Sleeveless Minds, Sleepless Nights III

Raf Simons Spring/Summer 2011

White dress shirt.
Hospital green back zip.
Puller pendant.
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Resubmission

Jean Paul Gaultier Spring/Summer 1991

It's not over yet.
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Hard Candy

Asger Juel Larsen Spring/Summer 2012

Straight from the infamous fight scene of Baz Luhrmann's Romeo & Juliet. Where leopard print is smutted with dirt and Hawaiian shirts are stained with blood.
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Image credits Jens Stoltze

Hardcore Studio II

Leather T-Shirt Josef Lazo
Shirt Maison Martin Margiela
Jeans H&M

Out-takes are for no one and for everyone. For those of us who cannot get enough of black leather. Please feel invited to look back at part I of my homage to Robert Mapplethorpe.
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Cliff Hanger

1. Comme des Garçons x Speedo
2. 1950s Vintage
3. Dior Homme

I am currently undergoing a fixation for speedos. Black, tight, minimalist. Comme des Garçons, Dior Homme or, obviosuly, Speedo. Who will advice and guide me to the best package?
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Weight Watchers

Calvin Klein Spring/Summer 2011, 2009 & 2008

As a gym bunny myself, I tend to identify more and more with the Calvin Klein man. Square and hunky. While I'll most probably stay on the slender side, I'd like to watch you becoming him.
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Nudist Camp III

1. Norbert Bisky
2. Winston Chmielinski
3. Hervé Caillon

Today, I am doing what humankind has done for decades and centuries. Naturalism, nudism, exhibitionism. In contrary to the works shown above, my own examination of the subject is of narcissistic nature only.
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Phallic Masculinity

1. Gianni Versace 1993
2. Jeff Laudenslager

If you open your shirt, structures are unveiled. If you wear short shorts, three-dimensional altitudes appear. If you combine the round and soft with the square and hard, you are a black and white striped sculpture in a silk shirt.
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Hardcore Studio

Leather T-shirt Josef Lazo
Shirt Maison Martin Margiela
Shoes Raf Simons x Doc Martens

Giving myself over to the principles of obsession. I am not innocent. I am not living the lie. I do what I preach. I am what I write. I can't be tamed. My homage to Margiela and Mapplethorpe.
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Hunk Arena

Top Givenchy Spring/Summer 2009
Bottom Unknown

Givenchy, hit me baby one more time. Recalling the wrestling suit. A true slap in the face. The furious but tender kind that feels best. Leaving behind red cheeks and dirty thoughts.
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Wordly Wisdom*

Part 3: How to wear short shorts



Photos David LaChapelle, Unknown

1. Work out, optionally by pulling a truck.
2. Treat your torso with a moisturising body oil.
3. Refuse to wear any shirt.
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*In this series, the author would like to share his infinite wisdom and experience as world-renowned heart-breaker, charmer and gigolo with his readers.

Plastic Surgery

Dior Homme Spring/Summer 2011

The male body as an object of proportion. Divided. Extremeties opposed in relation. The arm, the musculus biceps brachii as the centre of asymmetric divergence. Fabrics and mind are taken away, then replaced again.
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Bodies Of Decadence

1. Tony Ward by James Armstrong, 1982
2. Mary Katrantzou Spring/Summer 2011

A young Tony Ward's well-defined exterior. And a young Mary Katrantzou's trompe l'œil interior dresses. Pretty surfaces that offer intricate yet delicate insights. Come in and find out.
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Watering Flowers

Photos Unknown

A rather romantic adaption of the Duchamps urinal. And a rather entertaining pose. A rather provocative post title as well, I may assume. Put shortly: We like to say it with flowers.
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Die Umarmung

Some might remember the infamous google game. An ongoing online experiment of randomness. This time I googled the German word Umarmung, to be translated as embrace. I love 90s sepia kitsch.
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Manipulation

Asger Juel Larsen Spring/Summer 2011

Protective garments that reflect the intensity and bravery of craftsmanship. Intense hues of red and orange that evoke the notion of bursting fire. Cropped and sleeveless tops that expose the wearer's masculinity, strength and sex. Shiny, crispy and studded.
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Presentation and live installation from today at Machine A, London.