Welcome To The Camp

1. Jil Sander Spring/Summer 2011 & Issey Miyake Spring/Summer 2002

2. Yohji Yamamoto Spring/Summer 2008

3. Issey Miyake Fall/Winter 2001

4. Junya Watanabe Fall/Winter 2003



Camp is an aesthetic sensibility that regards something as appealing because of its bad taste and ironic value. When the usage appeared in 1909 it denoted: ostentatious, exaggerated, affected and theatrical. By the middle of the 1970s the definition comprised: banality, artifice, mediocrity and ostentation so extreme as to have perversely sophisticated appeal. I am pseudo-intellectual camp.

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Source Wikipedia

Suggestion #6

Tribal tattoos

Yes, it's quite obvious but I wish for more tribal tattoos in our society. Especially amongst the intellectual elite. I do admit to enjoy looking at a phenomenon called 'slag tag'. So please, do me the favour.
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Corduroy

Top Giorgio Armani Fall/Winter 2002
Bottom James Long Fall/Winter 2010

I'm usually not afraid of questionable or utterly awful things. But corduroy leaves me concerned. Why? Why does it exist? Why do people use it? Why do some people even like it? Especially given the fact that it may have a fashion comeback.
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P.S.: Pictures shown above represent noteworthy exceptions. I just couldn't allow myself to post Ralph Lauren.

Forbidden Love II

I herewith declare the comeback of a fashion sin: the tribal T-shirt. Even unfashionable people don't wear it anymore. And that's our chance. Time for a statement. Time for late 90s German technowear. There is only one rule: It needs to be minimalist.
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Theoretical Confrontation

Street Failure vs. Akris Fall/Winter 2010

Rumours say that the street has become the catwalk. And true beauty is mostly to be found aside known fashion paths. Well, there is a fine line between felicity and failure. There are always two options.
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Hero Worship

Part 12: Katie Price





I sincerely apologize for this post. But recently I fell in love with Katie Price. Touched by her duet with Peter Andre. And positively shocked seeing her performing in a shiny pink catsuit. This is what I want when wishing for a Barbie Fashion revival.
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Benchmark

Photos Eric Boman
Magazine GQ 1984

3 days left untill the contestants for our Ugly Underwear Contest will be revealed. And for those of you who still couldn't find the right inspiration: these images demonstrate how to define tacky underwear.
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P.S.: The submissions so far include 75% boys and 25% girls. Let's proove the world women have bad taste, too!

Ugly Underwear Contest!!!

Horst's weapon of choice See-through kitten briefs

Show me yours, I show you mine! As the temperatures rise it is time for the long-awaited sequel to our infamous Wet T contest. This year, our beloved readers will compete for the highly admired title of Mr. and Mrs. Ugly Underwear 2010! So rake up your wardrobes and send us a photo of your most embarrassing pair of underwear. Deadline is the 15th of May. Get tacky!
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Disillusion

Meadham Kirchhoff Fall/Winter 2010

Shock. Bewilderment. A calculated reaction, so it seems. And the Dalston pound shop aesthetic doubtlessly succeeds. Denying any hopes, dreams and prejudices one may have projected onto the young design duo. But once having a closer look, the collection reveals its poignancy. Perfectly documenting the essence of London and its omnipresent mood. A walk down Hackney Road and suddenly everything makes very much sense.
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Confessions

Photos John Galliano, Andrew MacKenzie

Deep down inside we all want men to look like this, right? By the way, my newspaper briefs obsession hasn't been fulfilled so far. I will continue to infiltrate you until I finally get a pair.
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Total Eclipse

Photos Steven Meisel

There is one moment in history that exceeds the whole decade of the 90s: the year 2000. It combines everything beloved and detested: Leopard print, snakeskin, cropped, bootcut. Everything collapses and fades into the bright unification of all fashion sins.
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T-Bone Fight

Katie Eary Spring/Summer 2010 vs. T-bone steak

Yummy or disgusting? A bloody battle of taste.
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Image credits Catwalking

Right Or Wrong

You nasty girl, you nasty, you trashy. You classless girl, you sleazy, you freaky... Revealing skin in summer, yes we like this. But there is ways to do it right (above) and ways to do it wrong (below).
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Image credits Dana Lauren Goldstein

Welcome

An exclusive view into Horst's world. Today: my Berlin apartment. Can you feel it's beauty and luxury? Interior dreams in purple. What you can't feel though is the amazing artificial smell of furniture and carpet that welcomes you like a chemistry lab. Wonderful.
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Fasten Your Taste Belts

Mekado - Wir Geben 'Ne Party

Germany for Eurovision Song Contest 1994. Cow printed chairs, plastic shower curtain coats with flowers, bold colours and squeaking voices. These were the good old times.
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With Love From Bruce

Photos Bruce Weber
Magazine V Man

Ingenious trash.
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Pussy Trash

Like the swine flu it spreads everywhere. Not always in its prettiest form. Unfortunately. One more evidence for the fact that kitten love is one of the most difficult balance acts in fashion. The brave step forward.
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