Helmut Lang men's line closing

[polishmike]

Helmut Lang men's will stop existing from ss10. I'm sure it's not a huge loss seeing where the line is right now but it is the end of an epic era. Maybe we'll see it back under the master again... one can only dream.

[Guest Phrost]

brand been malignant since helmut left. i wonder if the brand could be bought and flipped around like jil sander. maybe raf could do it. it's rare to find a single designer with a strong vision who does mens and womens equally well

[kunk75]

give it to petrov

[DüM]

raf needs to focus on making me new jawns that don't include snake prints.

[sawn-off chef]

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! i have had it with these motha fuckin snakes in this motha fuckin industry

[Guest Phrost]

petrov would be a good replacement. don't know if his womens is good enough though

[cotonblanc]

personally helmut lang should close down both mens and womens. the duo that took over lang is just not cutting it. i get very irritated when i see the pieces in store especially the jeans with the familiar white cardboard labelling on the waistband.

when they bought over hl, they should not attempt to progress what helmut has covered for the past decade. they should have just released classics/iconic pieces from past collections and turn it into an evergreen label of sorts. a best-of collection, maybe. something like ann demeulemeester blanc.

the people over at architectural clothing seem to be obsessed with bandage a la helmut.

oh hi! déjà vu.

hmm this seems to have an essence of lang too. i am not so sure if raf/petrov would be suited for lang. im just having my reservations. raf obviously has spread himself out too thin in the past years. he is EVERYWHERE.

no one can/will replace lang. forever.

[Guest Phrost]

those looks are straight copying lang, down to the quick release belt in the 2nd picture. i guess it's just holding out hope that he'll return. you're right, no one will be able to replace his vision

[Desi]

gilt killed it

[geekbonchic]

give it to petrov

Yes. I understand the concerns that Petrov couldn't "do it justice", but I'd prefer to see the brand produce interesting, new clothes that are less Lang-like than boring, uninspired clothes that are too Lang-like.

[cotonblanc]

to be honest, i haven't seen anything very lang-like with the new lang team's work (design and material-wise). but to be brutal, i never paid them much attention. they're ghosts to me. but from what i do spy/forced to see, it's basically humdrum boring stuff that can pass of as theory.

i stick to my stand of closing the brand when he left. some things are better left untouched. call me a purist but the new lang is just devastatingly nondescript in the wrong lang way. i worry about maison margiela now... the legacy it has and what it will turn into... an "avant garde" ralph lauren of sorts.

good times no more. rip 2006.

[Involuntary Soul]

gilt killed it

brought some HL from gilt recently

man the quality sucks balls

how can they charge hundreds of dollar for made in china stuff

[Liberation1945]

overrated piece of shit omg just shut up about this dude he's gone the labels gone the past is just that jesus christ

[Liberation1945]

just kidding.