OK do I just not know fashion or what???

[Bluebear]

These are photos from fashion shows this week. Does anyone actually end up wearing this shit? No offense to any designers here, but it all reminds me of concept cars at auto shows which will never hit the street. Do you gals like any of this?

[mdmc]

1. some of this is hot..

[Bluebear]

6. Yeah interesting but do you ever see it after the show?

Maybe it's too expensive. :shrug:

[mdmc]

26. on some level, to some degree

the further you get from nyc, paris, and milan, the further you get from couture / the runway.

[alittlelark]

2. Are #2 and 3 'Giving birth to democracy'???

And what's with the last one w/ the breast 'chastity belts'.

:puke:

[hippiechick]

5. I think she's giving birth to an Oompa Loompa ...

:silly:

[hippiechick]

3. I like the black and orange number ...

... but the rest of it looks like when HippieKid was little and would mis-dress her barbie dolls.

All these ladies need some Twinkies, by the way.

[okasha]

17. It's a flamenco gown!

Where are her castanets?

[Reverend_Smitty]

4. Is that first one decorated in cellophane?

like the stuff you use to wrap up Easter baskets? :shrug:

[msgadget]

11. THANK YOU,

It was familiar but I couldn't place where I'd seen that stuff before! ROFL!

[otohara]

7. The Last Dress

is cool

[Pithlet]

16. It is. It's the most wearable thing pictured.

I kind of like it. I mean the bodice with the buckles, pictured.

[msgadget]

8. Not the first two

even though there seems to be a love of construction (or puzzles!) in that weird maternity mini. I wouldn't wear any of them but I can see how some would fall for 'em.

[tjdee]

9. Think of it as art, like sculpture or painting, but with clothes.

That's what it is.

Couture isn't Pret-a-porter (ready to wear), although some of the colors, lengths, etc. are used in what ends up being worn.

So it's like...you may not see a fugly dress like the first one on the subway, but you will probably see colors like that. And so on.

[Bluebear]

13. Ahhhhh

Well that makes sense. I do actually enjoy seeing it as art but always wondered why real people never wore it...so you're saying it's more an influence on trends and the color palette.

[tjdee]

24. Yes...and some pieces can work with less showy clothes...

like the stockings in the first picture could be worn with "real" clothes. Or a couture shirt could be worn with jeans.

But mostly, it's an influence although I'm sure some wacky celeb has her eye on that maternity-ish frock!

[Pithlet]

10. I'm a little ol' stay at home mom in Tennessee

Although I've lived places slightly more cosmopolitan. But they can't possibly be walking around like that in public anywhere, can they?

[msgadget]

12. Maybe on Rodeo Drive?

(What a cute little girl! What kind of card is she holding?)

[Pithlet]

19. Thanks!

It's Baby Einstein. (a DVD) :)

[RevolutionaryActs]

14. It's an outcast from Whoville!

I think I might just pee my pants laughing! HAHAHAHA


This one isn't so bad:

[Pithlet]

20. She looks like she's about to burst out laughing.

She's thinking "I can't believe they're paying me 10,000 bucks to model this crazy shit. This is hilarious!"

[AlCzervik]

15. Maybe it's Fashion gift wrap week?

cept for that bottom one, that looks early straight jacket with sleeves removed.

[Solly Mack]

18. the colors are fun and whimsical

so's the fashion

tells me we are in for bright colors and warm textures


I like aspects of it all.

[catzies]

21. You hit the nail on the head comparing couture with concept cars

These are concept clothes. :P

[run junkie]

22. the buckle corset is hot!!!

the others just silly. especially the 'i'm pregnant' look.....funny stuff.

[Maple]

23. They aren't 'clothes'

They're 'costumes'

And if they don't stop trying to make women look like Ronald MacDonald on a bad day, couturiers will disappear.

[NV Whino]

25. The flamenco gown is a winner

The others are good for a laugh.