Triple Effect

Versace vs. Giuliano Fujiwara

Continuous partial attention (CPA) is the process of paying simultaneous attention to a number of sources of incoming information, but at a superficial level. It usually involves skimming the surface of the incoming data, picking out the relevant details, and moving on to the next stream.
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Post Paris VIII

A false encyclopaedic guide to the prêt-à-porter collections for Spring/Summer 2012.
Eighth chapter: Chanel

1. Chanel Spring/Summer 2012
2. Richard Avedon for Versace
3. Axolotl

I was pleasantly surprised by the supercooled modernity of the collection by Monsieur Karl. Most probably due to the appearance of techno mermaids. Dipped in metallic silver and glossy white. Wearing strapless gill tops and pearl piercings.
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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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Medusa: Prequel

1. Versace campaign, 1990s
2. Head of Medusa, Peter Paul Rubens 1618

The Medusa head as an iconographic legend of both ancient and modern history. A supernatural, crude and mesmerizing symbol associated with immortal myth and contemporary consumerism.
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New Decadence

Photos Stefan Heinrichs
Styling Ingo Nahrwold
Model Keno Weidner
Magazine Hero

For the third and yet most striking issue of Hero Magazine, ornamental Versace silk shirts clash with sports equipment and softdrink refreshment accessories. There is something very stimulative about this head to toe look.
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Barbie Fashion

Armani Fall/Winter 2000
Cavalli Spring/Summer 2004 & Gucci Spring/Summer 2002
Cavalli Fall/Winter 2003 & Versace Spring/Summer 2003

I actually do miss Barbie Fashion. I wanna see tacky girls in metallic pink bell-bottoms, big 3-Wetter-Taft hair, fake fur and mini skirts. Now that we've learned to dress in black draped pieces by Haider Ackermann and Ann Demeulemeester we should have a quick shopping spree in a suburban super mall.
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Kitten Love XXV

I never thought this series would evolve into such a bittersweet addiction. Luckily I can project my desire for tackiness through the virtual space. Otherwise my wardrobe would surely be inexcusable.
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Electrical Cable Fight

Versace Spring/Summer 2010 vs. Electrical cable

A green-yellow power cable leading to a circuit board. How could one describe a look more precisely?
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Group

Photos Helmut Newton, Richard Avedon

Nudity perfection in black and white. And who does not dream of living furniture built of Versace men?
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Hero Worship

Part 5: Bon Jovi





I never really liked him, but now that I found these pictures I do. Hilarious and disturbingly sexy. Somehow he also reminds me of the kitten pictured below.

Melancholia

Claudia, Naomi and Christy in bondage gear for Versace in 1992. This is perfection. The full dose of exuberant fashion tackiness. An iconic perfection that seems to be inexistent today.
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Iron Men

Photos Bruce Weber & Ruven Afanador

As desired by my mum, some ironing men. Naked of course. And when you look at the pose, the composition, it's alarmingly identical. We should discuss this with minuteness in art class maybe.
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Triangle Topmodels

Versace Advertisement March 1991
Models Christy Turlington, Helena Christensen, Linda Evangelista
Photographer Herb Ritts

This is the 90s bling thing. Thanks Josi.
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Germany Sells

Jaja, we all know the best things come from Germany: Schnitzel, Horst and Claudia Schiffer. It's the homeland of Bad Taste. But to this high degree that it transforms into sophistication.
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