Missoni SS 2012 Review

This was a poorly conceived collection. Apparently Angela Missoni was on holiday and was inspired by her kids coming home in the morning after a hard night partying and dancing. Then somehow she got it in her head that Missoni is avant garde? Are you serious? Ange, babe, no. Let’s leave avant garde to the Van Bierendoncks and the De Castelbajacs. It felt like all the design departments (that Missoni presumably have) didn’t consult each other as the designs progressed. It’s like they were all given a brief and reconvened 3 months later with a finished product (a well made product) and then put it all together. So many questions. In no particular order: Why did nobody at any stage call bullshit on this collection? Why did nobody say hmm perhaps the shoes could be simplified? Why did nobody say, actually the fringing is too much? And the ruffles. Why don’t we pull back on those a bit?

Get ur shit together Angela

A Leather Tracksuit at Chloe!

As a runway show Chloe is always understated and under the direction of Hannah MacGibbon I find it even more so. She almost seems afraid to rock the boat but I could be missing something.

The pieces were great and extremely covetable like last seasons camel wedge boot that was everywhere and ripped off numerous times. This season was more or less the same Chloe girl. She’s breezy, relaxed, pretty and sometimes boyish. This time there was a little western theme mixed with masculine trouser suits. Embellishment was mostly torn away leaving clean lines. It delved a little too far into the 70’s with a knit skirt and top and some of the colour choices. You only need to look at what Missoni have been up to to realize a knit skirt can look ultra modern. Most of the trousers were cool. If I were a girl I’d probably wear most of the collection. Another favourite was the black leather tracksuit. It was just sort of wrong but I loved it.

MISSONI SPRING 2010

Great spring collection from knitwear masters Missoni. Head designer Angela Missoni created a long, lean silhouette of gauzy knits in muted colours. Every look was layered. A dress had a cropped singlet, cardigans were wrapped around waists. It was all so wrapped up and I'm thinking, this is summer right? The thought of being stuck in traffic in blistering heat, wrapped in knitwear makes my skin crawl but everything looked light-weight and fairly breezy. Anyway, if you can afford to buy Missoni then you can afford a car with air conditioning.