Put on a Chic face

  -Oscar de la Renta: While everyone raved about Peter's collections for the brand, I judged them all. And I feel like that worked, because now what I hear about this show sounds more like what I think. Not trying to say that I'm the only one who can be right, though. When you start designing for a brand, you have two options: a) Continue doing what the original designer did; b) Change the style of the brand completely, à la Slimane. Peter did a bit of both. He continued doing dresses for princesses, like she was doing at Nina Ricci, but tried to adapt those dresses to what de la Renta used to do. It wasn't a smooth transition, but it wasn't the worst I have seen. What bothered me was that people raved about it and said that it was like de la Renta never left. Well, excuse me?  Oscar didn't use to cast too young looking models, because he designed clothes for women, strong women. So doing dresses for princesses that seem to be made of cotton candy is not ...

When a new designer starts working for a big brand, like these two, there is a lot of judgement. It's like everyone wants them to mess up, so they can criticize their job. When it comes to Raf (Dior) and Peter (ODLR), I feel like I'm completely alone with my opinions. Most people dislike everything Raf does for Dior, and most people praised Peter after they saw his first collection for ODLR. And I couldn't disagree more with them. I'm the minority... because I want to be the minority (insert Green Day's song now). I adore 99% of the things Raf creates, and I was really critical when I talked about Peter's collection. Now that I've seen both campaigns, my opinion hasn't changed. To be honest, Dior's ad is just ok. But I've never been a fan of their campaigns, so it doesn't surprise me. I like Julia as a Dior muse, though.  But ODLR's campaign is wrong in so many ways. It's too soft and perfect. Oscar designed clothes for ...