KidSuper Broke Paris Fashion Week - The Weirdest Runway Show I’ve Ever Seen

An analysis of the wider impact of KidSuper's Spring 2023 runway show during Paris Fashion Week. Featuring the dynamite talents of creative director Colm Dillane, auctioneer dynamo Lydia Fenet, and the funniest man alive Kenan Thompson of Saturday Night Live.
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[@lechonk_supporter6810]

Genuinely think that this will be one of the most important fashion shows of this decade. Just the lack of irony and true passion for both art and fashion is a nice breath of fresh air

[@OfficROZWBRAZEL]

Irony is only funny in small amounts, sincerity is where it’s always at.

[@mikeletaurus4728]

Mr. Foster, I'm not even sure I possess the qualifications to say this, but I find your narratives to be absolutely brilliant and inspiring. Your obvious enthusiasm and analytical fascination with art, fashion and culture render your uploads to be imminently watchable. Thank you for investing your time and talent in producing your channel's content and sharing it with the world at large. I wish you continued success.

[@vctrszuwu]

Can't believe he actually painted these wow

[@D3athW1ng]

Ikr

[@vitoriar8753]

Thank you for adressing this runway, it made me really happy getting a notification you have no idea!! i study fine arts and have developed a passion for fashion ever since i found your channel, so this runway show (and your coverage of it) might be the most exciting thing i've seen in a while lol. Heavily considering writing an essay about it for school, and i absolutely will come back to your video if i do so!

[@RELiCDOT]

Bliss casually interviewing someone lying down

[@LuxiferreArt]

as an artist and aspiring fashion designer, i think this was a very fun and really brilliant way to mix painting and fashion. i wonder why have i never really thought of this myself.

[@regalprivate6372]

how are you doing with fashion designing sad truth is i have a creative mind i cant draw at all or anything

[@teddymarlboro6153]

@@regalprivate6372 plenty of designers do not even sketch. designing in all aspects of the word is most similar to directing in regards to other artistic mediums. its all about communication. you can use fabric swatches, photos, trims, and commission artwork from graphic designers and hand that to a patternmaker and they will draft the first prototype for a piece. sketching is useful but not necessary. most directors dont sketch scenes, they communicate with other people and create the environment on set and give direction through spoken word or writing. designing is not illustration or painting, it is directing. all you need to do is find an effective way to communicate your ideas well. for example i could find a bomber jacket thats shape i really like. i hand that to a pattern maker and say "i want the sleeves to be a tiny bit wider, i want the fabric on the torso to be blue velvet with white cotton mesh sleeves, i want it to be more boxy so widen the bottom hem, and make the cuffs a little less tapered, also add a velvet collar instead of it being collarless". just like that you have effectively communicated the foundation of an idea, from there if you want a graphic printed on the torso you could commission an artwork from a graphic designer and give them the same treatment in terms of spoken or written communication and then take the techpack file from the pattern maker and place the design on it and play with the proportions. from there you send the finished techpack and measurements to a manufacturer and thus begins the sample process. hope this helps. this sort of information is not readily available unless you really dive deep and i find that horrible. the industry pushes sketching and pattern drafting on all designers when a ton of designers do not do either. you do not need to know how to sew, draft patterns, or sketch. you just have to have intensive knowledge and phenomenal communication skills. good luck if you decide to embark on designing. wish you the best

[@regalprivate6372]

@@teddymarlboro6153 thank you for this i think ima teach myself to draw so i can sketch my idea and then also get someone to do a better more detailed drawing

[@mikeymantler1560]

@@teddymarlboro6153 wonderful to find people willing to share this sort of thing with others

[@artusyeddou5792]

Did not watch a lot of video in the past month because I was working too hard on fashion at school and wanted to disconnect from it at home, but now I come back to your videos, I feel like your work has drasticly improved ! Kepp up the work man, its amazing that we have such a great independant fashion critic !

