Refashioned, Contextualized

Steven Klein for Arena Homme + Spring/Summer 1996

When leopard and lace were part of a different kind of masculinity and manhood. Images that recall another cultural phenomenon. MTV, Green Day, Silverchair. Men that play with roughness, sensitivity. And leave the last shirt button open.
/HORST

Balenciaga Questions XIII

1. Balenciaga Spring/Summer 2011
2. Diesel Black Gold Fall/Winter 2012

A skirt is cut in stiff, overlapping leather panels. A classic shirt is added, fixated with a belt that optically pierces the front. Just an observation. One can either love it or leave it.
/HORST

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Case of Recurrence II

Givenchy Fall/Winter 2012

Oh wait, the studded shirt has already come back. Resurrected by the hands of Riccardo Tisci. Enhanced, enriched and enlarged by the embellished Minotaur nose ring. Anyways, I still want the Prada!
/HORST

Image credits GQ.com

Case of Recurrence

Prada Fall/Winter 2009

The ways of desire are eratically irrational. Suddenly you are confronted with the wishful thought of owning the studded shirt from Prada Fall/Winter 2009. But maybe there is someone who has it and is over it?
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Image credits GQ.com

Shilver

Shirt Bruno Pieters
Collar tips Josef Lazo x Javier Moreno Frías
Pin Maison Martin Margiela
Bracelet Juun J.

Personal note: this site will undergo rethinking. In an act of theoretical amputation, parts will be removed, others will remain. Therefore, I kindly request your patience and support.
/HORST

Ex-Post Integration

Hooded shirt Raf Simons
Leopard top Givenchy
Trousers Laitinen
Shoes Doc Martens

We will do it again. Sleeve under rolled-up sleeve. Hoodie under shirt. My system did not allow it. The option was completely banned. Until now. And it feels better than before.
/HORST

Whole Again

Anna Michaelis UDK Graduate Show 2011

Complementing thoughts on incomplete garments. Martin Margiela and Helmut Lang tought their lesson well. Cut out or cut away. Either way, I am into it. Especially when combined with sandals and socks.
/HORST

Image credits Corina Lecca

Restrictedly Available

Campaign JOSEFLAZO shirt

A new line, available over phone only. Five minimalist versions of the dress shirt. Handmade in London. Reversing the Savile Row tradition, appointments for a made-to-measure garment are made via hotline. And it's affordable, too. Call now.
/HORST

Permanent Crime

Dries van Noten Fall/Winter 2010 (ruined by a permanent marker)

I love my vintage-new Dries shirt. Olive green with thin black outlines, seemingly hand-drawn onto the seam's edges. Painfully, someone took this aesthetic approach literally today. And accidentally ruined it with a permanent marker.
/HORST

New Blood

Miu Miu Fall/Winter 2004

It's a shame the Miu Miu menswear line doesn't exist anymore. Reason enough to wallow in memories and acquire a piece or two for one's very own fashion archive. I am more than willing to do so.
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Inventory

1. Frank Thomas zipper boots
2. Faded American Eagle dolphin print T-shirt
3. Brooch
4. Silk shirt

Flea market findings.
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Raw Ingredients

Photos Patrick Demarchelier

Boxy shirts, barely buttoned. Strong cheek bones. Soft voluptuous lips. And Horst lived happily ever after.
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Basic Instinct

Shirt Hernández Cornet

As the Hernández Cornet Fall/Winter collection entitled 9 seeks inspiration from cross-dressing and bi-gender, I was planning to photobooth myself in high-heels. But: I don't have any high-heels. So I decided to just leave away the bottoms and give it a dressy feel.
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L'Imagination

Variations of my surreal Paris outfit. Endless arresting possibilities. Best combined in a classic context. The harness is a boy's best friend.
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Shredded

Ripped denim, we heard this song before. If you ask me, ripped shirts are much nicer, less predictable and very intriguing.
/HORST

Wishlist 4

A white Jil Sander shirt. In any interpretation. Size 44 please.
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Leather

Patrick Wolf - Vulture

Beauty and craziness. Innocence and lust.
/HORST