Hard Candy

Asger Juel Larsen Spring/Summer 2012

Straight from the infamous fight scene of Baz Luhrmann's Romeo & Juliet. Where leopard print is smutted with dirt and Hawaiian shirts are stained with blood.
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Image credits Jens Stoltze

Helmut Was Here

Strait jackets and tongue piercings. Lace front pants and leather gloves. The inventory of a decade that lasts longer than just ten years. Once again recalling the legacy of a master who has found his retreat on a chicken farm.
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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.
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See also Part I.

Veterinary Surgeon

Tillmann Lauterbach Fall/Winter 2011

The one collection that evoked strongest inner excitement. Tailoring with triangular collar detail, latex gloves and shirts with elongated backs. Accompanied by the cracking soundtrack of open fire.
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The Omen I

Tim Soar Fall/Winter 2010

Tempted by the subtle touch of blue. Dark on velvet, electric on hair. Somehow artificial, fake and wrong. But yeah, sometimes I do feel the desire to become a creature of alien-esque appeal.
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Eclecticism

Dries van Noten Fall/Winter 2010

From purism to sportswear to silk luxury. From grey and beige to neon and gold. It's an undefinable eclectic whole that creates cohesion and unity. Extending the variation of patterns and textures to the variation of moods and life contexts.
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Image credits Catwalking

Paranoid Android

Asger Juel Larsen Fall/Winter 2010

As a logic continuation and self-constituting element, Asger Juel Larsen evolves his sci-fi scenario for Autumn/Winter 2010. In this chapter, the hero is confronted with the raw industrial architecture of a future past.
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Image credits Andras Ridovcs

Lingering Invasion

Lanvin Fall/Winter 2010

Have I mentioned that one of my clones has been walking the Lanvin show? The platinum blonde takeover has certainly begun. And this collection is definitely worth any efforts of acquisition.
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Image credits Catwalking

Rejuvenating Cure

Etro Fall/Winter 2010

Seems like Etro had a little facelift, some liposuction, a bit of workout. And I am absolutely in love with this particular look. The gloves, the bird, the gaiters. Forever young. Who can resist the raw, unpolished and innocent?
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Image credits Sonny Vandevelde, Catwalking

2006

Gaspard Yurkievich Spring/Summer 2006

2000 - 2009 is the era of homo-eroticism. The fetish of leather, bondage and short shorts. The man remaining an object of lust. Dressed and undressed.
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Monster

I found the perfect accessory for the new trans-fur-mational look. Unfortunately, they don't come in an albino version. So, which pair shall I pick?
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Sculptures

Cut-away views. Undulated shapes interfering with each other, creating space of nothingness in their centre. A black leather glove, inexistent yet present.
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Change Of Mind

Dolce & Gabbana Fall/Winter 2009

I have a Dolce & Gabbana moment. If anyone would like to share it with me and coincidentally has the Diamonds and Pearls book, your gift is more than welcome. Oh, and the gloves headpiece is quite something.
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Forgotten Matter II

or Things I Never Wear




Hat Model's Own
Coat Acne Jeans
Shirt COS
Trousers Acne Jeans
Gloves Vintage
Shoes Second Hand

Another chapter in the history-making series Forgotten Matter. Except the hat, I hardly ever wear these garments. A mistake as it seems. The coat is too long, the trousers too tight, the shoes too white. But once put together, I feel extremely well dressed. It's a mystery.
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Rough

This could be a fantasy.
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Oral Duality

Photos Tony Duran

Convinced by the subtleness of touched lips. And the intense contrasts of shadow and light, leather and skin. Accompanied by a sinister feeling of invisible mischief.
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Lindaconda

I found something! I found something! Linda in snakeskin. Gloves and leggings - you don't need anything else.
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