China Fashion Week Delivers Some Strange Designs
Designers who show in Paris have always been considered among the most avant garde in the world, but China Fashion Week took it to a new level recently with its kooky creations that included a polka dotted body suit affixed with clocks, a comic book-esque checkered jumpsuit with cat ears and paws, and colorful Harajuku girl-inspired ensembles (replete with stuffed animals of course). There was also a smattering of walking metal art sculptures and candy colored confections with matching tights!
But while the designs tended to skew more funny than fabulous, not all was lost. There was a nod to the ever-so-prominent military trend (this is a communist country after all) and edgier silhouettes emerged with the sculpted shoulder jackets (a la Balmain).
Click through to see the interesting mix of Chinese designs! Eat your heart out Alexander McQueen!
But while the designs tended to skew more funny than fabulous, not all was lost. There was a nod to the ever-so-prominent military trend (this is a communist country after all) and edgier silhouettes emerged with the sculpted shoulder jackets (a la Balmain).
Click through to see the interesting mix of Chinese designs! Eat your heart out Alexander McQueen!
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Tags: alexander mcqueen, AlexanderMcqueen, beijing, china fashion week, ChinaFashionWeek
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SadieT, 11-12-2009, 4:39PM
Its always nice to see diversity in the fashion world. There is a large element of entertainment value involved in the runway shows. Although I haven't delved into the entertainment value as deeply as I should in my latest blog at http://www.full-brief-panty.blogspot.com/ I have in the past. As is apparent from watching the popularity of Lady Gaga, one should never underestimate the selling power of entertainment. in a couple of
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