The Lost Gareth Pugh Star Trek Episode and Other S/S 2011 Highlights
The lost episode opens with Kirk, Spock and Bones beaming down to a retrofuturistic planet. Gareth Pugh has engineered a “progressive” race that lacks the ability to emote. “Everyone is perfect here”, says Kirk rhetorically, “too perfect“. A philosophical debate about human emotion breaks out in the background between Spock and Bones. Conveniently, the Gareth Pugh race has a dire conflict that can only be resolved with Kirk’s human emotions, revealing that the race isn’t so progressive after all. The show comes to a close with everyone back on the bridge of the Enterprise poking fun at Spock, the scene fading to black with a close-up of the captain’s grin.
Exoskeletal for Spring/Summer 2011 at Gareth Pugh
Gareth Pugh S/S 2011
Kidding aside, Pugh’s collection is one of my favorites from the S/S 2011 shows:
Transparency is a big theme for S/S 2011. This is seen mainly in the form of lace (monogrammed, metallic, etc.) but plastic and rubber make an appearance among more conventional sheers such as organza and silk. My favorite example comes from Francesco Scognamiglio:
Francesco Scognamiglio’s rubber (?) dress from the S/S 2011 collection
A plasticized Gisele for S/S 2011 at Balenciaga
Valentino S/S 2011
Chloé S/S 2011
Lanvin S/S 2011
Gabriele Colangelo S/S 2011
Marni S/S 2011
Sportmax S/S 2011
Sheer prints from another favorite S/S 2011 collection by Jonathan Saunders
Jonathan Saunders S/S 2011
And then the lace:
Metallic lace for S/S 2011 at Valentino
LV-monogrammed lace from the Louis Vuitton S/S 2011 collection
Valentino S/S 2011
Brioni S/S 2011
Erdem S/S 2011
Collette Dinnigan S/S 2011
Lastly, one of my favorite looks from any of the prevailing courts is from Prabal Gurung:
Prabal Gurung S/S 2011
All photos from elle.com.