Reversed Striptease

Leopard longsleeve Givenchy
Snakeskin T-shirt Jil Sander
Organza snake top Raf Simons

Layering season for season, adding garment for garment. A personal archive triptych of leopard and snakes. My most favourite signature pieces starring in 'The Return of Safari Couture'.
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Obviously III

1. Jeff Koons Large Vase of Flowers, 1991
2. Finale at Jil Sander Fall/Winter 2012 show
3. Raf Simons' heartbreaking good-bye, Jil Sander Fall/Winter 2012
4. Jeff Koons Sacred Heart, 1994

Flowers and hearts, from Jeff to Raf. Now that the Dior rumours are finally confirmed, we can move on. And discover further, visual tributes. A sign of new, strictly self-referential commercial heights?
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Omen, Interrupted

1. Raf Simons last collection for Jil Sander Fall/Winter 2012
2. Another anonymous design team collection for Dior Fall/Winter 2012

Things that could have been and things that have never been. Speculations about a successor for Dior. And suddenly, similar thoughts become visible on the runway. The black insert dress. An omen, interrupted.
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P.S.: It has become silent around Raf Simons. Where are the latest rumours?

Best Of Jil Sander

Jil Sander Fall/Winter 2000 - 2012

The image of Jil Sander has always been linked with a minimalist aspect. Purism and simplicity. Once regarding a whole decade, the aesthetics do not appear so radically restraint. Clothes that are subtly complicated from the inside. And intellectual from the outside. Personally, I think that it was Raf Simons who revived the brand's true essence and character of what everyone primarily perceived to symbolize Jil Sander.
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Image credits Catwalking