the PIPELINE: Style on Tap
- September 5, 2008 9:20 AM
- Street Seen
On the Scene: Lorick
The backstage area of Lorick's Spring '09 Presentation wasn't like the ones you see in movies—or in the Gossip Girl television show that have made Abigail Lorick's designs a hot commodity. Sure, there were half-naked models, but the vibe was relaxed, the music calm, and the designer welcoming. Even set designer Peter Klein admitted to having "10-pi-squared" amounts of fun messing up the intricately deconstructed vignettes. Klein got to destroy a beautiful cake with his bare hands and steal Connecticut lawn grass to create the aesthetic of six distinct scenes that yielded Vogue-caliber photos. Of course, it was Lorick's lady-like aesthetic that inspired the sets and proved, as the designer wished, that a girl in her clothing would "feel like a woman that could withstand everything, in any environment"—including a Fashion Week presentation with smashed TVs and chandeliers.
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sorry, but this is like a first year art school rip off of what vena cava has done for years, the anti-fashion show "set" thing...
Who cares if it's a rip off? It still looks amazing.
Yeah, if art school students took steroids, had a real collections and were as hot as this designer.. then maybe I will agree with you.
AMAZING. All I can say. I went last night and ..AMAZING. Breath of fresh air to a Stale industry, women have something too look forward to wearing.
hmm i have to say i am not impressed. the clothes look cheaply made and they just aren't fashion. its trying too hard (including this wacky over the top set design...its like a surface magazine editorial).
if you look at lorick's first season clothing (from 2007) it goes to show how amateur this way. and im all for amateur when there is talent.
Abigail Lorick's vision blows me away. I thought the scenes of her recent show complimented the designs so beautifully. After all, fashion isn't just about a dressed body with a stark white backdrop--it's about the life and elegance that those shapes and patterns bring to a room. She's brilliant and I can't wait to see what else she has in store...
BRILLIANT!!! Bravo!!!
Wow. I missed out. Look at those sets. amazing. Who is behind this madness?
anonymous by anonymous
Hey! "trying too hard" ... you're probably some failed designer working retail at some downtown "avant" store with a black plastic bag asymmetrical dress and pointy 80s booties in the middle of summer, hanging out with dudes with twirly mustaches and ironic tie-dyed op shorts and leather jackets in a basement that reeks of taxidermy. oh and about those "WACKY" sets...the sets are FOR fashion, they're supposed to look editorial. You sound like some grandma in Connecticut saying, "now that doesn't look like a real swamp! Swamps dont have bathtubs in them!" "No it's not a real swamp grandma...its a loft in Manhattan that some artist made look like one. It's for this thing called Fashion, don't worry you wouldn't understand." Keep trying
above is the best response ever.
A beautiful vision brought to reality by some truly gifted people.