Attention Fragile

Kenji Kawasumi CSM Graduate Collection

I love the perfectly unfinnished, provisional. Reminescent of moving blankets, the grainy fabric structure feels like a ready-made brought into hourglass shape. Bare legs and arms underline this element of flawless flux.
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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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Post Paris II

A false encyclopaedic guide to the prêt-à-porter collections for Spring/Summer 2012.
Second chapter: Céline

1. Céline Spring/Summer 2012
2. Sand Paper
3. Versailles inspired carpet

Plywood seating and the smell of freshly manipulated wood. While the rough surface of sand paper softens its edges, the crispy structure reappears as 3D carpet ornaments on hourglass-shaped coats. Click on the runway image for closer inspection.
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Balenciaga Questions VI

1. Balenciaga Fall/Winter 2004
2. Raf Simons Fall/Winter 2009

And what happens when the DNA of Balenciaga is injected into menswear? The suit eventually becomes something else. Brutal shoulder proportions and feminine hourglass waists.
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Wannabe

Prada Fall/Winter 1992

There was a time when even Miuccia proclaimed bimbo style. And as I've bemoaned the disappearance of Barbie Fashion, this is the last call for a better world. Self-absorbed, materialistic and pretty pretty.
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