Qed S/s 08

[Guest jmatsu]

http://www.qed-homme.com/

looks fuckin dope.

too lazy to post pics. somebody else do it. hail germany!

[geekbonchic]

Rike a rot.

[Guest jmatsu]

[RAISED BY WOLVES]

Rike sum a rittle.

[Handlethevibe]

  RAISED BY WOLVES said:

Rike sum a rittle.

ritto .

[JuvenileDelinquent]

Some really nice pieces but I don't fancy the styling on the models though.

[headcoat]

Henrik Vibskov for Ann D

[headcoat]

The set for the s/s shoot is awful. They tried going for that postindustrial grime setting but you can tell its a brand new space and they got some interns to smash up some stuff. Look at that fakeass paint peeling on the wall, the lack of tarnish, patina or dirt anywhere. Check that weathered warehouse Attachment used for a shoot for comparison.

That theme of inauthentic fakeassness is evident in the clothing too.

[jcotteri]

looks to me like they carted some stuff in there for a back drop or shot the individual pieces somewhere different to where they shot the full outfits..

[Guest jmatsu]

  headcoat said:

The set for the s/s shoot is awful. They tried going for that postindustrial grime setting but you can tell its a brand new space and they got some interns to smash up some stuff. Look at that fakeass paint peeling on the wall, the lack of tarnish, patina or dirt anywhere. Check that weathered warehouse Attachment used for a shoot for comparison.

That theme of inauthentic fakeassness is evident in the clothing too.

uhhh...i dont really give a flying fuck about the set so whateves, but please pls tell me why you think the "theme of inauthentic faekassness" is evident in the clothing.

[mellowbonsai]

  headcoat said:

The set for the s/s shoot is awful. They tried going for that postindustrial grime setting but you can tell its a brand new space and they got some interns to smash up some stuff. Look at that fakeass paint peeling on the wall, the lack of tarnish, patina or dirt anywhere. Check that weathered warehouse Attachment used for a shoot for comparison.

That theme of inauthentic fakeassness is evident in the clothing too.

i doubt it, but maybe this is their intention? a parody of attachment

a spoof of undercover, a caricature of damir doma! it is like looking at ann demeulemeester made in fleece

there is no depth or theory, there is no direction! i dislike pleats, they are putting together all these different things and none of them are related, there is no color, where is the chic? too vague, i think.

they share a shortcoming with miyashita, there are certain things you to move away from for your spring/summer collection

i followed your link and i think the fw08 collection is far superior, i also looked at fw07 and think they do fw much better than ss, although its difficult to judge this early on.

[aak]

Im really hating this leggings + shorts combo which people tend to be throwing down at the moment. May aswell start wearing socks with your flip flops....

[mellowbonsai]

i should clarify my direction/theory comment: they do have a direction/theory, i read their little manifesto, it was rather vague but their "thing", whatever it is (pleats? black? lots of volume and exeggerated lapels and exploded corners) doesn't translate well for ss, at least it doesnt appeal to me

im also not too fond of intentionally botchy screenprinting

otherwise i like a lot of it

[mellowbonsai]

also, the plaid and vests are lost on me, a rather preppy reference to be put into such a greyscale collection

my frame of comparison though is kawakubo's ss08, i think she did superposition and madras/plaid in a good way, as well as superposition/recursion

and its hard to beat a gal like kawakubo at her own game

[ProfMonnitoff]

actually looks quite nice, even though the writing on their website seemed full of shit. shame i won't be in berlin for a while, but i might check it out when i'm in paris. strange to see that they're selling at surface2air, though i can kind of see how the aesthetic would fit in.