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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Anonymity, Paired

1. Pierre Debuschere Another Man, 2010
2. Pablo González-Trejo Brent, 2008
3. Erik Olson Brad, 2011
4. Raf Simons Casting Video Fall/Winter 2006

The artist is driven by the narcissistic impulse to make oneself visible through the means of creation. This may result in the portraiture of anonymity. As a model of life, it may also explain my very own self-documentation through photo booth.
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Happiness Factory

Meadham Kirchhoff Spring/Summer 2012 & Dior Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2010

Everyone smiled. Even Anna Wintour. So there is a rumour: Edward Meadham and Benjamin Kirchhoff will take on Dior. Balloons, candy, roses. Frills, lace, organza. Powder, glitter, rainbows. Thoughts?
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Balenciaga Questions III

1. Balenciaga Fall/Winter 2003
2. Louise Goldin Fall/Winter 2010

Maybe unofficially, Fall/Winter 2010 has been declared a post-Balenciaga season? A London tribute to the Parisian house? The subliminal Transformers quote becomes literal meaning itself.
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Balenciaga Questions II

1. Balenciaga Spring/Summer 2006
2. Christopher Kane Fall/Winter 2010

Strictly speaking, we do not see a mere copy here. Instead, ornamental flower arrangements in white, blue and yellow are substitues for graphic compositions in white, blue and yellow.
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Balenciaga Questions

1. Balenciaga Fall/Winter 2003
2. Burberry Fall/Winter 2010

The master and the slave. Where is the fine line between inspiration and copy? Does an impression become a memory that recurs again during a moment of creation? Is referring an unconscious process?
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Tions

Velcro strap corset T-shirt Raf Simons
Elastic band endorsed loafers Comme des Garçons Homme Plus

Material combination. Surface manipulation. Optical irritation. It wasn't planned, it just happened to me. And it will happen again. You have to admit, they are beautiful creations.
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Permanent Crime

Dries van Noten Fall/Winter 2010 (ruined by a permanent marker)

I love my vintage-new Dries shirt. Olive green with thin black outlines, seemingly hand-drawn onto the seam's edges. Painfully, someone took this aesthetic approach literally today. And accidentally ruined it with a permanent marker.
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Hunk Arena IV

Top Ann-Sofie Back Fall/Winter 2010
Bottom François Sagat for Bernhard Willhelm

I'll never stop. Untill you're mine. Indeed, the wrestling suit can be interpreted in manifold ways. Besides disco, bondage or parachute, there is also a casual version. 100% sheer organic cotton.
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Mutant Engineering

1. Mark Borthwick for Purple Magazine vs. Lars Englund
2. Comme des Garçons Spring/Summer 1997 vs. Cocky Eek Folkert
3. Comme des Garçons Fall/Winter 2010 vs. Cocky Eek Folkert

We know life will be transformed. And things change rapidly. Futurism's most drastic misconception is its projection upon another time, another dimension. Unfortunately, it's already 2011.
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Vanquished Hesitation

Ann Demeulemeester Fall/Winter 2010

My new little pony.
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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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Suggestion #4

Leather T-shirt, Maison Martin Margiela Fall/Winter 2010

I've desired this piece from the very first day. And I've tried to comfort myself with a vintage Nicole Farhi leather shirt. But it's not the same. I won't rest until my prayers have been heard.
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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.

Little Dress Fight

Raf Simons Fall/Winter 2010 vs. Alex Katz The Black Dress, 1960

Two artists in their own right. Two interpretations of one timeless classic. The uniform of the intellectual elite. The little black dress. Now available for both sexes. I'm a woman.
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The Omen I

Tim Soar Fall/Winter 2010

Tempted by the subtle touch of blue. Dark on velvet, electric on hair. Somehow artificial, fake and wrong. But yeah, sometimes I do feel the desire to become a creature of alien-esque appeal.
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Revival

Céline Fall/Winter 2010, Fall/Winter 1978, Fall/Winter 1975 & Spring/Summer 1970

Career, yes, but not at any price. Céline successively defined a new kind of woman, the Gentlewoman. A process of such genuinity that no one has really noticed 40 years passing. What date do we have?
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