Ani/Mate

1. Yoshihiro Togashi Yū Yū Hakusho
2. Raf Simons 1995 Spring/Summer 2012

My newly reawakened love for Manga and Anime, reflected in a former, long-time established love for 'the one' menswear brand from Antwerp, Belgium. In this case, the love becomes manifest in Toyko Pop.
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Perforations

1. Unknown
2. Jürgen Teller for Vivienne Westwood

Men have recently become skin-revealing sex objects. Chest, shoulders, biceps. Tight layers. Strategically placed cutouts. Sheer fabrics, short hems. No complaints made. Or are there any reservations?
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Disk Warriors

1. Jil Sander Fall/Winter 2000 & Spring/Summer 2010
2. Jil Sander Fall/Winter 2010 & Unknown
3. Jil Sander Spring/Summer 1998 & Spring/Summer 2006

Jil Sander and the shape. The circle and the irregular square. It has happened before and it will happen again. Just as the shape itself, it's a recurrent element that I dare to foresee in the upcoming collections.
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Ritual

Walter van Beirendonck Fall/Winter 2011

Fashion's only true Bärchen surprised us with a tailored and quite conservative approach. Picturing the modern shaman. Whose suit is gradually conquered by colour and absurdity. The dichotomy of the tamed and feral perfectly summarized by hair sculptures - an aesthetic topic also discussed here.
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Image credits Catwalking, Dazed Digital

Holistic Triptych II

Top Pierre Cardin, Suit 1979
Center Theo van Doesburg, Arithmetic Composition 1930
Bottom Vico Magistretti, Kuta Table 1978

A suit, a painting, a lamp. The triangle, the circle, the square. A man could reduce his belongings in life to these three things. And their endless variation/combination/repetition.
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Circular

Hernández Cornet for NICE Design Competition

Re-use, re-cover, re-cycle. Ana Hernández Cornet's contribution to the Danish sustainability project quotes the transformation of fabrics with a circle-shaped shirt and a colour palette that revives the virginity of textiles.
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Form

Could there be any better proof that severe geometry suits the human body best? I wonder what attracts me about pure shape? It might be the negation of the male respective female figure. The absolute priority of the clothes before the body.
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O V I I

Artworks Francisco Infante-Arana & Nonna Gorunova

This is my definition of perfection. It is breathtaking.
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King Kong

Christopher Kane Spring/Summer 2009

We are all always looking for something fresh and unseen. And one easily tends to think that fashion just repeats itself. So this collection is a great relief. Christopher Kane went beyond expectations.
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