I get the distinct feeling the Frankie Morello man is on a pilgrimage to Tibet and once there, turns into Adam Lambert. This was my feeling while watching his Fall/Winter show for 2012. I didn't feel like they made any sense in the same show, but separately, if anything, they were interesting. Bead work, bright colour blocking and bindi's show the obvious eastern influence but where in the world does sewn on buttons and spikes come into that?
Update: A commenter pointed out that the collection moves quite cohesively from the harsh black embellished look to a more natural Eastern style, that I could have offered a more fair review and he's quite right. In fact if you look at the collection carefully it is almost as if Maurizio Modica and Pierfrancesco Gigliotti were taking this rocker styled man and stripping him down to his most humble and presumably spiritual self, after shedding the materialistic influence of a western man.
Update: A commenter pointed out that the collection moves quite cohesively from the harsh black embellished look to a more natural Eastern style, that I could have offered a more fair review and he's quite right. In fact if you look at the collection carefully it is almost as if Maurizio Modica and Pierfrancesco Gigliotti were taking this rocker styled man and stripping him down to his most humble and presumably spiritual self, after shedding the materialistic influence of a western man.
Personally, I don't think you did the collection justice, and the review didn't represent the whole collection. The way you spoke about the collection, just makes it seem like it went straight from the sort of "Adam Lambert" look to the more Indian looks, but what you didn't mention was the middle ground from look 22 where the collection started to go from the Adam lambert style was mixed with Native American influences and then the collection moved towards the east and the indian part of collection, which does make it cohesive. Far those of you that are interested, you can see what I mean here www.nowfashion.com/14-01-2012-frankie-morello-menswear-fall-winter-2012-milan-show-1075.html
ReplyDeleteAgreed, perhaps I could have been more descriptive or fair but it was a matter of opinion, not a review. There certainly was a movement from the one look to the other but in my opinion it didn't make total sense. I actually liked many elements from each seperately but you can't argue their differences. Thanks for the comment Brett.
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