It's just plain simple. Maybe that's what he's going for, simple lines, basic black and white, I don't know, I guess the squid still hasn't found the ocean.
I definitely see a very small market among the artsy, beatnik types that still exist, you see people dressed like that all over NY, but for mass market America, it's just a little too Fugly for me.
"His latest collection, for the 2007 Holidays, takes on clothing conventions and re-imagines what clothes can be. This wildly creative line takes risks that pay off in a big way."
It sounds interesting, but I don't see that in his collection, and I don't understand why it has to be all black and white if it's a holiday collection. It just doesn't look like a holiday collection to me. Where are all the colors?
I like Bradley's creativity and sense of humor. If I had to choose, I'd probably wear those clothes rather than look like a tight-ass boring skinny rich bitch in Diane Von Furstenburg or Michael Kors. Maybe meeting in the middle -- DVF and MK find the fun a little -- oh wait, that would be Uli. OK, I'll take hers.
I'm amused by the comments. In truth, these are not styles most women could wear, but I could see girls in Tokyo pulling off Bradley's designs quite fetchingly.
" Anonymous said... I'm amused by the comments. In truth, these are not styles most women could wear, but I could see girls in Tokyo pulling off Bradley's designs quite fetchingly."
True. You see that style a lot in the Tokyo fashion scene: clothes with few openings,reversible garments, non-sewn clothing; it's a very limited market, but it's a market.
Bradley's stuff has never been my taste, and some of it borders on (and probably enters) fugdom, but something about it is interesting. Whoever said these looks would work in Japan has a good point. This stuff could make the right person with the right style look really good. There just aren't all that many such people.
And definitely, for a holiday collection - or any collection! - it needs color.
It's an interesting concept - a take on clothing conventions and re-imagining what clothes can be - but this collection doesn't do the trick; it's just too simple and basic. It's like Jay said to Kara Janx: "That's a big talk...the talk doesn't match the dress."
I'm thinking the holiday might be National Font Day as Bradley seems to be rather fond of punctuation and symbols.
My guesses for each look are: 1. left parenthesis 2. generic quote 3. right parenthesis 4. exclamation point 5. question mark 6. paragraph symbol 7. end quote 8. not sure - an umlaut maybe?
I think if he's going for quirky, he should let the clothes, rather than the models' postures, send the message. They really are very plain when you ignore the posturing.
Damn, where were these clothes when I went home from college for the holidays and tried so hard to flaunt my coolness and independence?!? Just plain fugly
Tokyo proper has a population of about 12 million and the greater metropolitan area has a population of about 20 million. Years ago, it replaced New York as the test market for many fashion designers. Tokyo isn't "a market"; it's "the market."
But, the point I had hoped to make is that really that bulky, concealing designs like these just don't go well over large figures. In contrast when worn by small women these designs accentuate their petite size and make them appear even more delicate.
I don't see anything wrong with the collection. It's innovative, and completely "Bradley". I bet if another designer had done this like Galliano, or Marc Jacobs you bitches would be all over it, but maybe that's just me. But again, I don't see anything wrong with, and he does re-imagine what clothes can be.
It's eccentric, but I like it. The blackness makes me focus on the details. There's real design work here, not just another satin slip dress or another boring imitation of "Hollywood glamour."
Chris Rodgers said:"I don't see anything wrong with the collection. It's innovative, and completely "Bradley". I bet if another designer had done this like Galliano, or Marc Jacobs you bitches would be all over it,"
I disagree. Sometimes I get my copy of Vogue in the mail and say "WHAT THE HELL!?!?!??!?!" They expect me to wear THIS!? as FASHION?!
Now that I look at it again, its really less clothing than it is art.
If these pics were taken in black and white and put up in an art gallery, i could see it, but not as functional clothing. And yes, i know that most runway clothing is not technically functional, but this is a heck of a lot less functional than most of the others. At least with the others, you can glean something, some nugget of something to incorporate into your everyday wardrobe.
Chris Rodgers said: "I don't see anything wrong with the collection. It's innovative, and completely "Bradley". I bet if another designer had done this like Galliano, or Marc Jacobs you bitches would be all over it,"
a lot of people disagree with me, but that's fine. but i just think that you should know that all fashion isn't meant for you to wear, just merely for show, and theres nothing wrong with that. lighten up, it's jut fashion!
