From the CHIASMUS archive: "Simon Miller. Fall 2023 - Los Angeles"

 

"The romanticism with the 1970s and 1980s is probably warranted, in lieu of the chaotic state of the world in 2023.  So, the redrawing from past timelines, while looking for meaning in history can be, although it may not deliver all the answers, a seductive cue.   And for fashion, when sourcing inspiration, the industry has been moving back and forth from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s in a perpetual motion of indulgence. Yet, interestingly, the 1950s and 1990s seemly have been left out, which from a sociological standard, our society has taken a lot more of its feigned and bizarre reflection of 50s financial stability and technological 'progress', mixed with 90s entrepreneurism.   But, I do have an affection for the differentials of 70s and 80s popular culture and it defining imprint on society, as the hippie counter culture 'died' in 1968, replaced by discos, hedonism and sex.  Which later became the main play of the day, well and truly into the mid 1980s, before AIDS emerged and our society began to lean towards a more conservative family value template.  And, as we all entered the 2000s, and it was the children of the baby boomers which held that desired prosperity or as they say, " it was the decade that spawned DVD players and mortgages".   

So, as an archaic observation of the last four decades,I have always admired Simon Miller's collections, to be an interesting take on that Los Angeles 70s flow.  Created by Daniel Corrigan and Jake Sargent in 2008, who have both since left the namesake label, handing the reins to once New York City resident Chelsea Hansford.  And since relocating the brand to L.A. in 2018 with her husband, Hansford's sassiness and devotion to that mid-century aesthetic is the brand's main drive, which by all its definition celebrates L.A. as that pinnacle of the American dream..."

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(A.Glass. September 8th, 2023) 

Full review:  chiasmusmagazine.blogspot.com/2023/09/simon-miller-fall-2023-los-angeles.html