Balenciaga Questions II

1. Balenciaga Spring/Summer 2006
2. Christopher Kane Fall/Winter 2010

Strictly speaking, we do not see a mere copy here. Instead, ornamental flower arrangements in white, blue and yellow are substitues for graphic compositions in white, blue and yellow.
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Nuclear Whiteness

Dior Homme Spring/Summer 2012

Once ahead our time... when we live in underground bunkers, artificial brutalist spaces made of concrete, furnished with leather and Persian carpets. Sleeveless will become the uniform. Tribal tattoos will indicate the social rank.
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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.
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Bodies Of Decadence

1. Tony Ward by James Armstrong, 1982
2. Mary Katrantzou Spring/Summer 2011

A young Tony Ward's well-defined exterior. And a young Mary Katrantzou's trompe l'œil interior dresses. Pretty surfaces that offer intricate yet delicate insights. Come in and find out.
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Freaks

Vases Piero Fornasetti

After seeing It at the weekend, I feel attracted to scary faces and grotesque creatures lurking after me. Oh, by the way, there is a clown hiding in your fridge.
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Via designboom

Wishlist 1

Photo Dirty Phoenix

Does anyone have a megasized lipstick, window display style? Can anyone arrange something? It's my birthday soon...
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MMM

Maison Martin Margiela Fall/Winter 2009

The second look quite resembles my last night's outfit. Black jeans instead of black tights, a white heavily worn-in T-shirt with loose strap and my beloved cropped jacket. So, unconsciously Margiela was in my heart.
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P.S.: Have you recognized, every boy in Paris seems to wear glasses? I mean, I like it...

Image credits Catwalking

Spikes

Fashion is not always pretty. Fashion can be spiky, sharp, dangerous. Unwearable and still beautiful as an art piece. I could actually imagine having this guy standing in a corner of my apartment.
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