Someone's been watching too many silent movies of a Sunday. Slap an oversized bow on that model's head, and you have yourself Mary Pickford, fresh from the crypt.
when I first saw this, I laughed for, like, five minutes. then I thought to myself, "I could make better clothes than this shit, and I can't even use a sewing machine,"
Ya know what ... not my cuppa, but there IS a market for it, very design-as-opposed-to-glamour oriented and it's STILL ten times better than any of the shit Vincent produced (and spanked all over or something).
Most of it does resemble a lot of 1980s Japanese work such as Comme des Garçons and Yohji Yamamoto, and, to a lesser extent, Issey Miyake. It also suggests Martin Margiela (http://www.maisonmartinmargiela.com/): clearly Bradley has been doing his homework. I'd love to see that second piece in more detail: is that a cuffed skirt?
It's not for everybody, god knows, but I like it. On the right woman with the right attitude it could be killer.
Mmmm - yes. Black is the new black! Fastidiously simple. A new paradigm outside of the old lexicon! Silhouettes without shape! The rigidity of the soft hand! Velour! Crepe de chine!! One word, darlings! Holiday in Cambodia!!
I could totally see Miranda July rocking some of those outfits. You would have to have a pretty strong character to pull off those clothes, or they would end up wearing you.
Anonymous said... I like the simplicity of his design and his color choice.
And for all the "holiday" jokes...i guess he should have plastered "kiss me I'm irish" or knitted a snowflake sweater. ******************************* I rather like the collection. It is the title of "Holiday Collection" that is garnering all of the attention. If he was going for irony or sarcasm in the title...I think he made it.
BTW...all of you guys are hilarious. I have been LMAO with tears rolling and everyone wants to know why...somethings are just meant to be kept from your supervisor!
Huh? What r u guys talking about? these are very well done stuff by brad. Love the unusual design of it. If im a girl ill totally wear every piece of it to work from Mon to Fri. Btw, im a graphic designer.
a strange holiday
ReplyDeleteobviously he is celebrating Scoliosis Awareness day
ReplyDeleteMT
Are you looking for something to say other than "Jesus Christ, that's some ugly shit?" Because if so, I've got nothing.
ReplyDeleteIf that's your hobby, I'd say go for it.
ReplyDeleteIt's just plain simple. Maybe that's what he's going for, simple lines, basic black and white, I don't know, I guess the squid still hasn't found the ocean.
ReplyDeleteOy vey. Bradley honey, this is why you shouldn't smoke pot before you have something important to do.
ReplyDeleteYeah, if you're spending your holidays with your Amish folks.
ReplyDeleteIt's very Bradley. I can see some of my artsy-fartsy friends wearing those clothes.
ReplyDeleteI definitely see a very small market among the artsy, beatnik types that still exist, you see people dressed like that all over NY, but for mass market America, it's just a little too Fugly for me.
ReplyDeleteWTF?????????????
ReplyDeleteHoliday where? The seventh circle of Hell?
ReplyDelete"His latest collection, for the 2007 Holidays, takes on clothing conventions and re-imagines what clothes can be. This wildly creative line takes risks that pay off in a big way."
ReplyDeleteIt sounds interesting, but I don't see that in his collection, and I don't understand why it has to be all black and white if it's a holiday collection. It just doesn't look like a holiday collection to me. Where are all the colors?
Why are they standing like that.
ReplyDeleteFugly and her hair and makeup just makes it worse.
ReplyDelete"Gorgeous Things said...
ReplyDeleteHoliday where? The seventh circle of Hell?"
LMFAO!!! i couldnt have said it better.
Aww, I love Bradley! I think the idea of having the collection all done in black and white is so that you can focus on all the details and shapes.
ReplyDeleteIf it's holidays, I'm thinking Halloween, because that has got to be the Grim Reaper in picture 5.
ReplyDeleteWell he may not know who Cher is, but it looks like he sure knows who Charlie Chaplin is.
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a (misguided) homage to the Little Tramp to me.
Oh c'mon guys it's not that bad. Very basic and simple yes but not ugly.
ReplyDeleteI've been on holidays like that. I try not to think about them.
ReplyDeleteI like the one that was obviously inspired by the Deatheaters. See, even fashion is taking notice of the Harry Potter craze!
ReplyDeletePiper and Brilliant,
ReplyDeleteI could not agree more. Charlie Chaplin, Grim Reaper and Wednesday Addams came to mind.
