Hippies with Platinum Cards???

A little hypocritical, perhaps....

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Galliano Aims for Hippies at Fashion Show ​

PARIS - John Galliano is reaching out to flower children _ especially those with a platinum credit card. The zany designer, working for his eponymous fashion house, interspersed denim into fluffy cotton dresses and decked out his models in clunky, fur-lined hiking boots _ some with stiletto heels _ at his spring-summer 2005 ready-to-wear show on Saturday.

As usual, it was sensory overload. There were pillbox hats, multicolored bikinis, pleated skirts with newspaper print designs and basket-like or inflatable hats. Some models had balloons in tow.

Galliano said he was inspired by what young women look like after a few days at the Glastonbury Festival, the revelry-rich music bash that draws thousands of fans to southwest England each year.

Any hippie could recognize the psychedelia: marijuana-leaf designs and bulbous, lava lamp-like shapes on light skirts in bright pink, orange and yellow.

And then there were the flowers. When there weren't outright flower hats in soft pink tones, draping skirts looked like garlands _ a bit like Hawaiian leis.

"It's the idea of flowers growing out of anywhere, whether it's denim or tweed, and very Glastonbury," Galliano said after his show at the Empire Theater. The only thing missing was the mud.

A poster backstage said: "$60 billion heiresses take Glastonbury by storm _ too rich to walk."

The tunes fit the bill. A medley of Motown hits, the Beach Boys and the Beatles was woven into a baseline of the Nirvana hit "Smells Like Teen Spirit."

At Paco Rabanne, designer Rosemary Rodriguez presented silvery belts echoing gunslingers' bullet bands, light eco-friendly cottons, and jewelry or accessories galore.

This was a noisy collection: dangling copper-colored chains, plastic medallions and beads or scaly dresses clanged and clattered as models traipsed down the runway.

But it was freewheeling too, and funky foot jewelry gave a feeling of freedom to a few bare feet walking to a throbbing version of "Tainted Love" by Marilyn Manson at the Carrousel du Louvre.

"I like the idea you don't feel the clothes, that women could move _ feeling smooth. A bit of a Bohemian attitude," she said. "And that women can walk barefoot. It's sensual."

Wispy flowered print suits with bell bottoms added to the counterculture flavor.

A scaly dress of shimmering off-white plastic harkened back to Rabanne traditions, but Rodriguez offered her own mark to the house with feathery themes.

"It's almost antinomic to Rabanne. I like the duality and the mix, and the contrast of plastic and feathers," she said backstage, after hoisting up her enthusiastic 4-year-old daughter, Sarah, at the end of the show.

In the nearby Tuileries gardens, Chloe offered the ultimate in airy with flowing, shimmering silks and satins in dusty earth tones along with masculine jackets and ruffled or pleated bib tuxedo tops.

British designer Phoebe Philo drew inspiration from yesteryear: There were seersucker suits, classic stiletto heels, flowing scarves or handsome leather Paddington handbags.

"I love the chicness of the 50s and 60s," said Philo, who is seven months pregnant. "We wanted to keep it relaxed, and wearable, and comfy _ and not too contrived."

Some of the jackets looked like what a sophisticated French waiter might wear. More feminine were the light camisole-style tops or shirts with knots on the hip with soft skirts or pleated shorts.

Versatility was the buzzword.

"I hate it when you have to wear something in a way that the designer insists," Philo said. "I love it when I get clothes and can move them around, when there are ties everywhere _ here or there."

Japan's Yoichi Nagasawa dipped deeply into the color palette, and her cultural influences stretched from Ethiopia to Thailand with clothes in eye-popping blue, yellow, orange, red and pink.

Models wore their hair tight on the head a bit like cornrows. Long, multicolored armbands and stringy dresses added flair, and diamond-patterned tights resembled what a harlequin might wear.

The collection had twinges of the subdued and sexy, too. One-piece gray suits looked like something a workman might wear, and another resembled high-collared suit from Elvis' wardrobe. One sexy black toga-like dress draped coyly off the shoulder.

Junko Shimada presented puffy dresses and clever thick anklets over multicolored stilettos, some featuring zebra patterns over the heel. Bags often featured black feathers or gilded chains.

 

OMG...the hippie look is like so this season! Those desingers just took a culture and took a big contradictive shit on it and then smeared it around.

 

I think the "hippy" fashion has always had a little influence in the style. i pick up cool things throughout the years and have a good collection
as far as hippies with platinium cards... they do exist... have you seen a trustafarien (trust fund babies) lately when at a point of no cash? out comes the card with the kick ass camera phone. i mean... hippies carry many things because all hippies are unique and cool in our own way.
peace

 

Yipikayay, now we can get our bell-buttoms at dolche y gavana or Diezel.

 

It's a pinata! Fantastic!

 

ahahahha... wtf?

 

Yeah, I can see the resemblance... LOL

 

For some reason I really do feel like hanging that hat(and only the hat, really) from a string and hitting it with a stick.

 

I'd take a whack at that hat, the jacket too, shiny things frighten me...

I have an urge to go get a pinata and cut a whole in the bottom to wear as a hat now, I'd be the hieght of fasion!

 

The past two weekends I've gone shopping, and have found very little that fits my taste. I mean, I go in any store, and there's nothing but pink, yellow, baby blue, or purple, pleated skirts. I hate pleats, they're not meant for everyone!

Fashion these days is so unreal. I mean, they can't come up w/anything new, so they just take old styles and throw in additional flair that just makes most articles gawdy. And now this reaching out to hippies w/platnium credit cards? What's up w/that? The fashion industry will go to any lengths to get money where ever and however they can.

Geeze, the fashion industry pisses me off to no extent. Sorry, had to ramble.

 

Yeah, they really have. Sure there's a look; I know I've been called a hippie by people that barely know me. However, it's more about equality, being close to the gifts of nature,accepting people.....and a little bit of sex too...hehe.


Peace

 

Yeah, they have! I know that there's a hippie look or style; many people have called me hippie before they even knew me; I imagine they were refering to my style of dress. However, it's more about equality, appreciating the gifts of nature, accepting and helping others, and a liilte bit of sex too...hehe.

P.S. Vote for John Kerry

 

Yeah, they have! I know that there's a hippie look or style; many people have called me hippie before they even knew me; I imagine they were refering to my style of dress. However, it's more about equality, appreciating the gifts of nature, accepting and helping others, and a little bit of sex too...hehe.

P.S. Vote for John Kerry

 

What the hell is that she's wearing anyway. Psychos...

 

I want to smack that anorexic bitch's pinata off her head!

How's THAT for a hippie statement?

Holly

 

oooooo... the angry hippie! now THAT is marketable! Let's make tye dyed patches of guns and grumpy faces and sell them to the youth of this world.
It's the perfect blend of punk and hippie... they'll eat it up!