Repeat, Inverse

Thom Browne Fall/Winter 2014

I am happy this does exist. What Rei proposed as two-dimensionality for women, now returns as two-three-dimensionality for men. Of course, Thom had to add a deeper inlay, that of foliation and vacuum.
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Image credits Catwalking

"Prada Banality", Post-Painterly Art V

or 'Fashion For Intellectuals' (FFI)


1. Mark Rothko Untitled, 1969
2. Prada Fall/Winter 2013

The style of paintings and digital works that build the layers of Prada's new 'salary men' have a tendency for - and present the cohesive idea - of 'abstract gesture'. Some references are literal (pattern), others are analytical (layers) or conceptual (collars) - but overall they function as exercises in turning flat reduction into 3D reality.
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Now & Then III

1. Comme des Garçons Fall/Winter 2012
2. Comme des Garçons Spring/Summer 2008

Erase and remind. Attempt and retry. Apply and reverse. Start Photoshop, open either of these two 2D images and press ⌘+I. Save file as 'unforgettable memory', print it and stick it on your moodboard.
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Image credits Catwalking

Beauty, Recycled

1. Comme des Garçons Fall/Winter 2000
2. Daniel Jackson A Scanner Darkly, Dazed & Confused 2012
3. Junya Watanabe Fall/Winter 2009

The displaced lip as mentioned in a previous chapter is further continued with the flattened face. Reducing the physiognomy to strong black lines and holohedral white surfaces. Make-up as Japanese xylography.
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