Wanderlust

1. Gerhard Richter 'Mountains' 1968
2. Lanvin Fall/Winter 2010
3. Christopher Shannon Spring/Summer 2011
4. Gaetano Pesce 'Montanara' couch

I got lost in the monotone mountain world of Gerhard Richter. A wanderer in the mood for water-repellent Gore-Tex and neoprene. But it was just a quantum mirage. In reality, I got lost in crinkled white sheets.
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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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Miusing Escher IV

1. Miu Miu Spring/Summer 1997
2. M. C. Escher Blowball, 1943

The last Miu Miu flower from me to you. I especially picked a dandelion as it is the most beautiful of them all. And if you blow it carefully, it might recur again in 50 years.
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Miusing Escher III

1. Miu Miu Fall/Winter 2011
2. M. C. Escher Rippled Surface, 1950

The similarities might appear very abstract. But once watching the campaign movie Muta, the implication of rippled water becomes self-evident. Eventually, we see the exact same image. Twice.
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Nudist Camp III

1. Norbert Bisky
2. Winston Chmielinski
3. Hervé Caillon

Today, I am doing what humankind has done for decades and centuries. Naturalism, nudism, exhibitionism. In contrary to the works shown above, my own examination of the subject is of narcissistic nature only.
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Naturgewalten

1. Keith Sonnier
2. Yves Tanguy

Before we get physical again. Figurative abstraction. Something that looks like a beach. Or a writing in the sky. Two bodies (of work) completing each other. What would be the correspondent runway look?
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Mutant Engineering II

Photos Viviane Sassen, Marcelo Capizzano

One day, aliens will save the human race from extinction. They will collect and exhibit our precious relicts of art and culture. And put us in cute little outdoor parks. Women will collect solar energy and men will filter the water.
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Other Landscapes

Artworks David Schnell

Global warming and geoengineering. Today left me with doubt and fear. Glaciers are melting. And with them knowledge and culture will be eliminated. Please re-evaluate your actions. Right now. Not in ten years, not in thirty.
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Thermo Conversion Fight

Yohji Yamamoto Fall/Winter 2011 vs. Global Warming

Yohji trusts in global warming. According to his latest offering, women will go out in sheer black negligé dresses in winter 2011. The hair probably already indicating the change of nature.
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Ruhe

Artworks Hiroshi Sugimoto, Peter Churcher

Giving myself a break.
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Hunting High And Low

Artworks Christopher Russell

Standards are high. But it's lonely up there. It's a tough way. And when you look down upon the scenery you realize it's all tiny and doesn't really matter. How to loose one's demands? Tonight, I wanna be with the mountains.
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Wooden Veneer Fight

Rodarte Spring/Summer 2011 vs. Bavarian balcony

Absolutely loved this collection. Carvings on planks as dresses. One cannot deny a certain resemblance to the traditional Bavarian balcony. Or the typical yet brutal wall systems Germans are so fond of. But yes, bad childhood memories can be transformed into renewed contexts of beauty.
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Sex In The Woods

1. Dries van Noten Fall/Winter 2007 & Comme des Garçons Fall/Winter 2010
2. Raf Simons Fall/Winter 2002 & Rag & Bone Fall/Winter 2010

I am still turned on by the idea of creating a forest worker. To make it easier attaining this look I have compiled a few hard-on looks from my vast fashion archive. Work it!
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Somehow Ethereal

Collage Dries van Noten Spring/Summer 2011

The reason why I feel attracted to acid denim might probably be its sinister resemblance to a profane thing such as clouds. Carrying a moment of childish astonishment. And at the same time referring to a political ethos.
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Forbidden Love III

Isn't it nice to have obsessions? Some unfulfilled fantasies. Things that shouldn't be but manifest themselves irreparably. Just like a tribal tattoo on tanned skin.
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