Post Paris XV

A false encyclopaedic guide to the menswear collections, presenting:
Issey Miyake Fall/Winter 2012

1. Heather and Ivan Morison Black Pig Lodge, 2011
2. Michael Jackson feat. Janet Jackson Scream, 1995
3. Jean Tinguely Relief Méta-Mécanique Sonore II, 1955

A collection that succeeds where others fail. The programmatic approach to texture manipulation results in a 3D pyramid layer created of multiple triangles that partly protrude with each movement and reflect not only light but aesthetic history.
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The Craft

1. Comme des Garçons Spring/Summer 2012
2. Issey Miyake Spring/Summer 2004
3. Arena Homme + No. 20 Autumn/Winter 2003
4. Raf Simons Spring/Summer 2008

From the forbidden love for tribal to the antithetic affection for graffiti. In particular its appearance aside concrete walls and public transport. And how long have we been waiting. Who is going to follow?
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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

Forbidden Love V

Issey Miyake Spring/Summer 2004

I've finally understood the origin of my appreciation for tribal. It's the resemblance to arabic typefaces and calligraphy. And there truly are ways of adapting this aesthetic principle to fashion. Issey already knew this in 2004.
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See the whole series Forbidden Love

A Short History Of Twins In Popular Culture II

1. Comme des Garçons
2. Issey Miyake
3. Carla Bruni & Kate Moss
4. Pamela Anderson, her twin boobs & Vivienne Westwood
5. Twin Towers
6. Jose & Juan Areco, Brian & Travis Davenport by Thom Browne, Dean & Dan Caten
7. “Chanel Liquidated” by Zevs

There is a striking yet explosive resemblance between the Vivienne Westwood SS09 campaign image and the photographic documentation of the 9/11 incident. I'm not gonna compare Pamela's boobs with planes now... Anyway, what's your favourite twin?
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Super Mission

Issey Miyake Spring/Summer 2005

I'm sorry but it seems I cannot resist utilitywear for a while. Carrying the idea to be ready at any time. Always perfectly equipped with bizarre tools and weapons. How charming and attractive.
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Protective Net Fight

Issey Miyake Spring/Summer 2010 vs. Nashi in foam net

The nashi fruit comes in a nice soft foam net. Structured and skin-tight. Alike this Issey Miyake look that is reminescent of an exotic fruit in luminescent colours and of spectacular foreign taste. Please handle with care.
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