Bottega Veneta. Fall 2019 RTW – Milan Fashion Week (overview)

 

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With a flurry of young designers either moving up the scale of the high end fashion houses as their creative directors or representing en masse their brands via the runways of London, Milan, New York and Paris.  There has to be a degree of critique towards  some of the rushed styles and ill fitted clothing running the course of all the various seasons.  From Louis Vuitton to Gucci and Burberry – all are young, hungry and overeager to appease.  The problem is they are moving too quickly to source trends instantaneously via digital platforms; and they're failings are happening literally in real time backstage prior to the show.  With the recent passing of Karl Langerfeld, he knew the importance of maintaining a relationship with the muse - it is the models and fittings which are paramount.  The two have to be evenly matched. This isn't occurring, rather an ad-hock fitting is reflecting the frumpy stylizations, which could be put down to inexperience or pressure to quickly set a trend for the next season.  Either way, correct  styling should be focused as a priority upon the collection  prior to a show, matching the right looks with the right models.  Makeup and presentation must be coordinated with finesse. 

Bottega Veneta Fall 2019 Ready-to-Wear collection is a perfect example of a poor showing.  Daniel Lee's debut as the brand's new creative director moving across from Celine, with the changing of guard to designer Hedi Slimane, who, had to rework earlier styles of the famous brand in a rushed way – and barely made it over the line, from the prior mess of ill fitted and dowdy styles under Phoebe Philo.  Unfortunately Lee, for his first show threw together a messy array.  The Italian leather powerhouse, either didn't check over with stylists and advise the young designer to avoid melding a collection that seemed so out shape within its design – that it borderlines on the amateurish.  Which is a shame, the fits are stuffy and unflattering – to what was reported as a hot day in Milan for the Fall 2019 collection.  There was, at the time, a running critique on a certain young designer for his 2nd New York show (2016), the models were baking in the hot weather.  They're only human, with terrible fits and lack of enthusiasm plus morale dissipating.  All will reflect the sloppiness on display and for Lee's presentation, Fall 2019 holds a similarity.  

What may turn out as risqué is actually a flop in presentation.