Lindsay Lohan's Debut Collection With Ungaro Wasn't That Ugly: An Alternative Opinion
Lindsay Lohan just can't get a break.
It's not enough that her acting career has sorta tanked, her love life has fully tanked, and she always looks kinda tanked. Now, the best thing that's happened to her in a while - a gig as Artistic Director at the prestigious House of Ungaro -- is going badly (to put it mildly.)
By now, you've read the scathing reviews heaped upon Lohan and her design partner- - or arguably the only real designer of the brand -- Estrella Archs. The well known rehaber and the unknown designer had their work cut out for them: crafting a collection strong enough to prop up both Ungaro's lackluster sales and Lohan's lackluster reputation.
Twenty four hours after it's debut the general consensus is they've failed.
I disagree.
No doubt, there were some genuinely ugly clothes in the 45-piece collection (see above), the bra tops were an odd choice for a Paris catwalk, and the styling a touch heavy handed.
But there were some positive things to be seen. The color palette as well as the heart motif were fun and ideal for a spring collection. The ruched leggings (see below) and harem style pants were perfectly on trend, and the overall presentation was remarkably cohesive for a collection put together in a matter of days. In the end it simultaneously paid homage to the sophisticated party girl past of Ungaro and the trashy party girl status of it's latest hire.
What's not to like?
As much as I adore juicy, snarky, reviews I find them misplaced in this instance. The collection is less about ugly clothes and more about the ugly truth of the commercialization of fashion. The dash for cash means owners believe more in a rockstar designer than quality design.
Lilo for Ungaro might seem like the case in point, but her joint debut with Archs is much better than that. Archs, especially, turned out a decent collection under indecent circumstances. Call it a mess if you wanna, but it was a beautiful mess none the less.
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Agreed, there were some pieces shown by mainstream designers that were just as cringe worthy yet Lohan is the only one being thrown to the wolves.
Sure she is a Hot Mess, but is this about her or the clothes? Let's face it ,she was a tiny piece of the design process, brought in to get publicity. So is it that critics think that Archs, a seasoned designer is aweful or do they really just hate the whole idea or Lindsay as a designer?
Collection definitely had some ugly pieces, but as you said some was not all that different than some others. See what our readers are saying and add your comments:
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found this at ew comment sum it up nicely
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"Mix review so far from what I've read even People mag. think the same/some postive review from Paris journalist and some
bad one from wwd but style.com let it pass at the end of article(Ew left it it out of course)in case U didn't know Victoria
Beckham review is far more worst that this.
Simple Analogy
Ungaro show = BigBoxOffice/summer movie like Spider-man
critics hate it but who cares money is all that matter
ps. don't worry about Lindsay at all she just wrap her film with Robert De Niro with all this movie and big Paris Fashion house
I'm jealous her to death. Duh!"
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I think generous consensus is 'MIX '
High couture fashion afraid about celeb invashion success and you-know-who review is pretty much effect by this thought not ot mention some crtitc just put their all energy to Miss Lohan past behaviour rather than the show itself.
Actually, the critics loved Spider-man. It was the among the best reviewed movies of that year.
In Lohan's case, I wonder how much of that is her and how much is Estrella Archs. This definitely has her stamp if one has seen her previous shows.
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