This might be completely the wrong time to be posting about dresses that will probably take a professional corsetiere to pour my body into. In fact, it's completely the wrong time considering my office is littered with Christmas hamper gifts containing the likes of marron glaces, truffles, flaked drinking chocolate, cheese twists and dozens of jars of condiments that I never even knew existed. Christmas AKA the monster food fest that never ends (it's not just ONE meal on the ONE day, it's the Christmas jollies in the three week runup to Christmas that do me in....), really should be deterring me from Hervé Léger dresses. However, it does work both ways as Léger's stretchy fabric dresses constructed in a bandage effect will probably do more to tuck the X'Mas belly in more than anything else.
Having not been old enough to live through the peak of Hervé Léger's success the first time round, I'll certainly be interested to see what Max Azria (BCBG Max Azria Group bought the brand in 1998) has done to reinvent and redesign the brand, 'while staying true to the house's heritage' as Hervé Léger will be getting its first show since the 90's at New York Fashion Week next season. I like that there's complexity brought to the whole body-con aesthetic and with the way you can cut the bandages and mould the shapes using strategic stripes, there's a sort of mathematical precision about the technique that I like.
Judging from the resort collection here, of course all the elements of Léger are there but there's still a 'fierceness' and 'strength' that I think the collection could do with doses of. After all, someone who is confident enough to wrap themselves in tight-as-poss elastic bandage might not be after simple ladylike demureness in their Léger pieces. Just let me stuff myself with my hamper fodder first and then I'll work on my breathing in techniques.
The one on the left in the middle is *amazing* but hmm. I consider myself to be thin, but a dress like that might be too much of a reality check for my liking!
Posted by: Passementerie | 21 December 2007 at 12:43
OMG, those are stunning! 7 is gorgeous and the back of the lime one is so elegant.
Posted by: Sophiedoz | 21 December 2007 at 13:53
wow...i love em...especially the rainbow one wore by Lindsay Lohan back then...
hhmm...but I'm too skinny...no curves to show hehehe...
Posted by: Diana | 21 December 2007 at 14:04
those are a fantasy purchase for sure.
now it makes sense when i was in max azria that they were selling them there. did say some were marked down...hm...
Posted by: Prêt-à-Porter Prostitute | 21 December 2007 at 15:44
Gorgeous ... it remind me a bit of Versace's golden years .. I like it very much but not for every body ( sure we will not see Lara S for the Hervé Léger show at NY next season .. oups )
Posted by: Carrie the dog | 21 December 2007 at 16:39
Too dainty! Pastels, delicate and cutesy styling, the dreaded crossover empire waist -- why bother? I want red and naughtyness, and minimalistic sex!
Posted by: Lillian | 21 December 2007 at 17:34
woah... these are amazing... it would be interesting to see how these look on 'normal' women... i mean... look at those abs in #9...yowza! i mean, when i was 105lbs and going to the gym 5 times a week, i still had doughy abs.
that aside, these dresses are gorgeous.
:)
Posted by: lady coveted | 21 December 2007 at 18:05
Hmmm...I'll take number 7 please. And a pair of Spanx...
Posted by: Iheartfashion | 21 December 2007 at 19:10
I want that lime-green one...but as Janet says, with Spanx. Frankly, I think the way the sleeves on the middle row left one have been constructed makes the dress look like a 'ladies-who-lunch' kind of dress...which is funny considering the dress might not be all that lunch-friendly. And hasn't the designer himself quit his brand?
Posted by: Drusilla | 21 December 2007 at 20:41
Wow, these are the sex!
Posted by: Andrea | 22 December 2007 at 00:03
so not the time to be looking at these, what with my hand in a box of decadently sublime cookies. Ah well. They're beautiful. Two sets of spanx should do the trick I think
Posted by: bigglassesgirl | 22 December 2007 at 01:15
I like the two in the middle row best; they have sort of a 1940s/futuristic look. I don't think #4 is as "ladylike" (in the sense of "prim") as it initially looks, there's a sort of subversive femme-fatale in pale colours thing going on there. It also reminds me a little of ancient Egyptian depictions of clothing.
Posted by: Sarah | 22 December 2007 at 01:23
dresses are beautiful, but only a select few can pull them off
Posted by: Linda | 22 December 2007 at 04:09
Oh my god. I ADORE these, I wish I had one now. I love all of them (well, the 3rd beige one not so much) but my favorites are the 1st, 2nd, and 4th. I'm terrified to ask how much these are, as I already know they're wayyy out of my league. Anybody know of somewhere that sells...well, dresses similar to these at a reasonable price? If so, email me at bluesclair@gmail.com or something! :)
Posted by: MK | 22 December 2007 at 09:03
Dress number 7 is just amazing
Posted by: Yolly | 22 December 2007 at 10:26
Those are gorgeous! I wish I could afford them. The Row make something similar, but not nearly as nice, I remember.
Posted by: A. | 22 December 2007 at 16:20
Those are beautiful, and I wouldn't dare try to wear them.
Posted by: enc | 22 December 2007 at 17:51
these are nice but I think i would prefer vintage leger seeing as he's no longer the designer and is creating similar items under a new item which are supposedly much much better (check out the thread at tfs, since i can't remember what name he is designing under now)
Posted by: meg | 23 December 2007 at 19:44
hmmm... gorgeous dresses but i'm reminded of christopher kane somehow.
Posted by: amanda | 25 December 2007 at 21:51
somehow I imagine posh in them
Posted by: | 29 December 2007 at 06:49
where can i buy these dresses
Posted by: ... | 30 December 2007 at 16:56
They seem to somehow remind me of those Christopher Kane dresses circa Spring 2008!!!
Posted by: giancinephile | 30 December 2007 at 21:11