[@AgathaJaneID]

This could easily be a gimmick but it's not even with the paint tube earrings, paintbrush holder satchel and hat..And painted with his mom?!! God, everyone, create with your children. No more setting aside some cotton balls and glue in a bowl while you clean or watch HBO. You can expand and test your consciousness alongside your kid, originating real art. We push our kids to do things we've stopped doing ourselves. Some of us don't even push our kids. Inspirational 10 out of 10. Thank you Bliss for the great coverage.

[@sarahwatts7152]

I love how the one jacket splits the face on either side of the buttons...but then you see another face on ONE of the pant legs. It's chaos, but it's such fun chaos!

[@troelsknudsen253]

Damn what a concept... really interesting, especially for someone that barely checks in on fashion weeks. I so respect and appreciate your curation of content. Thank you once again, Bliss

[@robertobarasa4095]

We’re early, that KidSuper show blew my mind

[@rivkahhaubner7498]

Every time you talk about videos that didn’t do well or won’t do well, my reaction is “WHY?? All your videos are perfection and should be appreciated accordingly”

[@weronikakuacz6919]

I have been amazed with what KidSuper team do and how they do that for a long time but this coverage and analysis made me even more in love with this stuff. Such a flamboyance, so much joy and passion, here just enhanced by your closer look. Thank you, Bliss, I'm always grateful for what you do, and will watch this at least few times because this material deserves so! Big love!

[@MK-gm2mq]

His house Is so warm and fuzzy I would love to sit down and watch a couple of episodes of the handmaid's tale there but aaahhhh

[@csalcedo57]

This show was so good and interactive. I want the fashion industry and wine industry intertwine. Me being a wine student studying to be a somm would be incredible to see.

[@thomas_testing]

Btw @blissfoster: an example of other artists mixing media at the samen time can be Van Doesburg and others from De stijl and Bauhaus they made art in different media at the same time (architecture, glass in lead, furniture, interior design, even theapots and dresses) they called this 'Gesamtkunstwerk'

[@SewingWithAnnie]

As a fashion designer here, I find this a very nice and inspiring way to get involved with painting and fashion. thanks for sharing

[@gc4201]

Bliss you make me feel more comfortable and confident. Like, although I am broke, you help me free in being creative in having to become more resourceful.

[@katieb0ness]

KENAN THOMPSON.. awesome. Love the upside down interview

[@D3athW1ng]

Yohji is another one of the few people who gets away with art implemented well and subtly in his pieces drawn by him and sometimes collaborating with other artists. Though its done here with more intent and voracity.

[@unusualfauna]

I suppose you could argue that Stanley Donwood as the 6th member of Radiohead, is an example of an 'artist' working in two different mediums to deliver on the same body of work. Especially from Ok Computer onwards, they have been rehearsing/recording/painting/creating in the same space to deliver on the same project.

[@stevezytveld6585]

Thank you so much, Mister Bliss (first time commenting). I would have never known of this artist if you hadn't been there for the show. Just breathtaking. My humble contribution to the conversation is Ms. Elsa Schiaparelli - her interactions with the Surrealists weren't literal interpretations. They were a furthering of the conversation with the idea that drove the artwork. I hope Colm is looking to do further interpretations with other artists working in the current scene (musicians to sculptors to mixed media). My take on fashion comes from a more historical perspective mixed with (slowly) learning how to make my own clothing (I have a cross-section of patterns from the 1930's-50's). I'm looking to going back to school to get my MA in Art History (skewed as much as humanly possible towards dress history). I've always been in love with the thirties - they were so bloody resilient. And their sleeve patterning was, in a word, insane. - Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi

[@believejesusislord578]

This was amazing! Thank you. I saw Russ at the show and his videos a few weeks ago! It is a move towards a hybrid of art as fashion.