I like Bradley's creativity and sense of humor. If I had to choose, I'd probably wear those clothes rather than look like a tight-ass boring skinny rich bitch in Diane Von Furstenburg or Michael Kors. Maybe meeting in the middle -- DVF and MK find the fun a little -- oh wait, that would be Uli. OK, I'll take hers.
ReplyDeleteUm....what?
ReplyDeleteOHMYGOD I don't know what that squid is smoking, but do pass it on, darling!
ReplyDeleteI suppose this is what happens when you smoke pot while reading Oliver Twist.
ReplyDelete--Gotham Tomato
I kind of like the hot lesbo look in the last picture.
ReplyDeleteHoliday 2007 in an Edward Gorey book!
ReplyDeletestunning! I love it; especially the hood, and poor posture
ReplyDeletexog
He's obviously moved beyond the reefer...
ReplyDeleteUm, nope. I got nothin'.
ReplyDeleteuh, how do you punch up the word fugly?
ReplyDeleteMarty the Wizard
What is it? A holiday w/ Gomez and Morticia??
ReplyDeleteOy!
I love the collection! He certainly has a point of view, and you can tell that he thought about it.
ReplyDeleteHoliday?
ReplyDeleteWhich one?
I'm amused by the comments. In truth, these are not styles most women could wear, but I could see girls in Tokyo pulling off Bradley's designs quite fetchingly.
ReplyDeleteYawn.
ReplyDeleteSome people probably shouldn't be designing clothes...
You can also buy his bag here.
ReplyDeleteCertainly not my taste, but I think this collection targets the people who expresses with self-style, not limiting with ordinary fashion.
It actually seems like a collection for mimes, doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteDoobage....lot's of doobage.
ReplyDeleteAHHAHAHahaha!!!
ReplyDelete" Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteI'm amused by the comments. In truth, these are not styles most women could wear, but I could see girls in Tokyo pulling off Bradley's designs quite fetchingly."
True. You see that style a lot in the Tokyo fashion scene: clothes with few openings,reversible garments, non-sewn clothing; it's a very limited market, but it's a market.
It reminds me of Issey Miyake.
ReplyDeleteBradley's stuff has never been my taste, and some of it borders on (and probably enters) fugdom, but something about it is interesting. Whoever said these looks would work in Japan has a good point. This stuff could make the right person with the right style look really good. There just aren't all that many such people.
ReplyDeleteAnd definitely, for a holiday collection - or any collection! - it needs color.
That model is some clown-white away from pretending to be trapped inside invisible walls. Feh.
ReplyDeleteYou people are almost as funny as the boyz, but this one is my fav:
ReplyDeleteobviously he is celebrating Scoliosis Awareness day
bwahaha!
The holidays are obviously a very sad time for Bradley.
ReplyDeleteI'm not exactly sure what details I'm supposed to be focusing on when I look at these pictures. Mostly because they make me feel very depressed.
Definitely what the fashion forward Amish will be wearing to the next barn raising.
ReplyDeleteAnd he seemed like such a happy guy....
ReplyDeleteIt's an interesting concept - a take on clothing conventions and re-imagining what clothes can be - but this collection doesn't do the trick; it's just too simple and basic. It's like Jay said to Kara Janx: "That's a big talk...the talk doesn't match the dress."
ReplyDeleteOooh!
ReplyDeleteAmish Birkas!
Emma P.
"obviously he is celebrating Scoliosis Awareness day"
ReplyDelete!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"If that's your hobby, I'd say go for it."
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm thinking the holiday might be National Font Day as Bradley seems to be rather fond of punctuation and symbols.
ReplyDeleteMy guesses for each look are:
1. left parenthesis
2. generic quote
3. right parenthesis
4. exclamation point
5. question mark
6. paragraph symbol
7. end quote
8. not sure - an umlaut maybe?
I saw these elsewhere and was likewise speechless.
ReplyDeleteSadly, it appears the squid is still gasping for air out of his ocean and the result are more tinker toys.
I think if he's going for quirky, he should let the clothes, rather than the models' postures, send the message. They really are very plain when you ignore the posturing.
ReplyDeleteReminds me of the costuming in Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas" ... leached of color.
ReplyDeleteOh, Bradley.....(deep sigh)
ReplyDeleteDamn, where were these clothes when I went home from college for the holidays and tried so hard to flaunt my coolness and independence?!? Just plain fugly
ReplyDeleteklausk:
ReplyDelete"it's a very limited market, but it's a market. "
Tokyo proper has a population of about 12 million and the greater metropolitan area has a population of about 20 million. Years ago, it replaced New York as the test market for many fashion designers. Tokyo isn't "a market"; it's "the market."
