It seems that Sunday passed while I was busy scouring WWD’s coverage of the Spring 2010 fashion shows. I had no idea WWD.com had so much free content, much less “more show reviews & images than any other site.” My lowbrow curiosity first urged me to learn about Lindsey Lohan’s role as artistic advisor to Emanuel Ungaro’s new designer, Estrella Archs. WWD’s comments egged me on further, calling Ungaro’s RTW Spring 2010 fashion show “quite simply, an embarrassment.... the clothes, they looked cheesy and dated, as has often been the case chez Ungaro during the post-Emanuel revolving door of designers. Hot pink, orange and flashy, with an overworked heart motif relentless in its execution...”
Cheesy and dated? Those glitter hearts could be teenager-young except for the porn-star hearts-as-pasties. And if the bandeau-bra look seems too beachy, other designers also seem to be mashing beachwear and lingerie into daywear. The closest thing to cheesy I saw was the shorts suit with pasties and no shirt. But is that cheesy, or just runway craziness, in the same category as Gareth Pugh’s sheer shirts?
I like bright pinks and oranges, either at Ungaro, Stella McCartney, or DKNY. I like clean lines, and shocks of color against neutrals. After clicking through the Ungaro collection, I went through as many other designers as my eyeballs could absorb, because it’s fun to see how much you can retain, and whether you can recognize the influences later in the stores.
