Marni: Spring 2009 Ready-to-Wear

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[Tom] For me when I think of Marni,

she has a lot of character and she s very playful.

Makeup is something playful.

So, obviously, we see some pink hair

maybe we will see a pink eyebrow.

[Tim] Another bun. Another bun.

This one was inspired by circles

in the pattern of clothes.

So, we did a ball

in the back.

[Tom] I think it s a very very powerful collection.

And I have to say,

if I was a fetish,

I would go for the shoes.

They are incredible.

[Tim] It s striking how often people

mention the word intelligence

when they re talking about the Marni collection.

I guess that s because Consuelo Castiglioni

gives us so much food for thought.

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Craziness.

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Everything that the kitchen sink exuberant.

[Virginie] I was wondering

to which point

a human eye can bear

to see so many colors, prints, all together

on one look.

[Anne] Stripes with argyle

with polka dots.

Almost like the Marc Jacobs show was in New York

that it s really an eyeful.

[Lucinda] The thing about Marni is it s totally wearable.

Those see-through nylon trousers with pants showing,

that s the occasional acception.

[Tim] What does the appetite for sheer clothing mean?

Newspaper pictures.

[Nicole] That idea that

there are cameras around us

we re all taking pictures all the time.

There s a sense that

maybe there s no privacy anymore.

[Vanessa] The stripes in knit t-shirts

with the tuxedo ruffle down the front

and the zipper was poor boy meets evening meets

techno something.

[Tim] The jewelry, the stockings, the shoes --

you need to wear the whole lot all in one.

Well, I think if you do,

you ll look totally mad and wonderful and eccentric.

At the end, you re a work of art.

[Lucinda] Sometimes when the girls walk in

and they wear it, I look at them and I say to Consuelo,

if a woman walked in to a restaurant like that,

wouldn t you just think that she was the most

intelligent, wonderful, interesting human being

in the whole world?

[Tim] At least you never have to worry about

whether things are matching.

No, anything goes.

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[Vanessa] She was able to combine textures

and prints in pieces,

which taking apart, I do think would hold up on their own.

[Nicole] It was really great to watch the transition how

those color block plaids at the beginning

morphed into those amazing sequin

piette designs at the end.

It was happy and it was optimistic

and it was original

and it was interesting.

[Lucinda] In the present climate, when things are tricky,

you have to make clothes that women

fall in love with and can t do without.

I think now is the time to bring on the pleasure.

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