The Craft VIII

1. Olle Olsson Hagalund Målaren och Änglarna
2. Yohji Yamamoto Fall/Winter 2005

The craft of naive art. Nourished by an extreme sense for balanced imperfections and hidden, impish details. Yohji Yamamoto's graffiti coats appear as being painted by the dreamlike gesture of Olle Olsson Hagalund. In this sense, two masters and their creations evoke an implicit brotherhood between Sweden and Japan.
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The Craft VII

a) letters



b) layers


c) leaps

1. Raf Simons Spring/Summer 2009
2. Mihara Yashuhiro Spring/Summer 2012
3. Yohji Yamamoto Spring/Summer 2008

Fragments and separated letters, spread over garments. Once layered onto each other, they become complete. In few cases, they even evolve into full grammatical statements, sentences or even political messages.
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A Short History Of Stripes In Popular Culture II

1. Yohji Yamamoto
2. Cocky Eek Folkert
3. COD by Rami Tareef
4. Wayne Spring/Summer 2012
5. Pierre Soulages

The dynamic stripe: Placed in various directions, this typology creates three-dimensional movement out of the plain surface. The irregularity creates intricate meanders. Calculated chaos as the principle of mathematic composition.
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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

Bespoken

Yohji Yamamoto Spring/Summer 2009

Herewith, I strictly request the instant re-manufacturing and subsequent delivery. The look shown above may be your command. And I will happily agree to wear nothing else in future and forever.
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Surreptitiously

Yohji Yamamoto Spring/Summer 2004

A men's collection that didn't contain any kind of regular trousers. Instead, almost transparent linnen skirts. The world already was perfect for a while in 2004. Therefore, I always enjoy seeing Islamic men wearing galabia.
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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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Teenage Dirtbag

Yohji Yamamoto Fall/Winter 2011 & Jil Sander Spring/Summer 2011

A good way to still fit one's favourite clothes after a radical diet. A good compromise when stealing pieces from your parent's closet. A good reason to buy vintage clothes on ebay even though they don't complement your actual size.
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Abandon

Yohji Yamamoto Fall/Winter 2009

Chunky knitwear, pyjama and underwear references, oversized coats and shorts, massive layering and an unexpected whiff of colour. The body gladly lost in over-dimensioned garments and comforting fabrics that build a perfect shield but always remain formal and elegant.
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Image credits Catwalking