Invulnerability

Jil Sander Spring/Summer 2010

The most elegant dysfunction. Broken, ripped, crinkled. Exploded volume, fluorescent glow, ruined texture. The highest level of felicitous risk taking. Nearly invisible.
/HORST

Image credits Catwalking

Denim Shorts

Ripped shorts will never go out of fashion. They work best on manly guys, ideally equipped with beard and chest hair. If you can't offer this, a cropped T-shirt is your substitute of choice.
/HORST

Pretty Women

The Cassette Society Spring/Summer 2010

I love the 90s prostitute chic: short skirts, tiny or see-through tops. Some ripped denim, some sparkle, some washed-out black. And I bet these girls sing along to Prince on their Walkmans while taking a nice foam bath.
/HORST

Image credits Lucas Dawson

Shredded

Ripped denim, we heard this song before. If you ask me, ripped shirts are much nicer, less predictable and very intriguing.
/HORST

Avantgarde Mainstream

Cheap Monday Fall/Winter 2009

They did a great job and I think the collection will sell amazingly. It's on the edgy side of commercial, in a very clever way.
/HORST

Ripped Again

So this summer everyone needs white ripped shorts. Cause it's gonna be a hot hot summer. No room for false modesty or shame. And no room for taste. This is chavy chic.
/HORST

Platform Shoes

Photo Bruce Weber

I know they are ugly but I think some people should start wearing them again. So we can gossip and argue if it's hot or not. Well, maybe not combined with ripped shorts and tennis socks. Or maybe yes? What about bootcoot jeans with corduroy patches, haha!
/HORST

Coffin Bearer

Komakino Spring/Summer 2009

I like Komakino most when it's not too goth/punk-ish. Just a tiny reference: a ripped knee, a deconstructed white shirt, a black coat. And the idea of reducing the colour palette to black and white fits me very well.
/HORST

Gif It To Me

Horace Spring/Summer 2009

Here we are again: Black leather, sheer materials, oversized knitwear. Three elements that might become the style formula for 2009. Maybe we should flip the year numbers to 9002 or 90 v.2
/HORST

A Letter To NKOTB

Please old daddies dress like you did when you were new kiddies. It's so easy. Just listen to Horst and follow these rules.


1. Dungarees and nothing else


2. Studded leather jacket


3. Ripped jeans, loafers and white tennis socks


4. Silly allover prints


5. American iconography


6. Or just topless

/HORST

Geschmacksverirrung

Balmain Spring/Summer 2008

I swore to myself: No more fashion week posts. But shit. I really fucking love Balmain. Ahhhhh. Shoudler pads, ripped jeans, sequins, studs and glitter. So tacky! Sometimes I question my own taste.
/HORST