Fall 2005 predictions
The New York Times came out with predictions for Fall 2005. They are so brainy there but really don’t say anything new. The Lady’s Gone, but Don’t Look for a Tramp:
- “The neoconservative lady of 2004 may have vanished, she isn’t about to be replaced this year by the waif or the hippie, unless it’s the deluxe kind.”
- Luxury is in: “Francisco Costa, the women’s designer at Calvin Klein will be using for fall a blend of cashmere and mink.”
- Pencil skirts and tweed are out, long narrow tiered skirts are in: “We’ve been trialing them about a month,” Jane Shepherdson, the Topshop brand director, said before Christmas. “They’ve worked in every store we’ve put them in.” Women have been wearing the skirts, which are narrow and tiered, with flat boots or shoes.”
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- Vintage is out: “At Relic, a London vintage store, designers are still coming in to frisk the Westwoods and Rabannes. But as the owner, Steven Philip, said: “I’m so over vintage, and I own a vintage store. These designers are chasing their own tails. People are dying for a big flash show.”
- “Mr. Hernandez of Proenza Schouler said he and his partner, Jack McCollough, are focusing on volumes for fall. “We like the juxtaposition of different volumes”
- The Age of Chloe: “The midpoint of every decade seems to produce a dominant star. In the 1990’s it was Tom Ford at Gucci. A lot of fashion watchers say the moment is right for Phoebe Philo of Chloé.”
- “Francisco Costa, the women’s designer at Calvin Klein: “Business is tough,” he said. One fabric he will be using for fall is a blend of cashmere and mink.”
- “… sights on 2006. “It’s going to be the start of dropping out, downsizing and divesting yourself,” he said. “And that’s going to have all kinds of design implications. Too many products right now are overdesigned. He foresees the beginning of “an aesthetic movement” that will lead people actually to brag that they own only one bag or expensive coat.” << Yeah, right.
