Showing posts with label gender. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gender. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

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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Monday, March 12, 2012

Straps & Strings V



Damir Doma Spring/Summer 2012

Developing the strapped harness further, Damir Doma proposed a first step towards an embrace of the men's bra - indeed, in manifold variations. Thus, soon, men will be emancipated.
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Straps & Strings IV



1. Lonely Hearts Lookbook
2. Unknown

Not being able to wear a bra and reveal its construction may be a temporarily hurtful deficit for the male human - as long as its principle will not establish itself in latter's wardrobe.
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Friday, February 24, 2012

Balenciaga Questions X



1. Balenciaga Fall/Winter 2008
2. Pringle of Scotland Fall/Winter 2012

It's a study in proportion and codes of gender. Introducing the concept of the boyfriend's blazer, Ghesquière uses dropped shoulders and boxy cuts to shape a square upper body, and to develop the legacy of 80s power dressing further.
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Sunday, January 22, 2012

The Craft VI










1. Comme des Garçons Fall/Winter 2012
2. Junya Watanabe Spring/Summer 2003
3. Comme des Garçons Shirt Fall/Winter 2012
4. Comme des Garçons Spring/Summer 2007
5. Junya Watanabe Spring/Summer 2002

Death threat letters from Rei and Junya. While Rei combines letters, numbers and conspirative signs and places them onto canvases of androygnous cuts, she manufactures the visual element of shock that has always succeeded so well. In the meanwhile, Junya prepares scissor and newspapers.
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Friday, December 30, 2011

Best Of Rick Owens























Rick Owens Fall/Winter 2002 - Spring/Summer 2012

Serene creatures and mythological connotations. Throughout the seasons, familiar themes and shapes re-appear: ethereal nuns striding along in asymmetric stiff layers accompanied by fog and dark industrial techno beats. During the years, the influences of minimalism evolved into more and more brutal and static silhouettes, marked by the hourglass waist and extended rounded shoulders. In the meanwhile, men transform from butch homeboys to asexual beings.
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