Forbidden Love IV

Photos David Armstrong for 032c

An obsession becomes manifest when returning to one's mind with consistency and ruthlessness. An obsession might also become hurtful to an extent of unsatisfied desire. So one question remains: Yes or no?
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Blow Job

1. Mikael Jansson Lara Stone for Interview Magazine May 2011
2. Jeff Koons Caterpillar & Acrobat, 2003

The quote of a quote. When woman ride inflatable dinosaurs. When lobsters do a handstand. When pop becomes post-pop. And everything is done in a consciously obvious manner.
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Obituary

Clothes Christopher Nemeth

Through the fulminant pages of POP, I stumbled upon the work of Christopher Nemeth. Situated somewhere between folklore and workwear, each piece is one of a kind. Ignoring the self-restraining principle of bi-annual collections and pursuing a patchwork philosophy instead.
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Image credits POP & Tokyo Fashion

Cyberdog

Photos Jean Baptiste Mondino
Styling Judy Blame
Magazine The Face, August 1993

One might have already noticed a certain fascination for tribal tattoos. But a Horst knows no mercy. And he wants it all. He wants it back. Here and now. What am I talking about? Piercings and techno grunge fetish wear.
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Offence As Defence

Photos Steven Meisel

The final post to conclude my military trilogy: Make Love Not War. And what else do we need: camouflage, half-nakedness, tribal tattoos. I'll try to abandon my obsession pretty soon, promised.
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New Decadence

Photos Stefan Heinrichs
Styling Ingo Nahrwold
Model Keno Weidner
Magazine Hero

For the third and yet most striking issue of Hero Magazine, ornamental Versace silk shirts clash with sports equipment and softdrink refreshment accessories. There is something very stimulative about this head to toe look.
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Arena Horst Plus

Magazine Arena Home + 1996
Photographer Mario Testino
Styling Carine Roitfeld

The inherent resemblance between this Arena Homme + spread and the universe of Lynn & Horst is remarkable. Take a look at the Ugly Underwear Contest. Or remember this certain fur blanket image for the Replica series. The truth is: I am Carine Roitfeld.
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Alienesque II

Photos Dazed & Confused, Unknown

Blue-haired and green-skinned. As human beauty allown does not fulfill our contemporary needs, the foreign and artificial conquers our heart. The fake and surreal is what we are longing for. A fantasy of self-deception.
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Maspalomas

Photos Benjamin Alexander Huseby
Model James Wells
Magazine Fantastic Man

Modern nudists wear nothing but nude colours. A strikingly smart way to update one's wardrobe and feel free and human again. We certainly do need more purity and instinctiveness.
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Horst Outtakes

Horst for De:Bug #142

Horst continues in establishing photo booth in the contemporary mindset. He is the body, the gardener, the photographer, the stylist, the hair and make-up artist. The unification of everything you desire. The modern uróboros. Enjoy his latest spring story.
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Screen Shoots

Photos Herbert Hofmann, Mary Scherpe

A first glimpse of 900g freshly printed Horst. The full series and unseen images to be revealed soon.
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Longing

Photos Bruno Staub
Styling Klaus Stockhausen

The infamous transparent printed Raf Simons snake top paired with massive motocross boots. If I could just lay my hands on these precious items of unspent masculinity.
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Idealism

Photos Alasdair McLellan
Magazine 032c

A contemporary classic, strong in its simplicity. A substantial and vital contribution to the photographic discourse of male identity and stereotypes. Adding vulnerability and intellectualism to the archetype image also contrived and aestheticised by artists as Bruce Weber and Luke Smalley.
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Bustier

Photos Willy Vanderperre
Magazine Arena Homme +

A boy in a sleeveless, strapless, sailor striped top by Jean Paul Gaultier. Not only has he dissolved the definitions of menswear and established the men's skirt, now he also conquers and transforms the top part of male anatomy.
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Fault

Photographer Lowe Seger
Magazine Dansk

I'd like to wear the first look today. The problem: I don't have the clothes.
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