[@understitchYT]

His new song with Ed Sheeran is so fire

[@baddiegrandma8846]

Such an underrated channel

[@stevencogle5046]

So loved your commentary speaking about art on fashion 💯💯💯

[@BM-jg7zo]

Fire. Good job Bliss, this is a great video.

[@alexyliu8455]

wow i am so excited to see Bliss reported kidsuper !!! This has been by far one of my fave brands!!!!

[@yasir1161]

you've grown on me bliss and i can confidently say that you're one of my favorite KZbinrs ! Time to join the patreon. Thank you for the great content.

[@BlissFoster]

🙏🙏I saw you come thru. Good to have you, Yasir 💫💫

[@imane6238]

gesamtkunstwerk, "total work of art". think gaudì, incorporating architecture, sculpture, color theory and so on. or wagner, celebrating the symbiosis of literature, music and ballet. we've seen fashion in paintings times and times again, albeit bidimentionally, as you said. how fascinating is it to see Colm Dillane thoughtfully employing this very approach to do the exact opposite. reimagining the canvas, if you will. love it!

[@chuckenergy]

both the cd and the auctioneer seem like such cool people!!! this is so much fun

[@thewrestlingfiend]

Kenan Thompson, "Nickelodeon Titan" !

[@TurtleMansion]

kid super is definitely one of the pioneers of direct artwork > fashion design, & theres tons of new artist/fashion designers on ig popping up as well in the next few years im sure were going to see a lot more of this type of stuff since fashion for the past 10 years has mostly been about brand names/logos

[@understitchYT]

It's defintiely been being done, especially noticably with Raf and JW who are both great art lovers and have collabbed many times with artists, but I think whats special about Colm's work is that its *his* paintings. It gives it a more authentic edge to his paintings which are also a completely different aesthetic; much less graphic and much more painterly, which is just so interesting to watch

[@TurtleMansion]

@@understitchYT I agree, thats what i meant about the artist/designers coming up now as well ^^ lots of new people physically painting and drawing on garments, as well as using their own physical artwork as prints etc - seems like its a new way for people to sell their artwork by combining it with fashion

[@understitchYT]

@@TurtleMansion oh yes then I agree, the only other example of that I can think of are the Raf Simons cotton lab coats that were meant to be personalised and graffitied on, other than that I dont know of another designer that has so explicitly crossed that line themselves, or encouraged buyers to DIY (though there are definitely some, I just cant think of them)

[@dorotaisqueen3650]

I'm obsessed with this collection, it's insane!

[@ClaireCraig]

congrats on meeting Keenan Thompson!!

[@tamisrani3402]

I’ve followed kidsuper for a while & I adore their work!! It’s so fresh and interesting- you can tell that there’s a lot of thought, effort & passion that goes into these garments/ concepts. Can’t wait to see what the future holds! As always, fantastic job covering the show & influences Bliss! How was it like interviewing Colm?

[@eugmob]

this is a great video bliss. thank u

[@D3athW1ng]

Been waiting for this.

[@aimeeaztec4601]

Really sick idea for duel mediums! Loved that, snd the actual art was really good. I would deffo have bid for some of those pieces if money snd wall space were available. The framing reminded me of Yohji pour Homme SS2002 where giant pictures of women were very skilfully placed on oversized shirts and blazers. I think Kid did the placement more creatively than yohji so max points to him! As always, bliss you are a gem 💎

[@gatrow581]

Bliss you would be thrilled to see Opening Ceremony’s Magritte collection. It is another example of art and fashion fused together very well, and was done considerably earlier than kid supers collection.

[@thomas_testing]

About fashion using painted art: Famous sociologist Bourdieu argued fashion was one of the 'lower' valued arts so the field of fashion sometimes uses the fame from other fields to legitimise itself. Literature and painting, but also music are inspiration for fashion collections but also legitimising the position of the fashion field itself against fields like comedy, comics, woodworking (more lower valued, less classic arts, disputed to be art(!)

