I looooove the polonecks, the pleated leather. I would kill anyone Alexander Wang chose (I'm not sure why he would, maybe he hates on someone... please choose Ellie Goulding; I dare you to sing Elton when I'm coming atcha Ellie) in return for the leather jacket, ooh throw in the waistcoat Alex and I'll do a torture too. They're in that gorgeous rough matt Wang leather that wears so well and is drool-proof, that you just want to mulch and caress and eat. I love that Wang's introduced pink into his collections and it's so spot on and fits so well that it should be his pink. It is his pink. Wang Pink; Wink? Nah too girly. The colour's more likely to be called Ego or Cease or Hack. 'Alexander Wang's signature Hack Pink was first seen in his Resort 2014 lookbook.' Yep nailed it.
The final outfit shows me up YET AGAINNNNN as the hypocrite I am, having just schlagged off the brown leather skirt in Sportmax's collection I find myself needing Wang's pleated brown skirt. Not because he's the 'cooler' designer and the darling of the fashion world with his new Balenciaga appointment so I reckon I should love it, clearly I do not mind angering the fash crowds, but because the outfit is perfect. Paired with the oversize green sweater it's a high fashion interpretation of the skater look that everyone's buzzing off right now; Wang's found a way to make himself relevant in an area dominated by skate brands like Vans, Stussy and Supreme. 'Love', 'gorgeous', 'caress', 'perfect', Alexander you drive me crazy. Reckon that's the only 'Alexander' I'll ever say that to. And I haven't even got to the best bit.
BAGS. That characteristic textured leather has been painted white, then bashed and split until it resembles one of my stranger fetishes. Cracked paint. Seriously, the majority of my time at Chelsea College of Art & Design was spent seeking out the dampest, dirtiest areas (not in Chelsea, they don't exist there, in Hackney) and photographing walls and gutters. I poured over books about urban decay and crumbling Cuban mansions, attempting replicate the effects on film. As ever Wang's cracked it (never excuse the pun). As he does every season, he's made the bag that will improve my life dramatically, as goes the argument to my Ma every Christmas. The oversize bag in the final HEAVENLY look is - Ma I know you read this - everything I've ever wanted, everything I want and everything I ever will want.
Until spring.
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