Catherine Malandrino Fall 2013 Collection

Posted on Feb 21, 2013 in Whiteboard

Catherine Malandrino Fall 2013 Collection titled ‘Le Normandie’ inspired by French Art Deco and the elegant lines of Ruhlmann.

[Photo Credit: Catherine Malandrino]

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http://twitter.com/Nancer Nancer

Huh. I’m feeling a little underwhelmed.
- aeb1986
  
  agreed. especially after seeing that naeem khan collection
  - Alyssa
    
    Me too…I think any collection would disappoint after that one!
  - EveEve
    
    And right after Thom Browne’s too! This is Sleepiesville
wisenhar

Mark my words: JLo, 5th row center.
- MilaXX
  
  That’s a shame really because on someone like Pink or Gwen Stefani that look could work, but on JLo it’s gonna look hoochie.
  - barbarienne
    
    It’ll look hoochie because she’ll wear it at least one size too small; two if she can manage it. Whereas Pink or Gwen would get it in the proper size.
- gabbilevy
  
  I wish you weren’t right but… you’re probably right.
- afabulous50
  
  See…now I think 2nd row center…
  I see 5th row center on Solange Knowles
  - wisenhar
    
    I think 2nd row center is a bit too, um, modest for JLo. Solange could totally rock 5th row center, though.
  - http://pulse.yahoo.com/_2P2ANLRZ6YAVGONA36I2AQJYGI VicD
    
    KStew
Annabelle Archer

Is this line for Target?
The plum top/olive pant combo is truly fug.
- A. W.
  
  OH THE SHADE!
  - Annabelle Archer
    
    Unintentional.
MilaXX

It’s hard to come down after looking at a collection like Thom Browne’s, but I like most of this. Sure, it’s more wearable, less fantasy, but I still think it’s nice. The only look I really dislike is the purple top/cargo pant combo. The rest could work for lots of celebs with varying body types.
StellaZafella

You could have said it was Dmitri’s collection from PR and I’d still say…kind of a yawn.

There’s a difference, for me, between a collection and a “line”…this is so much a line I feel like it should have hangers in it.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Josefina-Madariaga-Suárez/100002964685796 Josefina Madariaga Suárez

C’est magnifique. I want that olive and wine dress, please. It screams “Mediterranean”.
- kimmeister
  
  That was the one that stood out to me too.
mellbell

I would wear the shit out of that black-and-white dress (without leggings, with ballet flats).
http://joyouslifesf.wordpress.com Kiltdntiltd

After Thom Brown, this is just a big yawn. A few okay pieces, but most of it is forgettable.
- http://profile.yahoo.com/37TPKASIMXVUPYK5BNQFOL43KU Carina
  
  exactly. very little here appeals or inspires.
joything

Man, Art Deco was all over the place this year.
- http://joyouslifesf.wordpress.com Kiltdntiltd
  
  But this collection references the Art Deco so subtly, it’s virtually not present.
  - ankali
    
    Odd. I think that’s true for about 60% of the collection, but the other 40% — read: most of the black-and-white and black-and-nude looks – looks almost hamfistedly Art Deco to me (which is fine by me, as I love Deco).
    - http://joyouslifesf.wordpress.com Kiltdntiltd
      
      I hear what you’re saying. But for me what references there are get lost and muddled. The closest thing for me is the last dress. It’s vaguely remeniscnt of the work of Sonia Delunay, who was an artist/designer of the time who was associated with Futurism.
YousmelllikeAnnaWintour

Nice. Next!
ankali

Is this collection just suffering from my aesthetic receptors having been blown to pieces by Naeem Khan and Thom Browne, or is it actually as underwhelming as I think it is? I usually have Catherine Malandrino in roughly the same head-space as Carolina Herrera and L’Wren Scott, but with the exception of a couple of pieces, this is only feeling 2-3 steps above catalog to me.
lrober03

4th row right, I was going to say that it reminded me a lot of what Julie Bowen wore recently.
Looked it up, she was wearing Catherine Malandrino Pre-fall.
Pretty much the same dress
SewingSiren

Very refined and wearable. I love the long olive dress and the off the shoulder burgundy and the fit and flare burgundy dresses.
- Stubenville
  
  The olive dress immediately reminded me of Rami Kashou in both color and the beauty of the drape.
filmcricket

High-waisted, pleated pants. The horror! The horror!

