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Originally Posted by valerique
What is so horrible about this collection? I have a feeling that no matter what he showed, people would still hate it; they hated before even seeing his first collection for DH.
As for bringing Hedi back, I hope it doesn't happen.
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To a certain extent I believe this was true when Chris first replaced Hedi, there was such an initial backlash that the reaction to his first collection was almost bound to be negative (unless he had truly shown something innovative)...and indeed I have already made it clear how I felt about THAT collection:
http://www.thefashionspot.com/forums...&postcount=128
This far into his career at Dior however I don't think people would hate it for the sake of hating it, I think the majority of Dior Homme fans/consumers really WANT Van Assche to take Dior in a fresh direction and would embrace it if he did. I certainly don't want Dior Homme to go down the toilet but it looks like it is going that way.
From what I have seen of this collection which is admittedly brief (I couldn't be bothered to keep looking) there are two major problems. One being that every single influence/inspiration/trend Chris has used has already filtered down into the mainstream to such an extent that they are already being worn by the majority of remotely fashion conscious consumers (skinny fit, metalics, monocrome etc etc). His inspiration is not fresh and his execution is not innovative..one might be excused if the other was there but as it stands I feel like I have seen this collection many times before (in the late 90s and early 00s!).
Secondly, Chris is not skilled in EDITING a collection..he needs to take a page out of Marc Jacobs book...while Marc may have a million divergent influences and inspirations for a show..he EDITS, EDITS and REEDITS until he has narrowed each influence down to its essential elements and then he weaves them expertly into a show.
Chris' collections are overcomplicated (yes, something that at first appears minimal can be overcomplicated) and end up looking like a mish mash that has spewed straight out of his imagination with no editing...thus they have no consistency and they do not tell a story.
I honestly can't be bothered to list the number of problems with this collection..it just looks like a compilation of seasons old D&G, Raf Simons (good spot whoever said that first!), American Apparel etc etc etc.
It doesn't feel like Van Assche
It doesn't feel like Dior
It doesn't feel fresh
It doesn't feel like anything
Such a terrible disappointment. Someone needs to replace Chris (and not necessarily Hedi) because without some fresh blood I fear Dior Homme is officially dead.
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