An Open Letter To Duckie Brown, My Mouth Is Agape

Dear Duckie Brown, Aka "Duckies" (s0 cute by the way),

I want to thank you for passing by my humble blog and calling attention rightly that I took one piece of your collection, and took it out of context. In fact, I made up a word at your expense.

So, in the spirit of dissecting a collection for the true artistic merits, I am going to reframe my commentary and talk a little more about fashion and themes. It is very easy to be a critic.

So, in that spirit, I have posted four photos from the collection. What I would like to call attention here is the use of drape and fabric. In a collection, they are starting with an extreme form, and then in the other parts of the collection, take that theme and make it more and more translatable to the consumer.


Start with big bow, which is unusual on men, and indeed juxtaposed against the masculine form. This, while being silly for most people is indeed an artistic take and does challenge how people think about men and "traditional forms" for them.




Then you take that form and change it slightly to an exaggerated pleat. This is a variation on the theme of drape, and indeed more commercial, per se, but does take that extreme theme and make it more palatable and less "artistic" as a statement. But in that less artistic component, it is indeed more wearable.




















Then you take that and have something with a slightly unusual cut. Again with the theme of draping. This fabric seems to be stiffer, but you still see an unusual form, and ultimately that unusual form is what is known as fashion, and what is the certain something that keeps us looking for something different season after season.



















This I just liked, it mimics other collections in that volume is making a comeback.

Also, thank you for inviting me to your studio. It is quite and honor, and I do hope I can take you up on it next time I in NYC.