Desired #6

Multi-strap Ankle Boots Ann Demeulemeester

Lately, I love any shoe with excessive detailing. Multi-strapped, multi-laced, multi-embellished. Heavy foot gear devoted to the useless decoration, the Antikraft in a minimalist wardrobe.
/HORST

Forbidden Love VII

Komakino Spring/Summer 2012

To be arrogantly honest: Horst foresaw it, Horst wanted it, Horst did it. And it has happend. It has become what it deserved to become. It will soon be appearing on bicepses and tricepses.
/HORST

See part I-VI.

Urban Traumata

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Why do people fear the city and dress in utility wear once they leave their house? Are they expecting sudden earthquakes or sand storms? Or is it a mental phenomenon of a generation threatened by the turn of the 20th century? Sadly, they don't compensate their desire for protection as pictured above.

/HORST

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.
/HORST