Summer-spring 2008

Despite the fact that no one really cares what Nicky Hilton designs (or claims to design), she is still at it again. The Fug Girls report in New York Magazine:

"The New York Fashion Week overlords have a wicked sense of humor, rewarding Nicky Hilton's lack of criminal record by letting her debut her ready-to-wear line, Nicholai, during the spring '08 festivities. Yes, the girl who almost never wears shoes that fit, has one failed collection already, and bailed out of presenting in Miami earlier this year because of a "scheduling conflict" (amid rumors it wasn't ready, and stank) has been granted a spot on one of fashion's biggest stages. As if Heatherette wasn't enough of a fiasco."

Is this true? If she was anyone else but heiress to the Hilton hotel fortune, this would not be happening. Bad designers do not deserve to be in NY Fashion Week; she is getting in solely because she's a celebrity, and that makes absolutely no sense to me. I smell nepotism!

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Everybody has a few shows they always skip no matter what. For fashion socialites, it’s the entire London week; for me it’s Versace, Roberto Cavalli, Emporio Armani, and Dsquared. And some others as well I believe. But this season, I accidentally had a glimpse at the runway show by Dean and Dan. And I must say that I was truly surprised by the general aesthetic the Canadian duo depicted. The Spring 2008 season is undoubtedly a season of change, and I probably will remember it as the season in which DSquared's trashy t-shirts vanished from their runway spectacle.

Unlike the other designer labels I mentioned, Dsquared sometimes has a thing or two I like hanging from their racks, and it’s commonly t-shirts - trashy t-shirts. But these aren’t the ones their average fake tanned guy would get, but the ones he even considers as trashy. These lack of any artistic value, and just vastly exude fun and stupidity, and that’s why I like them. It’s like a circle, and I know it’s hard to understand, but my theory is that sometimes some garments are too trashy that they end up being nice. I think that the irony implied on wearing them also affects how I see it. But even though how much I may like them or not, I always believed that these weren’t appropriate for the runway shows, and I always end up frustrated every time one trashy t-shirt appeared on the runway; and that was mainly why stopped watching the shows.

The Spring 2008 is a different thing. The menswear line is slightly more refined and a lot of the trashy material was taken out. Nevertheless, do not alarm! There is plenty of it still to enjoy and Dsquared continues to be the same disgusting label. The important thing is that a positive change is visible, and THAT should be rewarded and talked about.

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