Ani/Mate III

(Women's edition)



1. Sailor Moon Chibiusa as Black Lady
2. Givenchy Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2011

Completing our recent Manga trilogy. When the idea of Anime mass production/consumption is challenged in haute couture by Riccardo Tisci. And doesn't it feel so current with Steven Meisel taking on twitpic and Nick Knight launching the first instagram shoot?
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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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A Short History Of Stripes In Popular Culture IV

1. Danielle Scutt Fall/Winter 2010 by Willem Jaspert
2. Vanessa Beecroft
3. Jil Sander Spring/Summer 2011

The semi-sheer black and white stripe: Allowing a severely graphic and therefore tamed, restricted form of nudity. Showing and hiding everything and anything at once. Inbetween feminity.
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Sleeveless Minds, Sleepless Nights III

Raf Simons Spring/Summer 2011

White dress shirt.
Hospital green back zip.
Puller pendant.
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Inner Friction

1. Jeremy Scott Spring/Summer 2011
2. Christina Aguilera Dirrty, 2002

What about chaps? The former horseback riding equipment and subsequently sexualized artefact is living its shadow existence in dark room bars. Unfortunately, it's dark in there.
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Image credits Sonny Vandevelde

Performance Art

Fencing waistcoat Ann Demeuelemeester

A theoretical construct is brought into theatrical performance. The body in its centre, the garment as the opponent, a dramatic antagonist. Eventually, they find together. I'd like to call this play The Antwerp Collection.
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The Farhi Simons Scandal

Nicole Farhi Spring/Summer 2012 vs. Raf Simons Spring/Summer 2011 & 2008

As the previous Farhi scandals have been quite easy to grasp, this one takes on complexity and merges various Raf Simons collections. Mere copy or honest tribute? Who will be throwing the first stone?
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See also The Farhi Sander Scandal and The Burberry Prada Scandal

Shyam

Snakeskin belt Comme des Garçons Spring/Summer 2011

Better late than never. I really don't know where it suddenly came from. But the Comme poison has pervaded my veins. The result is unresistance. And the hindsight that sometimes it's love at second sight.
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Death

1. Vanitas still life & Givenchy Spring/Summer 2011
2. Hedi Slimane still life & Comme des Garçons Spring/Summer 2011

I've never understood the fascination for it. I am afraid of death. Who can take this fear away? Or is this even possible? Men in leopard skirt shorts might be a consolatory beginning.
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Alternate Demand

MTWTFSS Spring/Summer 2011

Desperately seeking Strawberry Blonde. The platinum days are over. Spring demands fruitiness. Including one's hair colour. If anyone knows how to achieve this hue of gold, professional advice is always welcome.
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His Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West x Céline Spring/Summer 2011

Cross-dressing just got a whole new dimension.
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Act Of Compensation

Julius Spring/Summer 2011

Although I didn't find the perfect lederhosen yet (they have to be black, they have to be flower embroidered, they have to fit), I made the pleasant encounter with pieces from the Julius SS11 collection. Maybe they will have to do instead.
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