schematically thematic

Peter Jensen showed last week in london for spring 09. Peter who you may say? Peter our new paramour. Each season he devotes the entire collection to a rigid theme which ends up ruling my brain once i see it. Last spring (08 season), vastly ahead of trend, he channeled the heroines of John Waters movies. Pops of bright, drop crop, light wash denim, fringe; he had it all! All looks were on-point, pre-trend, and wearable, but still cohesive to a tangible theme. There may be nothing I love more than adherence to a concept. Rigid follow through and excellent outcome. Making it centric to J.Waters is just an added bonus. For spring 09 it was all about Jodie Foster. Each look paid thoughtful, affectionate, patronage to every film Mlle Foster has appeared in from Taxi Driver to Silence of the Lambs (that new one where she played a futuro assassin was excluded). It is so refreshing to see a designers spring09 theme that isn't intentionally a mass cash cow digression: ahem...the various permutations of prada lace; its expensive to make, but still exists in every price point from 5$ to 50$K making it easy to adopt the trend which can go ridiculously wrong and will most likely make you look like an (attention) whore if you dare to err on the cheap end of the spectrum. Anyways, below are images from P.Jensen's spring 08 and 09 shows which are fresh to death and in homage of Cry Baby and Taxi Driver respectively.