Karl Lagerfeld Spring/Summer 2011

Sometimes we buy clothes because of the label. We might not even like them but the image of the brand and of the designer make them into coveted items. Let's face it, something that is especially true of men's wear is that it sometimes is difficult if not sheer impossible to distinguish who is behind the designs. It all looks basically the same. It's a thought that was renewed in my mind when I looked at Karl Lagerfeld's webpage. What was especially Lagerfeld about the clothes? It could just as easily have been H&M, Reiss, Calvin Klein or TopMan.

One thing that differs from one brand to the other is the price. Of course quality and cut can be different but if I had shown the pictures without mentioning Karl Lagerfeld would you have been able to tell that he was the designer? Perhaps I need some more distintictive features of style except the label Karl Lagerfeld to cough up the money.

The webpage is cool and I had immensely fun spinning the doll of Karl Lagerfeld around and around ...

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GAP

With some brands it can be hard to find something you want. It's to do with style and taste. Thankfully there is a horde of manufacturers out there that supply us with a variety of clothes. Some are also hard to distinguish from each other. These clothes are from GAP but could just as easily be from Reiss, TopMan, H&M and so on and so forth. There is nothing wrong with the clothes from GAP. They are good with a moderate injection of trendiness but when it comes to my personal taste they don't say; Buy me!




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TopMan

When in London you will find the biggest TopShop/TopMan branch at Oxford Circus on the opposite side of their big competitor H&M. I went to college a stone's throw away on John Princes Street and therefore the shops were quite frequently visited. Then I belonged to their target group but since I find it hard finding clothes I like there now it can mean that I'm getting too .... old .

I thought that I liked the sweater above but then I got uncertain and now I can't decide which. That collar. Wouldn't that look better on a woman? Then I picked the trousers because I really didn't like them. Who wants to go around looking like you've made a crap in your pants?

The shop on Oxford Circus is usually crammed like a sardine can. It's noisy and there's people everywhere and the last time I was there I could have run away in sheer panic.

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