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so i procrastinated long enuf to finally hit the national museum to catch lacroix's costumier exhibition on sunday. free entry - yay! and i'm glad i went early.
much should've been said about it already, i'm pretty sure. i first read about it here. brilliant young lady, this blogger. i always claimed to want to be a writer but i obviously was just talking thru my butt. she can draw and she makes bags and necklaces and stuff. she's got better pictures, too. i didn't bring a camera as i didn't think they'd allow it.
i actually dunno how to articulate my experience. i can only think of "magical". it's a shame one can't touch the costumes. there's a boudoir where fabrics like taffeta and velvet were upholstered onto some boards. it's not the same, of course.
i watched the films last. i must admit that my impression of the magical things kinda altered afterwards. when i went thru the sketches, i was thinking, "even the maid gets to dress up pretty!" when the images came to live on human form, it's not quite so magical. the big bows on their heads were dangling over their faces. my heart sank and i imagined that's how it must be if i were lacroix. so what if you're a lacroix, when this happened. but maybe it was intentional - that they had to exaggerate their hand movements of flipping the bows back to the back of their heads after scrubbing the floor. i cannot imagine how it's like when they had to do other dance movements.
as they filmed how people put the clothes together, i recalled my hotel days when we once had a ballet dance group check in. there's this very pretty girl who'd always be with two men (not always the same men and they're good-looking). anyways, one night, one of those men got into a crazy fit and destroyed the room. the hotel GM was flabbergasted and insisted they pay for damages. i was just suitably amused throughout the episode. i never found out why it happened. i suspect the guy was consumed by jealousy. so draa-maa!
the other thing i smiled about as i watched the films was the fashion of the 80s and 90s. there's this sweet young thing who has the coolest punk do. the aunties wore batwing tops, had waves or scarves on their heads, and clear frames with tinted lens perched on their noses. loved that.
much should've been said about it already, i'm pretty sure. i first read about it here. brilliant young lady, this blogger. i always claimed to want to be a writer but i obviously was just talking thru my butt. she can draw and she makes bags and necklaces and stuff. she's got better pictures, too. i didn't bring a camera as i didn't think they'd allow it.
i actually dunno how to articulate my experience. i can only think of "magical". it's a shame one can't touch the costumes. there's a boudoir where fabrics like taffeta and velvet were upholstered onto some boards. it's not the same, of course.
i watched the films last. i must admit that my impression of the magical things kinda altered afterwards. when i went thru the sketches, i was thinking, "even the maid gets to dress up pretty!" when the images came to live on human form, it's not quite so magical. the big bows on their heads were dangling over their faces. my heart sank and i imagined that's how it must be if i were lacroix. so what if you're a lacroix, when this happened. but maybe it was intentional - that they had to exaggerate their hand movements of flipping the bows back to the back of their heads after scrubbing the floor. i cannot imagine how it's like when they had to do other dance movements.
as they filmed how people put the clothes together, i recalled my hotel days when we once had a ballet dance group check in. there's this very pretty girl who'd always be with two men (not always the same men and they're good-looking). anyways, one night, one of those men got into a crazy fit and destroyed the room. the hotel GM was flabbergasted and insisted they pay for damages. i was just suitably amused throughout the episode. i never found out why it happened. i suspect the guy was consumed by jealousy. so draa-maa!
the other thing i smiled about as i watched the films was the fashion of the 80s and 90s. there's this sweet young thing who has the coolest punk do. the aunties wore batwing tops, had waves or scarves on their heads, and clear frames with tinted lens perched on their noses. loved that.
you can read more about the costumier exhibition in this blog and here.
two sentences lacroix said jumped off at me:
Colours are the reflections of the soul.
C'est la vie! is a perfume and a state of mind.
oops. long entry. btw, you tell me if that's a jumpsuit or romper (picture at top right).
http://flypaper.bluefly.com/archives/2009/03/homework-whats.html
it's a... bird.
two sentences lacroix said jumped off at me:
Colours are the reflections of the soul.
C'est la vie! is a perfume and a state of mind.
oops. long entry. btw, you tell me if that's a jumpsuit or romper (picture at top right).
http://flypaper.bluefly.com/archives/2009/03/homework-whats.html
it's a... bird.
4 comments:
Thanks a lot for your lovely comment on my blog! This exhibition looks amazing. I do remember reading about it on other blogs, but it's great to get your perspective on it as well. I went to a Sonia Rykiel exhibition two months ago, which had a similar layout and it was just fascinating to see the diversity in designs throughout the years, as well as the sketches and photography. Thanks for sharing!
hello! thanks for dropping by :) i'll be going back to the museum for another exhibition. then it's off to another flea market..(agenda is obvious) see you around!
Aah, you lucky girl made it to the Lacroix exhibition!!!
Read in the news that the brand filed for insolvency.
Good night and wonderful dreams!!!
yes! how unfortunate. it may not be a bad thing, though. his legacy will go on if he keeps up his attitude towards his craft.
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