Duckie Brown’s Silent Reception
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Running into the Duckie Brown show I was greeted, not by the traditional boisterous sound garden that normally accompanies these high budgeted fashion extravaganzas, but instead with a whisper of a runway. Complete silence seemed to be the theme for these two young designers and complete silence is what the event deserved. Whether it was a problem with a faulty sound system (God I pray that’s what happened) or a consciences (say it isn’t so) decision by the designers, Daniel Silver and Steven Cox, to go quiet in the end it didn’t work.
If the reason for the silence was to instill a sense of urgency to pay attention to their looks, that’s one thing, but what happens when your collection fails to impress? The tailored suiting and style of the Duckie Brown label seemed to be overshadowed by the uncomfortableness that took place as the crowd realized that their every whisper could be heard. The snapping of cameras was all that could be heard, with the occassional catcall from randy editors in the front row, as each of the models headed down the runway.
For a collection that in the past showed such presence and substance, this show was in desperate need of a soundtrack. If I’m wrong feel free to disagree and discuss. Honestly though, John Bartlett was sitting front row and his outfit was more interesting than anything I saw on the runway.
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I was the at the Duckie Brown show too, you guys sure are quick about posting. Someone’s got a smart phone.
I think that was one of their best presentations and I’ve been seeing Duckie for the past 2 yrs. It was all BLACK something they hadn’t done before and honest I heard EVERYTHING even things I didn’t wanna hear and I LOVED IT and plus the models looked so cute and scared without the music to protected them from the fashion people.
WELL…i think it was a malfunction but a quirky one (Duckie Brown does quirky really well)and they kinda just let it rock out…silently. I’ll ask them when I see them at the after party tonight
Reply to Brown SuzieDid you not hear the music getting lower and lower as the lights got lower and lower? Malfunction? No…It was a statement darling.
Reply to HowStatement or not, it was not a good one. The idea that lowering the music was a good one is a bit silly.
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That’s too bad you didn’t enjoy the show - so many many people did. Actually the response has been overwhelming for both of us. We felt since the collection was boiled down to its essence we thought this was a great opportunity to have people focus on the clothes and what better way to do that than by having a show without music. I don’t know about you - but to me backstage - it was kind of beautiful to see 500 fashion people be still and quite and focused for 8 minutes.
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