Only Phoebe Philo could make white buttons on tailored coats so buzzed about. Her AW14 collection for Celine was as always shocking… In it’s amazing invisiblity. The recent collection was all about 30’s tailor-ship for men and the artsy attitude of early 70’s. The collection was created for women which are independent and comfortable in their clothes. “These women were doing things which were quite radical at the time, like wearing men’s clothes, but which today seem quite normal,” she said. “I very much wanted women in men’s clothes, but it was a complex idea so we brought it back to a quite feminine silhouette.”
The bags were a new version of the trapez. The sleek jersey sweaters and bell-trousers were also close to masculine style. The fur pillow things that models carried were presented in radiant colour. Nothing new came across the runway, but the old ideas were showed in new posture. And that jewellery! It was so colourful… And it contrasted a lot with raw browns, blacks and greys. That felt pretty eye-catching.
The collection was unusual in the fact, that it was very timeless. And that shows, that Philo gives women a chance to forget buying new clothes every season. In reality, the pieces were a remix of Phoebe’s achievement in her minimalistic, raw fashion. And that’s why it’s so fine and artistic- at Celine, women are the artists who wear and style the clothes for everyday.