NOT THAT IT CAME AS A BIG SURPRISE IN THE LIGHT OF THE TURBULENT PAST FEW SEASONS... BUT ITS NOW FINALLY OFFICIAL - FROM SS10 THERE WILL NO LONGER BE A HELMUT LANG MENS COLLECTION ( WOMENS WILL HOWEVER CONTINUE)... ITS BEEN UP AND DOWN SINCE THE ORIGINAL HELMUT RETIRED FROM HIS OWN LABEL... NEW OWNERS AND NEW AGAIN, NEW VISIONS AND NEW AGAIN.. TOO MUCH BACK AND FORTH I SUPPOSE AND THIS SUMMER THE MENS SS10 COLLECTION THAT WAS PRESENTED IN THE PARIS SHOWROOM WAS A VERY VERY AMPUTATED ONE... ACTUALLY SO MUCH SO THAT IT WAS NOT HARD TO GUESS WHAT WAS COMING UP: COMPLETE SHUT DOWN.
IT IS VERY SAD HOWEVER - PARTICULARLY IN THE LIGHT OF THE ENORMOUS BACK CATALOGUE THAT THEORY ( OWNERS OF HELMUT LANG) MUST BE IN POSSESSION OF. WHY HAVE THEY NOT MADE A CLEAN CUT CAPSULE COLLECTION WITH HELMUT LANG IMMORTAL CLASSICS? YES, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A 90'S TIME CAPSULE... BUT EXACTLY THAT PART OF THE ORIGINAL HELMUT LANG HAS PROVEN IRREPLACEABLE... I ADMIT IT, I MISS HELMUT !
AND I MISS GREAT MENS SHOES LIKE THESE...
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HELMUT LANG "IS" PRODUCING A MEN'S COLLECTION SCHEDULED FOR FALL/WINTER 2010!!
IT WILL "ONLY" BE RELEASED IN SELECT RETAIL SPACES IN THE US AND JAPAN.
Yes, I just got aware of this... apparently more of an archive inspired collection... interesting.
I hope the "archive collection" is made more widely available. And that it is made in Italy as teh original range was. the made in China stuff was very poor quality....At least he stop designing while at the top of his game and didnt go on forever like Pierre Cardin
True... otherwise it wont really matter... lets see what happens !
And yes... good thing he did't do a Pierre Cardin :))))
( I kind of think HL got a good pay check when he sold his name to Prada back then - he can probably afford to be retired).
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