The "What we have in store for next season" press release for stores can be some truly dry-as-toast reading material. colette made theirs more digestable with some fairly amusing prose and so I made it through four pages which brought me to one of their new additions in new clothing labels for A/W 10-11. As well as stocking Anthony Vaccarello which of course makes me BEEEEEAAAAM with joy, they've taken on Julien David and his capsule collection of coats for A/W 10-11. Previously, this French-born, Japanese-based designer has done core collections of scarves as well as a very cute collaboration with Pringle, involving a keyboard printed twin set. For A/W 10-11, David has moved onto a collection of coats inspired by our dependence on medication. Which sounds stranger than its actual manifestation in the clothes but it turns out the connection is more to do with the way medication can change our body.
And so we have seven styles of coats, all in a light wool, each one tweaked in proportion to differentiate between them, which means that essentially, one label will find its way to most customers...
Style 1 - The mood passes through me in straight lines // Style 2 - I could have danced all night, and still have begged for more, I could have spread my coat and done a thousand things whilst flouncing all I want...
Style 3 - I'll take you in pieces, we can take it all apart, keep me cropped, keep sleeves safe...
Style 4 - Quit playing games with my sleeves...
Style 4 - Yo shortie, we're gonna party, it's my one button birthday... // Style 5 - You better get right to the point, I can see you're a coat of distinction...
Style 6 - Puff the magic sleeves, are ready to roll up... // Style 7 - So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen to being without a staple coat...
