It is never a good thing when designers over develop their ideas for a collection by latching on to too many disparate and esoteric elements, without the strong conviction of thought to pull all those threads together into a tapestry that is altogether coherent and wondrous. Humberto Leon and Carol Lim tried to achieve this lofty ambition and unfortunately, failed. In some aspects... dismally so. Taking the rather challenging inspirè of Frank Llyod Wright as their jumping off point, they didn't convincingly weave together a collection worthy of bearing any comparison to anything that Awe-Inspiring master ever would have wrought forth. It was all over the place, and for a fashion collection, that's something you truly don't want to ever have to say. To say Lim and Leon presented a directionless outing would be mayhaps an overstatement, but it was not a cohesive or fully thought out collection and followed too many paths that did not work in harmony with one another. COULD one pick out a high point or two... hmmmmm... Yes, but to what end!? It wasn't a successful showing in the whole, as some pieces did look desirable, and for that reason, it wasn't a surefire disaster, not even close, but it was not in any way a triumph.
That's All.
Bye4Now!
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