Ani/Mate III

(Women's edition)



1. Sailor Moon Chibiusa as Black Lady
2. Givenchy Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2011

Completing our recent Manga trilogy. When the idea of Anime mass production/consumption is challenged in haute couture by Riccardo Tisci. And doesn't it feel so current with Steven Meisel taking on twitpic and Nick Knight launching the first instagram shoot?
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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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Image credits Catwalking

Delicacy

Photos David Armstrong

Sunday is the perfect occasion to dress like in a David Armstrong editorial.
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Svensk Surrealism

1. Sven Jonson
2. Erik Olson
3. Sven Jonson

Layered landscapes that attract, direct and pull the beholder's view. Compressed within small formats, the works unfold multiple dimensions, stories and details where lines meet and colour zones overlap.
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Balenciaga Questions XI

1. Balenciaga Spring/Summer 2008
2. Mary Katrantzou Fall/Winter 2012

And yes, also the visually opulent, the post-Baroque hourglass puppet dress has existed before. Dipped in metallic pastels and endowed with filigree, romantic details, the versions of Mary and Nicolas don't differ much.
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Post New York II

A false encyclopaedic guide to the menswear collections, presenting:
Jeremy Scott Fall/Winter 2012

1. Jean Paul Gaultier Spring/Summer 1994
2. Janet Jackson 'Runaway' 1995
3. Flower wrap

Who doesn't love a boy toy wrapped in fluorescent plastic, just like a box of white chocolate truffles. Especially when paired with the archaic Jean Paul Gaultier, respectively Janet Jackson 'Runaway' nose chain.
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Image credits Style.com

The Craft V

1. Dries van Noten Fall/Winter 2012
2. Moschino Fall/Winter 2012

I am a little bit in love with the fact that my projections turned out quite right. Two examples of re-establishing graffiti, and oneself. A splendid specimen of crafted naïvety. Congratulation to Gijs Frieling.
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Metastasis

Artworks 非

When the disturbed reality of computer ficton like Silent Hill is recreated through neo-classical portraits of young, broken, valetudinary men. Human sceneries of disease. The boytoy is infected.
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Übermensch

Rick Owens Spring/Summer 2012

The minimalist energy of crunchy white robes, graphic artwork and 3D sleeve shapes achieved what houses like Jil Sander, Céline and Calvin Klein usually aim for. While staying true to who he is, Rick exceeded all of them.
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Image credits Catwalking

Pyjama Party

Acne Spring/Summer 2012



Since my latest photo booth experiment with pink velour pants, I am in the mood for a sleepover. Preferably Blair Waldorf style with candy cotton, popcorn machine and boytoy servants.

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Glow Job

1. Bruce Nauman, Sex And Death Double 69 (1985)
2. MintDesigns Fall/Winter 2011

Before there was a phenomenon called Graphics Interchange Format, there was Bruce Nauman. Switching neon tubes on and off to fill his figures with action. And as you all know, I am all about enlightment.
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Pastel Strip Fight

Lanvin Fall/Winter 2003 vs. Imi Knoebel

Zippers, belts and safety straps. Sticks, gaps and overlaps. It is rather hypnotizing to see minimalism grow in complexity. And following the functional in becoming decorative. As if there wasn't a contradiction by definition.
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The Farhi Simons Scandal

Nicole Farhi Spring/Summer 2012 vs. Raf Simons Spring/Summer 2011 & 2008

As the previous Farhi scandals have been quite easy to grasp, this one takes on complexity and merges various Raf Simons collections. Mere copy or honest tribute? Who will be throwing the first stone?
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See also The Farhi Sander Scandal and The Burberry Prada Scandal