Forbidden Love IX

1. Undercover editiorial
2. Walter Van Beirendonck by Ronald Stoops
3. Devok Aoki, i-D April 2002

Tribal becomes the most extreme when applied to one's face. In that context, we may refer to Cher's character in Burlesque: 'When you are painting on makeup, you are like an artist, but instead of painting a canvas, you're painting a face.'
/HORST

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Forbidden Love VIII

Top Woolworth
Waistcoat Helmut Lang
Boots Ann Demeulemeester

From this day on, I will solely dress like a German suburb gay. An homage to mediocrity. A guilty pleasure for 4,99 €. Radical fashion that documents our current-cy crisis.
/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

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Forbidden Love VI

T-shirt Helmut Lang



Decisions have to be made. And words are taken seriously. A six-lettered term to define cultures, subvert cultures, undergo cultures. Tribal.

/HORST

Forbidden Love V

Issey Miyake Spring/Summer 2004

I've finally understood the origin of my appreciation for tribal. It's the resemblance to arabic typefaces and calligraphy. And there truly are ways of adapting this aesthetic principle to fashion. Issey already knew this in 2004.
/HORST

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Body Modification

1. Hedi Slimane Diary
2. Unknown
3. Death Becomes Her

By the way: What happened to implants? A topic that dominated my late teenage talkshow afternoons. The mainstream has mutated its principle into contraception. But what is its current status in subculture?
/HORST

Hero Worship

Part 15: TLC





Good fashion. Feel good moments. Three girls in metallic latex jumpsuits. Front-laced waistcoats. Suede fringe mini skirts. In cropped gym tops and wide cargo trousers. Highlights and belly buttons.
/HORST

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?
/HORST

Gimme Face!

1. Unknown
2. Party like it's 1996, Sissel
3. Unknown

For those of you who still seek inspiration for our drag race (yes, I won't stop reminding you), I recommend to pick a 90s trance techno outfit. The deadline still is 15th of March. So get your act together!
/HORST

Ink Survey

Photos Unknown, Hedi Slimane, Ignazio Lozano

As long as I don't hear any protest, the promotion of war painted bodies will proceed. I am curious: Who really is tattooed? Whose skin is showing indigenous artworks? Whose back is decorated by a slag tag?
/HORST

Le 23 Dimanche

Collections Wooyoungmi, Ryunshu, Qasimi

Paris is going all leather, And tribal. De mon plaisir! Do I have to feel wrong and guilty if I like that? Will I go to goa techno parties all summer? Probably not. But I will dream of it. Peut-être.
/HORST

Prevision: Prada

1. Sean Connery: nude, tattoos, tribal
2. John Lennon: paisley, hippie, flare
3. Robert Redford: corduroy, brown, orange

Tonight is the night. And as the creations of Miuccia Prada are unpredictable, I've challenged myself to do a Prada Fall/Winter 2011 forecast. An illogical suspicion of things that shouldn't belong together. It's a surreal dream.
/HORST

Derezzed II

Photo Unknown

And this is how you combine tribal with Chanel.
/HORST

P.S.: I hope everyone recovered from last night's confession.

Suggestion #6

Tribal tattoos

Yes, it's quite obvious but I wish for more tribal tattoos in our society. Especially amongst the intellectual elite. I do admit to enjoy looking at a phenomenon called 'slag tag'. So please, do me the favour.
/HORST

Forbidden Love III

Isn't it nice to have obsessions? Some unfulfilled fantasies. Things that shouldn't be but manifest themselves irreparably. Just like a tribal tattoo on tanned skin.
/HORST

Rearmamentum

John Galliano Spring/Summer 2008

As a matter of fact, middle-aged Germans love to dress in matching outdoor clothes when travelling. John Galliano, me, myself and I strongly recommend to join this clothing codex. Utility vests for survival. And tribal tattoos, please.
/HORST

Image credits Catwalking