Can luxury punk be? Can luxury be hilarious? These were some of the more Highfalutin questions that were asked by the Kenzo show of this evening at Maxim’s. The most urgent question of everything was: how do they walk in that? As a male model demonstrated when he took a tumbling in the hyper -stacking clown shoes of the season, the answer was: very carefully. LVMH bought Kenzo in 1993 for $ 80 million. The deceased founder Kenzo Takada, who was a frequent of Maxim, went out in 1999. The label remains an enigmatic out of the portfolio of the luxury group that enjoyed the passing of moments in the commercial sun (those tigers meadows) but whose essence always Alcongre against the other exaggerated self-impositioning, her of her of the brand. That raises another question: what can Kenzo do that the stablemates cannot do?
This show expressed the answer that Creative Director Nigo and his Givenchy-Alum Design Director Joshua Bullen (who is not relaxing Nigo is not detached about allowing his part for the brand) with increasing trust. “First and foremost it’s about having fun,” Nigo said through a conversation partner, pre-show. Bill added: “It’s not to treat fashion as seriously as other people, and at the same time make a very increased collection. And it’s about mixing attitudes and creating energy.” Nigo added: “There is much of me in the collection:” 90s Nigo. “
Very ’90s nigo were the pave -turded belt buckles that play’ Kenzo ‘or’ Woof ‘or’ Miauw ‘in different ways. This was just one facet in a collection that was so incredibly layered in its eclecticism as the Mash-up soundtrack produced by Hiroshi Fujiwara. There was a swaggering late punk, early new romance in a part of the men’s clothing and women’s clothing, namely the badge that stuck berets, the buccaneering blouses and the full silk -like pants. Serge Gainsbourg Loucheness was worn in the quilted dress dresses as outerwear. Micro Moiré Puff skirts and micro-bloom had some very straight eyes cocissibility, just like the swimwear that peeked over pants zoom as an equivalent of last season’s lingerie. There was an honest dose of surrealism with easy access in the tie-print knitted T-pieces. Borderline Infantilism came through in the very faux, faux fur tiger coats and packs, complete with tail, plus the somewhat creepy tiger meets rabbit story that was an attempt to storyboard a connection and character in the process.