The drama was not only in the clothes but
also among industry insiders.
So everyone
knows that to check out runway photos, you go to Style.com. This is why
Style.com editors are always present in every show so they can review it. And
with every review, there will always be a positive and of course, the negative
which they all try to avoid.
While we were
all drooling over clothes that we can never afford during the presentation of
the Spring 2014 couture (we were also making checklists as to who will wear
what to the Oscars), I noticed that on Style.com’s front page, Jean Paul
Gaultier was not on the list. Jean Paul Gaultier presented his Spring 2014
couture collection on the same day as Armani Prive, Maison Martin Margiela, and
Elie Saab. So, it’s quite shocking not to see Gaultier in the list.
Gaultier is nowhere to
be seen on the list for Spring 2014 Couture
Although he is in the
Fall 2013 Couture List
Well, we can
assume one reason. It was Tim Blank’s review of Gaultier’s Fall 2013 couture
collection. So here’s what’s written on Style.com: “Jean Paul Gaultier works a
theme like a last nerve.... Benattia (a French comedian Gaultier casted) seemed
a bit down-market.... A few outfits later, a ‘millefeuille de mousselines’
echoed Yves Saint Laurent's way with color, as a reminder that Gaultier was
once considered the one true heir to the throne of French fashion. But that was
once upon a time, and that time has, sad to say, well and truly passed.”
Gaultier responded with an open letter. Here it is:
“Dear Tim,
“Dear Tim,
Once upon a time
you liked my shows “but that time has truly passed” and I respect it. But the
Tim I knew before would never have made the attacks that are more personal than
proffesional [sic]. I always had girls in my shows from different social
strata, treating someone as down-market is cheap.
In future, rather
than be bored at my shows, you can use that time to do something else, for
example brush up on your fashion history so you’ll kow that “mille feuille de
mousseline” didn’t echo Saint Laurent, it was inspired by a Nina Ricci dress
from 1967 in homage to Gerard Pipard who recently passed away.
If you’re nostalgic
for the time when I was considered the one true heir to the throne of French
fashion please buy a ticket for my exhibition now in Stockhold [sic] and soon
in Brooklyn and London. Good Visit.
A former yours in fashion
Jean Paul Gaultier”
Jean Paul Gaultier”
So maybe it was
only Tim Blanks who was available for Gaultier’s show and he passed instead.
But if you want a head scratcher, Tim Blanks reviewed Gaultier’s Spring 2014
ready to wear. While we all love drama, let’s all hope that no one was just
available to review or the photographer of Style.com ran out of memory or
something. I am hoping to see the photos and the details on Style.com
especially since Dita Von Teese walked in the show. And of course, the clothes
looked amazing as well. :)
