Thursday, March 31, 2011

Awareness Campaign



Top Alexander Wang Spring/Summer 2011
Bottom Unknown editorial, Smoking spoils your looks

As a non-smoker myself, I can speak with pure conscience and vehemently support a crispy clean 'all white, no nicotine' policy. So does Alexander Wang who banned and quoted the cigarette as hair clip.
/HORST

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Brainchild





Nina Donis Fall/Winter 2011

Remotely to be described as post-minimalist, in remembrance of a genius known as Helmut Lang. Containing all we'd have expected from the master himself. Maybe just subconsciously but nonetheless perfect.
/HORST

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Wordly Wisdom*

Part 3: How to wear short shorts



Photos David LaChapelle, Unknown

1. Work out, optionally by pulling a truck.
2. Treat your torso with a moisturising body oil.
3. Refuse to wear any shirt.
/HORST

*In this series, the author would like to share his infinite wisdom and experience as world-renowned heart-breaker, charmer and gigolo with his readers.

Monday, March 28, 2011

Avidity



Top Givenchy Spring/Summer 2011
Bottom Lanvin Spring/Summer 2011

A white, partly sheer leopard print shirt. Givenchy. A black multi-pocket, zip-strap utility bag. Lanvin. Currently on my wishlist. I like the temporary illusion of ownership.
/HORST

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Preserved Latex Fight



Raf Simons Spring/Summer 2011 vs. Keith Sonnier

Never getting tired of posting Raf Simons pieces. This time put together with a rather unwearable favourite: Keith Sonnier. Both depicting one common matter. Latex it is. The material I wanna feel on my skin.
/HORST

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Bare Back




1. Unknown & Alexander Calder, Untitled, 1953
2. Unknown & Jackson Pollock, Lavender Mist, 1950
3. Pietro Franch Graduate Collection & Eduardo Chillida, Untitled, 1996

Usually, Horst can only be seen wearing black. So adding another non-colour to his non-colour range is a huge achievement. And just between us girls: he's enjoying it. All-nude.
/HORST

Friday, March 25, 2011

Surreptitiously




Yohji Yamamoto Spring/Summer 2004

A men's collection that didn't contain any kind of regular trousers. Instead, almost transparent linnen skirts. The world already was perfect for a while in 2004. Therefore, I always enjoy seeing Islamic men wearing galabia.
/HORST

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Random Facts



Photos Terry Richardson

I've learned today that James Franco masturbates up to five times a day.
/HORST

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Tea Time



1. Bernhard Willhelm Fall/Winter 2005
2. Meissen porcelain teapot, Bartholomaus Seuter workshop, 1725–1730

More postmodern insanity. Meissen versus Berhnard Willhelm. Classicism versus exotism. The ostentatious, anti-functional porcelain object re-staged with painted human bodies. Decadence.
/HORST

Monday, March 21, 2011

Rippchen & Kraut II





Marios Schwab Fall/Winter 2011

A man in lederhosen is ideally accompanied by a woman in Marios Schwab. His Austrain heart establishing the post-modernist dirndl. The geared-up maid satisfying our SM fantasies.
/HORST

See also Part I.

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Haxen & Bier



Bernhard Willhelm Spring/Summer 2007

The Dada weekend continues. And what is more German and Dada for a man to wear than lederhosen. Thanks to Bernhard this item has survived in our consciousness. The only question remaining is: what kind shall I wear?
/HORST

Saturday, March 19, 2011

Oyp Gnuoy Ij




Ji Young Pyo Graduate Collection

Being all Dada. Following yesterday's view on Hugo Ball, the absurdity of clothing is countered with seriousness. Hiding one's scoffing laugh behind an anonymous shield.
/HORST

Image credits Catwalking

Friday, March 18, 2011

Gadji Beri Bimba



Photos Hugo Ball

Good to see that my fashion sense was already fairly developed as a child. Dressing in cardboard boxes and toilet paper rolls. More people should see him as a role model and follow this high fashion example.
/HORST

Thursday, March 17, 2011

G-String



Photos Mario Testino

If life just was a Guccci by Testino campaign. Luckily, Prada brought back the glitter. And hopfully Shirtology will return and bring back the thong. Who's gonna wear it for me?
/HORST

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

The Belgian Patient




Raf Simons Spring/Summer 2011

Although TLC proclaimed No Scrubs in 1999, we'll suspend this rule for 2011. Encouraging every man to dress in an open-back nightshirt. For reference see also Prada's Emergency Room and Matías Uris.
/HORST

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Complication & Abstraction




Artworks Joan Miró

Chaos and its antithesis. A few and a million strokes. Either I am confused. Or enlighted. But I am slowly finding access to the genius of waiting room art. What reminds me to book a dentist appointment.
/HORST

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Mutant Engineering II



Photos Viviane Sassen, Marcelo Capizzano

One day, aliens will save the human race from extinction. They will collect and exhibit our precious relicts of art and culture. And put us in cute little outdoor parks. Women will collect solar energy and men will filter the water.
/HORST