With all the hype about Ann-Sofie Back becoming the creative director of the Urban Outfitters famous label, Cheap Monday, I decided to do a little digging on some of Back’s previous collections. But anything earlier than her Fall 2009 collection (which is only two 2008 collections) is a bit, well, amateur. Obviously Back is a newer designer, but many of her Spring 2009 pieces are comparable to a first year design student’s. It seems as if Back relied on safety pins, obnoxious draping, asymmetrical ruffles and enormous blazers to create a collection for her. I’ll admit that I’ve used safety pins to create draping in some of my dresses, but that’s me, a girl who has never sketched a design a day in my life, let alone picked up a needle and thread. To make matters worse, many of Back’s dresses, with the haulter-neck and revolting black stripes, reminded me of high-school homecoming dresses gone wrong. For the sake of Cheap Monday, let’s hope this collection was a mere blip on the radar.
GALLERY: RUNWAY RUNDOWN: Ann-Sofie Back Spring 2009
Thanks NY Mag!
Dior, Not War.
