's only one dress here that intrigues us, which makes us think that the detail doesn't really work in most uses; and finally, even if this collection does "move the conversation," do we really need to be looking for MORE ways to use plastic in the 21st Century?


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Labels: Fall 2011 Collections, Fashion, London Fashion Week Fall 2011 Collections, Yea or Nay