But, the point I had hoped to make is that really that bulky, concealing designs like these just don't go well over large figures. In contrast when worn by small women these designs accentuate their petite size and make them appear even more delicate.
I like the simplicity of his design and his color choice.
ReplyDeleteAnd for all the "holiday" jokes...i guess he should have plastered "kiss me I'm irish" or knitted a snowflake sweater.
Hmmm.... I think targeting the Homeschooler-Artsy-Amish market is very "audacious".
ReplyDeleteGodspeed brave Bradley!
holy mother of god!
ReplyDeleteI wouldnt wear that if I was buck naked and in the middle of a snowstorm THATS how ugly I think those clothes are!
ReplyDeleteThey look like mimes and vaudville rejects. Even as separates they don't look flattering
ReplyDeleteSo by Holiday I assume you mean Halloween. Fugly.
ReplyDeleteIts like Mummenschantz meets Fugly. Eep.
ReplyDeleteI love it.
ReplyDelete-- desertwind
Come on, people. "Holiday" clearly means "rehab." If you're forced to take a month off to dry out, this is exactly what you want to wear.
ReplyDeleteIt's like an extended Tourette's episode that lasted months and left behind a physical manifestation.
ReplyDeleteI like it. It's very Bradley.
ReplyDeleteI think it's his sense of humor... I Love the hooded dwarf looking thing...
ReplyDeletebut, let's face it... I've never worn a designer anything LOL
:)
did his parents die on christmas day? because i feel that would explain the collection and its ability to make people start weeping uncontrollably.
ReplyDeleteI love bradley and all his strangeness but he's just not going to be able to sell these pieces to a wide variety of people.
ReplyDeleteI don't see anything wrong with the collection. It's innovative, and completely "Bradley". I bet if another designer had done this like Galliano, or Marc Jacobs you bitches would be all over it, but maybe that's just me. But again, I don't see anything wrong with, and he does re-imagine what clothes can be.
ReplyDeleteIt's eccentric, but I like it. The blackness makes me focus on the details. There's real design work here, not just another satin slip dress or another boring imitation of "Hollywood glamour."
ReplyDeleteChris Rodgers said:"I don't see anything wrong with the collection. It's innovative, and completely "Bradley". I bet if another designer had done this like Galliano, or Marc Jacobs you bitches would be all over it,"
ReplyDeleteI disagree. Sometimes I get my copy of Vogue in the mail and say "WHAT THE HELL!?!?!??!?!" They expect me to wear THIS!? as FASHION?!
Now that I look at it again, its really less clothing than it is art.
ReplyDeleteIf these pics were taken in black and white and put up in an art gallery, i could see it, but not as functional clothing. And yes, i know that most runway clothing is not technically functional, but this is a heck of a lot less functional than most of the others. At least with the others, you can glean something, some nugget of something to incorporate into your everyday wardrobe.
Fugly.
ReplyDeleteChris Rodgers said:
ReplyDelete"I don't see anything wrong with the collection. It's innovative, and completely "Bradley". I bet if another designer had done this like Galliano, or Marc Jacobs you bitches would be all over it,"
NO.
Angie said...
Doobage....lot's of doobage
YES!
When they don't talk about you, (the gay boys) Bradley you should worry.
ReplyDeleteIt takes talent to silence those bitches!
You can take my blog-reading privileges away... but there's something that I find oddly likable about these clothes.
ReplyDeleteMaybe because all she needs is a little mustache, a ratty bowler, and a cane to pull off Charlie Chaplin, which is, in and of itself, endearing
of course you mean speechless as in "What the HELL was he thinking?"
ReplyDeleteNice prison outfits.
ReplyDeleteDang.. that's a whole lot of ugly!!
ReplyDeletea lot of people disagree with me, but that's fine. but i just think that you should know that all fashion isn't meant for you to wear, just merely for show, and theres nothing wrong with that. lighten up, it's jut fashion!
ReplyDeleteSomeone's been watching too many silent movies of a Sunday. Slap an oversized bow on that model's head, and you have yourself Mary Pickford, fresh from the crypt.
ReplyDeleteWell, spinal injuries seem to be in this year
ReplyDeleteMethinks he's been watching Lord of the Rings too much.
