WARDROBE: In the world of Calvin, homogeneity means white
From Cathy Horyn's New York Times review of Calvin Klein:
"Yet if there was fault to be found it was in the faultlessness of some of the day looks, a sense that Mr. Costa was quite consciously aiming for a visual statement and, in the process, didn’t see or refused to see that the hemlines of the dresses might have been better shorter. If you’re noticing something like a hemline, that’s a problem.
Another thing: all of the models in the show were white, with hair at a uniform length. You can’t tell women to be individuals in their style and then not show a range of individual faces, hairstyles and ethnic backgrounds.
It seems out of touch."
posted by Muse Magazine at 7:24 AM
5 Comments:
you can't expect consciousness from people with no souls......
i couldn't agree more that the aryan nationness of the models was a little scary!
not only has the talent faded from the Calvin Klein brand but so has the edge and risk taking, from the print campaign(non existent) to the model selection. they seem to have fallen into the trap of creating a "safe" esthetic, which almost always means unimaginative clothing, and caucasian models.
White women rule! We don't need those nappy headed hoes.
@ anonymous 12:49, i don't know which is more disappointing, the fact that you could not leave your name, or the fact that you used a statement which at this point has lost its bite.
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