DESIGNBLOK PART 2

So I am of course not updating you DIRECTLY from the day of the exhibition...I didn't have time otherwise but I can assure you, dear reader, that I have been busy as a fucking beaver concerning my fashion endeavors.

Firstly, before Designblok occurred I visited the atelier (studio, in CZ) of Helena Fejkova. She has eclectic taste in design and she was also kind of...cold, shall we say? I walked in to meet my teacher and I didn't know if the namesake was in her "fashion gallery" so I asked an attendant, who pointed to the woman and I was given a gruff reply of "I'm busy!"...indeed, she was, I could see that with my own eyes, as she was fitting a plump woman with a jacket of sorts...i just asked a question, lady, I'm not fucking retarded

Anyhoo

My teacher arrived and we looked at the collection...and it's ugly and unwearable, in my opinion. She likes to utilize jester and renaissance themes, as well as ugly fabrics and colors. Her things are also wildly overpriced for the pieces produced. I've seen similar in the JC Penny catalog which I wouldn't even spend my money on if I wanted to.

That was just the beginning of an overall disappointing night of fashion.

I was late getting to Designblok because I was politely waiting for an interview with Queen of Shit Fashion who eventually did not even realize my presence anyway. I missed the opening designer, who I wanted to see the most. I saw some pieces and liked them a lot, but then came JAROSLAVA.

And I was bored out of my creative fashion mind.

It was as though someone had thought of the bright idea to host a fashion show for Old Navy. Henley stripped dresses, school girl plaids and uninspiring, oversized sweaters IN THE SAME FUCKING PATTERNS AND FABRICS OVER AND OVER AGAIN seemed to be the highlight? of her collection. I ended up not taking pictures, it was so unoriginal. And this woman sold her shit for top dollar too! I hope she paid Designblok to be able to show her shit. BOR-ING.

She also used organdy in some sort of brown color. Who the fuck uses organdy anymore? She must be in cahoots with Fejkova.

NAVARILA-DESIGN was next, and I was pleasantly surprised with what was being displayed. I'm sure I felt that way simply because of my disappointment with Jaroslava however. Navarila actually happened to be the friend of my friend Elise's host mother, also a fashion designer. Her concepts were simple and wearable but elegantly stylish and clearly took more brainwork to conceptualize than Jaraslava. There was a desert, Morrocan theme, completed in knits (HOW DOES SHE DO THAT????) with pieces similar to burkas, veils, etc. Her color combinations were excellent and each piece was seamlessly put together. Although i wouldn't consider this to be high fashion, it was certainly more provocative of thought and creativity than some others I had seen before.

So the second night of Designblok not so inspiring and entertaining, but you have to have some contrasts, right?