I agree that after the gorgeous theatricality of the last couple of posts this feels very pedestrian by comparison. But most of it is nice, wearable looks with decent visual interest. It’s just “Jessica Chastain at the stage door” instead of “JLo on the red carpet.”
BuffaloBarbara

Not thrilling, but I can actually see buying pieces like this and getting a whole lot of wear out of them. That first dress would be an awesome work dress, and the wine-colored sweater-dress thing would be so, so comfy on a cool fall day for storytime.
http://twitter.com/TMamBo Therese Bohn

That last one reminds me of the Romulan Commander’s Evening Gown in the original Star Trek episode “The Enterprise Incident”. Must be the leafy pattern.
Also, I love the combination of the burgundy and olive and the burgundy and navy satins!
Jackie4g

Pick out one each of the most difficult shades of green and purple and use them together? Some of these colors are just plain dead. This collection is a bit depressing.
tallgirl1204

I love the black and nude cutouts. In fact everything is really nice, except for the too-wide skirts. This is definitely more on the wearable scale (and id someone mention Dmitri?) but I like it a lot. Not really fair to compare it to the Naeem Khan collection, I think– this is definitely lower end, but still has the same kind of play with pattern to it.
Zippypie

Meh. Nothing new here. The colors are rather dour.
CarolinLA

WTF is that purple blouse and those pants that come in at the ankle? I had a bad flashback.
- Stubenville
  
  Purple and acid green should never be worn together… much like orange and turquoise.
lalahartma

S’ok. Some are eek.
Stubenville

I like the pattern in the first photo, but it seems a little Etsy hand print, no?
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_RDEDI3ONWSVDQS5GXKKBIML3H4 Chase

Maybe it’s partly the way the models are standing, but most of this looks frumpy as hell.

I bet Angelina Jolie is going to be all over that last dress, though. She loves dressing like a depressed Disney witch.
NYCGlamourpuss

Meh. Not crazy about any of this.

And that last dress is making me dizzy.
Louise Bryan

Beautiful and commercially accessible collection. Nothing history making here, but these are wearable clothes.
ThaliaMenninger

I WANT THAT WINE-COLORED COAT IN THE FIRST ROW. If I had children, I would be willing to sell my first-born for that coat.
BigWhiteGrannyPanties

I want that purple coat.
http://twitter.com/PhDKnitter marlie

A couple of interesting pieces, but on the whole this is rather underwhelming.
mmc2315

Not loving the opaque black tights. HATING the high waisted pants (bad flashback!).

Some pieces are nice, but nothing earth shattering.
formerlyAnon

I like this. If I had money I’d buy some of this. (Of course, the ones I’d buy aren’t the ones we’re probably going to be seeing on the photographed set.)

Also: rows 1 & 7, on the left. NO. We do not need pants which are full through the hips and narrow at the ankle.
Indigo54

Whatever…. NEXT!
http://profile.yahoo.com/47S737MGWCAZEZ73QOAFKDFEKQ Jill

I hate the drab green color but love most of the dresses
libraangel

maybe – JUST maybe
ccm800

something absolutely inelegant about everything.
modelobrasil

Kinda boring…
Hoping you will showcase the GORGEOUS Dolce & Gabanna collection next… It’s a bit déjà -vu but lovely.
DeTrop

I like most of these. Put them on and go to work, lunch, theatre, dinner whatever. They’re not fussy and they have the benefit of fitting different body types. I agree about the high waisted, full hip, tapered ankle pants – NO. I think you can get a bang for your buck with these clothes in that you can wear them again and again.

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