May 21, 2012 |
This light of our lives, this fire of our loins is a very clever lady. To be honest we’ve always known. It’s her glasses, you see. Clever people wear glasses. They also have shops that are minimalist and white. And keep books on obscure artists who they also just happen to sell through their shops. Are fans of classic English design, such as Anglepoise lamps and Ercol furnishings. And design beautifully made, easy-to-wear clothes. Obviously Maggie is well versed in all of the above, but what makes her even more remarkable is the Paris menswear presentation we recently witnessed. We’re probably going to contradict everything else we’ve written in this issue with our next sentence, but tough. Catwalk shows should be abolished. Relegated to the age of dinosaurs. Banned. Who wants to sit in a chair and wait around for who knows how long? We do enough of that at work – sit at our desks, all day, every day, waiting for the day to end. What we really, really want is to be surprised, entertained and to see some nice clothes we can actually imagine ourselves wearing. Which is what Maggie gave us. Really, the whole concept was rather simple. A menswear presentation that doubles as a look book shoot. It’s like killing two birds with one stone: you get to present your menswear offerings for the upcoming season, in this case summer, and end up with a set of pictures that show off your clothes to their full advantage that you can then immediately post to your website and later send out in the form of a look book. We got to see some very good clothes. Seriously good. Have you seen? You should. All very art-school boy in a David Hockney way, with a rolled-up, looser-fitting trouser, a lightweight knit and a classic-cut linen blazer that looks best with an untucked shirt and a rather marvellous yellow anorak with white piping – absolutely essential (summer is, after all, wet season). We also got to spend half an hour or so watching an attractive model pose in various ways that best showed off the clothes and, ergo, him. And, when we were very lucky, catch a glimpse of bare chest when he popped behind the curtain to change. Sometimes, it doesn’t take much to make us happy. Maggie knows that. As we said earlier, she’s a very clever lady.
by Natalie Dembinska