[@thomas_testing]

I should probably join the Patron again...

[@siniagreen96]

I paint on clothes so this is so cool to see his literal paintings on clothes

[@aldogoegan3091]

Can you get any more epic than interviewing Colm while laying down?

[@benjaminluane4029]

HAHA Bliss my guy:) this episode patreon promotion realy got too me haha. i think its soO true that youtubers need to do a certain type of video to please ``THE ALLMIGHTY ALGORYTHM´´. You won my heart on that one Bliss

[@BlissFoster]

Means a lot to me, Benjamin 🙏

[@liammerkle5901]

Loved Colm’s work for years now, huge inspiration on the drawing board, really wanna be apart of the studio one day

[@upendaglover2559]

fascinating. thank you. excellent work colm.

[@Xhadp]

Had the VOD of the show pop up in my feed and was shocked to hear numbers in the 10K range for the auction. It is one thing to be constantly thinking about numbers and how expensive certain garments can be when seeing the model with them walking down a runway but to be constantly being told dollar numbers as the models are walking down the runway or in this case the auction block is just craziness to do and accomplish. That is really something unexpected and came as a shock to me.

[@saraema557]

man i swear ill subscribe your patreon when i get a job

[@courtneydolloway]

thank you, bliss!

[@bonniekweenie880]

Just discovered this channel, and love your styles of narrating! (Although I was secretly hoping for a V&R reference for the topic of this video, somewhere)

[@Joaomrcb]

Maybe the various ~artforms~ being done at the same time for one single final product could be Jodorowsky's Dune project in a way... idk

[@koala5992]

Childish gambino's because the internet had an screenplay alongside the album, that's like the only other example I can think of when it comes to artists doing something in two different mediums

[@Rsantos198314]

Love it ❤️ but not the first to make it.. but the first to show to the world. Great content!! Thx

[@andobil]

The weirder the better... I love you bliss... BIL

[@xeonxeon_xeon]

Love to see kidsuper getting due recognition! Love his work🤌🏽

[@htmlaboratory4143]

1. Childish Gambino came out with an album, screenwrite, and short film for Because of the internet years ago. 2. Basquiat made man-made which is essentially the exact same thing colm is doing, minus getting credit for clothes he didn't make. 3. Sterling Ruby could be considered a fashion designer if he wanted to. 4. Raf's SS11 Dior show included paintings by sterling and Monet in a show 10x greater and more nuanced than this. I do think this is an extraordinary feat being that it's an auction in pfw but there are so many false firsts going on at Kid Super Studios and not enough of that cult know enough history to correct them. This entire video is a reach and you know that Bliss. You've seen Schiaparelli's dresses with Dali paintings, this collocation is practically ancient at this point. It's kind of sad, he was even trying to say he was the first person to put paint on model's shoes until someone pointed out Margiela's first Tabi show. Bliss you're better than this! I'm sorry this is probably going to come off as me berating you but I really respect your opinion and now it seems you're running towards the money, which I get but don't lose your POV pleasseee we love you Bliss!

[@htmlaboratory4143]

Also Matthew Barney… three different mediums

[@Fakery]

Perhaps 2001: A Space Odyssey could be considered as two works in two mediums that compliment each other (the film and the novel, both written by Kubrick and Clarke, released 2 months apart, and they were not intended to be the exact same story)

[@nikolas5882]

Ive known about kid super since like early 2019 and im so happy hes finally getting the attention he deserves

[@daniellord-vera6987]

kid super is pretty much like me as a designer and I feel that going from art to clothing helps a designer shape there vision better

[@Vikifox_]

When I think about paintings and fahsion, I think Vivivenne Westwood.

[@digitalbath8217]

Great stuff always Bliss

[@vfarias89]

Bliss is really rocking this long healthy flowy hair.

