Shilver

Shirt Bruno Pieters
Collar tips Josef Lazo x Javier Moreno Frías
Pin Maison Martin Margiela
Bracelet Juun J.

Personal note: this site will undergo rethinking. In an act of theoretical amputation, parts will be removed, others will remain. Therefore, I kindly request your patience and support.
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Post Paris XII

A false encyclopaedic guide to the prêt-à-porter collections for Spring/Summer 2012.
Last chapter: Hussein Chalayan

1. Hussein Chalayan Spring/Summer 2012
2. Ann Demeulemeester Store Seoul
3. Cabinet 1700-1720

It almost felt like a 'best of' collection. The greatest hits of a designer who removed himself from the label he built. The garments reflected this last consequence and gave insight to the laws of fashion. The end.
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Post Paris XI

A false encyclopaedic guide to the prêt-à-porter collections for Spring/Summer 2012.
Eleventh chapter: Comme des Garçons

1. Comme des Garçons Spring/Summer 2012
2. René Magritte
3. Irving Penn

The principle of 'bride' taken to the last extreme extent. The bridal veil becomes the dress. Becomes everything. Some may call it totalist fashion. I'd like to call it commitment.
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Post Paris X

A false encyclopaedic guide to the prêt-à-porter collections for Spring/Summer 2012.
Tenth chapter: Miu Miu

1. Miu Miu Spring/Summer 2012
2. Wednesday Friday Addams
3. Black Shoes by Alex Katz

Mean Japanese/Victorian boarding school girls. Ready to slit their, or respectively your, wrists. Pale skin and red eyes instead of porcelain skin and red lips. The Anti-Schneewitchen.
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Post Paris IX

A false encyclopaedic guide to the prêt-à-porter collections for Spring/Summer 2012.
Ninth chapter: Stella McCartney

1. Stella McCartney Spring/Summer 2012
2. Bug eye
3. Konrad Klapheck

All eyes on her. The managing director of a factory for vegan mass production. The only remaining, truly socialist/capitalist luxury company. Of course this only is an illusion. Op-art.
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Post Paris VIII

A false encyclopaedic guide to the prêt-à-porter collections for Spring/Summer 2012.
Eighth chapter: Chanel

1. Chanel Spring/Summer 2012
2. Richard Avedon for Versace
3. Axolotl

I was pleasantly surprised by the supercooled modernity of the collection by Monsieur Karl. Most probably due to the appearance of techno mermaids. Dipped in metallic silver and glossy white. Wearing strapless gill tops and pearl piercings.
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Post Paris VI

A false encyclopaedic guide to the prêt-à-porter collections for Spring/Summer 2012.
Sixth chapter: Dries van Noten

1. Dries van Noten Spring/Summer 2012
2. David Hockney
3. Fresh-Water Rhizopods of North America

Reminisceing pool scenes. Hard circular lines on the turquoise surface. And then, there are botanic drawings, dividing each organic organism into circles and squares. First separated and then placed together again in a nonchalant Dries gesture.
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Post Paris V

A false encyclopaedic guide to the prêt-à-porter collections for Spring/Summer 2012.
Fifth chapter: Ann Demeulemeester

1. Ann Demeulemeester Spring/Summer 2012
2. Gottfried Honegger
3. Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Ann and Gottfried, a beautiful paring of names and subtexts. The German 'Gottfried' literally translates into 'god' and 'peace'. Just like the wrapped sculptures of Christo and Jeanne-Claude, total absorption disembogues into angelic bliss.
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Post Paris IV

A false encyclopaedic guide to the prêt-à-porter collections for Spring/Summer 2012.
Fourth chapter: Balenciaga

1. Balenciaga Spring/Summer 2012
2. Mandarin Duck
3. Mark Rothko

Sharp, angular shapes detached from the female body. Yet their components create a technoid symbiosis built on natural references. I really enjoyed my latest visit to the zoo.
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Post Paris III

A false encyclopaedic guide to the prêt-à-porter collections for Spring/Summer 2012.
Third chapter: Junya Watanabe

1. Junya Watanabe Spring/Summer 2012
2. Guido Mocafico
3. Frida Kahlo

Junya Watanabe showed the living dead. Reflected via opulent vanitas still life headpieces. Subsequently unifying himself with one formerly living artist obsessed with dysfunction, pain and death.
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Post Paris II

A false encyclopaedic guide to the prêt-à-porter collections for Spring/Summer 2012.
Second chapter: Céline

1. Céline Spring/Summer 2012
2. Sand Paper
3. Versailles inspired carpet

Plywood seating and the smell of freshly manipulated wood. While the rough surface of sand paper softens its edges, the crispy structure reappears as 3D carpet ornaments on hourglass-shaped coats. Click on the runway image for closer inspection.
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Post Paris I

A false encyclopaedic guide to the prêt-à-porter collections for Spring/Summer 2012.
First chapter: Haider Ackermann

1. Haider Ackermann Spring/Summer 2012
2. Gerhard Richter
3. Anthony Cragg

Within the post-processing of Paris Fashion Week two aspects appear: the collections in itself and my associated experiences and visual memories. Consequently, the following reviews will only reveal one minor part of the truth. Just like a Haider Ackermann veil dress.
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