Straps & Strings VI

1. Prada Fall/Winter 2008
2. Unknown

Looking forward, looking back. And who are we meeting again in search of unconquered fashion territory and implications of the men's bra? Miucci Prada. She knew it, she has done it before. We'll do it, too.
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Straps & Strings

1. Unknown
2. 'Paris Playground' by Steeve Beckouet

This is a prequel. A retrospective series of contemporary strapping. The German word 'Strapse' might be worth being looked up and explored in depth. In the meanwhile, we are tie-lacing the torso in a non-sexual manner with sexual connotations.
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A Short History Of Stripes In Popular Culture III

1. Véronique Branquinho Spring/Summer 2004
2. João Figueiredo Sensual Hollow
3. Frida Kahlo The Broken Column

The masochistic atripe: A darker and more vague addition to our series based on the idea of anatomic fragmentation. Here, the stripe becomes a subtle reference to self-abandonment.
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Rear View

1. Gucci campaign Fall/Winter 2001
2. Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2002

A little Gucci x Jean Paul Gaultier moment on a friday night can never do wrong. Back cleavage is regrettably underrated. And has mostly been considered a fashion faux-pas. Which is a faux-pas itself.
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The Belgian Patient

Raf Simons Spring/Summer 2011

Although TLC proclaimed No Scrubs in 1999, we'll suspend this rule for 2011. Encouraging every man to dress in an open-back nightshirt. For reference see also Prada's Emergency Room and Matías Uris.
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Bone Structure

Images Raf Simons Spring/Summer 2006, Unknown

Random fact of irrelevance: I got all-in-one longjohns for christmas.
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Sweet And Vicious

Photos James McKenzie

"Hold my body tight
All night
Never let me go
Hold my body tight
All night
Never tell me no"
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