Label: Dsquared2
Designers: Dean and Dan Caten
Fashion Week: Milan, Italy
Runway Show: Tuesday, January 17
The bell rings! A man dressed in a fitted suit marches up the runway to Pink Floyd's rebel anthem, "Another Brick in the Wall"! As he reaches the start of the runway, two men in suits throw the curtains open to reveal a classroom! The man in the suit, who we can now presume is a teacher, takes his place at the front of the classroom replete with typical antics that one can expect from a rebellious group: Throwing wads of paper and planes at the teacher and across the room. Before the teacher can try to control the class, a rebellious student defiantly stands and begins strutting down the runway. We are treated to the first look of the collection and everything falls into place: the set, the music, the attitude! It is school all over again, but contrary to common misconceptions that school is drab and boring, this show was pure entertainment!
For anyone who has been in a classroom as a teacher, student, administrator, what was presented is, for some educators, an accurate representation of what actually goes on during instructional time: Paper plane throwing both at the teacher and across the room and, yes, even the students smoking. Many people would be able to relate to this show. Although I do not support smoking, especially since there were models smoking during the actual runway presentation, it just added to the entertainment factor!
In terms of the clothes, if I was still in the classroom and was making enough money to afford Dsquared2 clothes, I would be a new client! Mr. Dean and Mr. Dan Caten's collection exuded a collegiate vibe. If I were to summarize the collection, it would be the "24-Hour College Student Wardrobe!" There were jackets, sweats, parkas, mohair sweaters, backpacks, many a skinny jeans that a college student can put on for lecture. There were super skinny ties, argyle prints, blue, white, khaki pants, checked print shirts, cardigans, crew neck sweaters, essentially professorial staples that a student could put together to wear for their internships. Then there were the sharp-suited looks, the denim jacket, skinny black pants, that is perfect for a party! These were clothes that hip, cool, artsy students would have in their closet! In short, the outfits shown on the runway were looks that I would wear as a teacher in the classroom! These were clothes that caught my attention the minute the first official look came down the catwalk!
Overall, from the antics on the runway, to the clothes that were presented, it was a very entertaining show! How I could have seen it in person!
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