[@melikekocak97]

beautiful video

[@Aluenvey]

Is YT reading my mind? I was just curious about this. Now onto the feature presentation. It does happen in comics and light novels. I havent heard of clothes though. I have, however, heard of outfits with anime characters. I have one of Samurai Champloo.

[@LongSeanSilver]

Just started watching the video but that tee looks super comfortable lol

[@minooaid5084]

Raf Simons also inspired by paintings to create a collection at Dior.

[@wardenofeden]

i will donate when i get paid. i respect your dedication to quality

[@_solange]

Sotherbys girl walked to her closet that day and knew that a suit wasn't the choice

[@2nuts4cars]

So good...

[@fuckboi_killa]

dont shit on low effort fashion content. I mean I appreciate your deep and thoughtful stuff emenscly but there's comfort in seeing someone's monthly favorites or recent pickups

[@understitchYT]

Obviously no hate to you, but just so you know, his last name is pronounced Dill-Anne, he said on his instastory a couple weeks ago when someone mispronounced his name. Theres also a good few interviews from his early days where he pronounces his name

[@understitchYT]

This would've been really helpful for my research....

[@rabiyahelle9102]

Actually music and video is a lot like that. Beyoncé did that with lemonade if I am not mistaken. Meaning she released all The videos alongside with the album. But idk if that is exactly the same.

[@Devananta-Rafiq]

Freshest runway in paris or even maybe any shows this year

[@tinahong5113]

that coat at 12:00 reminds me of Mowalola's coats....🧐

[@beyondinsanity420]

Hey man could u do more videos about brands that charge about 200-300 for piece thank u

[@graememacinnis7990]

Sick video. Commenting to comment.

[@dorotaisqueen3650]

Also now I'm super curious to know what you edited out!! What did he say????

[@guytiips3906]

For me, The Auction this is Joke but genius...hahaha / so respect !! Watching from Thailand.​

[@khayamhleli522]

what is your camera set up? it looks so good

[@Babylandia]

I think maybe music videos could fall under this double medium category but who am i to say hahaha

[@ianbrundige9069]

Patrick church also does painting and design although not to this extent with the paint or the fashion really. His work is more graphic than fine arts although there is definite crossover.

[@valentijnribbink4659]

Can you please do a Walter van Beirendonck or Dries van Noten review 🥹

[@isaacschel]

LOVE YOU BLISS

[@paperprincess1050]

Marvelous 😍🤩

[@mrfarax4944]

I gave a like for that disclaimer

[@loriekey5860]

thank you!

[@astrohypepinkblackvivi]

I am guessing Colm Dillane is an ARIES. Aries is always wanna do things FIRST. I am an professional astrologer on KZbin. But I also into fashion or trying to be a designer in the future. love your contents!

[@goodfuhnothing.3976]

im in.

[@dinislopes2399]

This video is an essential

[@laureleianastasia2480]

my friends in seattle have been doing a runway/fashion show out of kremwork for a few years, the fashion was literally auctioned off of people’s bodies and donated to the trans youth center up there

[@laureleianastasia2480]

all one of a kind pieces made by the featured underground designer that month

[@dalaga403]

You DIDNT LIST WHAT U WERE WEARING! I need to know!!! your shoes are superbb!!!

[@BlissFoster]

I put the clothes ID at the front of the video like usual 🤔 What shoes? Timestamp?

[@dalaga403]

@@BlissFoster oh, i must have not seen it! Sorry, the shoes i was talking about were the shoes you were wearing for commentary, great style as usual! Sorry and thank you!! ❤❤

[@fajnegadanie8465]

Amazing

[@genesis2187]

Bliss22 on the Kendama tip.

[@max.a.trillion3217]

Sterling ruby?

[@GlitterWagon]

Very cool!!

[@notreal7169]

i saw the ig warning

[@serendipity1273]

Cool intro lol.

[@dmolinah]

Pretty cool

[@saliclothing]

So cool

[@regalprivate6372]

what does a line-item mean in ur patreon