Rodarte for me can be so hit or miss. Last Fall saw a completely gorgeous collection of medieval inspired clothing and gorgeous color selection so I was excited to see what they had in store for us this season. That was about the height of it though as I have to say I hated it. There were some really awful pieces dotted throughout the collection including bodies that looked as if they must be paining the models to wear!
The influences seem to be late 80s and early 90s. There was plenty of layering and block colors with very little print. However it was more the shape of the clothes that drew my criticism. First of all those horrific hip bones jutting through the bodies which are pulled so high that they remind me of that awful trend of wearing visible thong lines from the early 00s where we lost the run of our common decency.
The puffy blouses nipped in at the waist were bad enough but over the bodies? no thanks! I don't mind the culottes so much but the pair at the top of the post are awful - shiny black fabric with what looks like glue gunned beads/diamonds sprinkled on them? I know a few cheap teenage-y stores that wouldn't touch that one with a barge pole let alone sell them.
Then there was the crochet. Once again it has been dragged off a couch in a nursing home somewhere and thrown onto the catwalk by a designer who should know better then that. I'm serious - TAKE IT OFF! It's also extremely unflattering and vaguely 70s which when you add it to the 80s/90s references means that the influences are getting a little overwhelming.
Oh but there needs to be gowns! After all, there are people furiously oscar dress watching in the audience so there needs to be at least three options. Sadly the Mulleavy sisters decided why bother making three gowns when you can make one giant sick bag of a dress using three seperate fabrics?? This is why we have two prints that don't work, stone washed acid tie dyed silk and a weirdly placed 80's collar.
It got worse though. A pair of culottes where both legs are different colors. Nice. I must note that the leather jacket looks interesting and so do the brothel creeper shoes. The other issue with the collection is that when the models didn't have those awful bodies and culottes on, then they had what looked like Laura Ashley circa 1994 plastered literally all over them. They were drowned in fabric of which only the ankle was visible. A complete meltdown. Bring back last fall girls.....
TRENDS TO TRY
Stealing your nan's crocheted shawl to make a mini skirt
Ankle boots
ankle socks with ankle boots
cutting off your circulation with a body yanked up too far
tie dye
Melting three overly plastic dresses together to make one horrific gown
going to another designer and ignoring this heap of rubbish
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