ReplyDeletehmm, pic #5 is clearly from his Harry Potter film costume line - Designing for Dementors.....
ReplyDeletethese "clothes" scare me.
the dress in pic #2 looks like it has potential, but otherwise: eurgh.
and: "Its like Mummenschantz meets Fugly. Eep."
ReplyDeletei will be laughing over THAT one all night!
Wow, not only is it ugly-Its totally boring!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE IT. You guys are boring!
ReplyDeletewhen I first saw this, I laughed for, like, five minutes. then I thought to myself, "I could make better clothes than this shit, and I can't even use a sewing machine,"
ReplyDeleteOh Bradley. What happened? You got cute and your stuff go some serious ugly!
ReplyDeleteYa know what ... not my cuppa, but there IS a market for it, very design-as-opposed-to-glamour oriented and it's STILL ten times better than any of the shit Vincent produced (and spanked all over or something).
ReplyDeleteMost of it does resemble a lot of 1980s Japanese work such as Comme des Garçons and Yohji Yamamoto, and, to a lesser extent, Issey Miyake. It also suggests Martin Margiela (http://www.maisonmartinmargiela.com/): clearly Bradley has been doing his homework. I'd love to see that second piece in more detail: is that a cuffed skirt?
ReplyDeleteIt's not for everybody, god knows, but I like it. On the right woman with the right attitude it could be killer.
Mmmm - yes. Black is the new black! Fastidiously simple. A new paradigm outside of the old lexicon! Silhouettes without shape! The rigidity of the soft hand! Velour! Crepe de chine!! One word, darlings! Holiday in Cambodia!!
ReplyDeleteIt's Mummenschantz meets prison chic!
ReplyDeleteOy.
oh crap... someone beat me to Mummenschantz! That's what I get for not reading the comments first.
ReplyDeleteHa, Ha, Ha.
ReplyDeleteOoops. I meant Ho, Ho, Ho.
Or better yet, I should have said ...
Oh No, Oh No, Oh No.
I have to admit I LOLed. I mean really LOLed.
You know how some people just say they LOLed when they thought something was funny, but didn't really LOL. Well, I definitely LOLed.
I loovved the hoodie ensemble. It was my favorite. Kinda hunch back, meets Igor, meets haute couture.
He definitely has a point of view.
Just don't point that thing at me and expect me to keep a straight face.
LOL.
He's a cutie patootie, but he is definitely out there.
And I mean way out there at a very different elevation than the rest of us.
Just sayin-
Scoliosis day ...
ReplyDeleteCharlie Chaplin, Grim Reaper and Wednesday Addams ...
Doobage....MAJOR doobage ...
Mummenschantz meets Fugly ...
Yall are TOO funny, Had me LOLing some more with the comments.
I mean I can appreciate the design and point of view, but surely yall can appreciate the humor too.
Toooo funny
I don't hate it. It's better than Vera Wang.
ReplyDelete(You can use that quote for advertising, Bradley.)
Is that Natasha from the last 'cycle' of ANTM?
ReplyDeleteI have to say I like the hoodie, though at second glance the sleeves don't do it for me - My pagan butt likes wide floaty sleeves...
Jesus, Mary and Joseph, what a bad bunch of rags. Must curb gag reflex, I just had lunch.
ReplyDeleteI could totally see Miranda July rocking some of those outfits. You would have to have a pretty strong character to pull off those clothes, or they would end up wearing you.
ReplyDeleteGood lord.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous said...
ReplyDeleteI like the simplicity of his design and his color choice.
And for all the "holiday" jokes...i guess he should have plastered "kiss me I'm irish" or knitted a snowflake sweater.
*******************************
I rather like the collection. It is the title of "Holiday Collection" that is garnering all of the attention. If he was going for irony or sarcasm in the title...I think he made it.
BTW...all of you guys are hilarious. I have been LMAO with tears rolling and everyone wants to know why...somethings are just meant to be kept from your supervisor!
SisterZip aka Pam
I see he's still hittin the pipe.
ReplyDeleteI think there could be a good market with mime's. . The Outside of the Museum collection
ReplyDeleteThats some scary shit going on there.
ReplyDeletewhew...
Huh? What r u guys talking about? these are very well done stuff by brad. Love the unusual design of it. If im a girl ill totally wear every piece of it to work from Mon to Fri.
ReplyDeleteBtw, im a graphic designer.