The Cyber Woman, Virtual Grid

1. Florian Joye Novembre Magazine, 2013
2. Thomas Bayrle
3. Christopher Kane Resort 2014
4. Jean Paul Gaultier Fall/Winter 1995

In 2014, 'feminism' became a post-modern, post-pop art word. Yet, it has nothing in common with its precedent version. Today, feminists are promoting female attributes instead of repeating male mistakes. Femancipation is the construct of a virtual age.
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A Short History Of The Bandeau Top In Popular Culture II

1. Alexander McQueen Spring/Summer 1998
2. Raf Simons Fall/Winter 2010, David Elfin Spring/Summer 2010, Jil Sander Spring/Summer 2009
3. Jean Paul Gaultier Spring/Summer 2010
4. J.W. Anderson Spring/Summer 2014
5. Julius Spring/Summer 2012

The manly adaption is owned by Alexander McQueen, Jean Paul Gaultier and Raf Simons. Visually cutting away shoulder and arms from the rest of the body, the foremost muscular parts are put on display. A study of the fragmented male.
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A Short History Of The Apron In Popular Culture

1. Yohji Yamamoto Fall/Winter 2013
2. Jean Paul Gaultier Spring/Summer 2004
3. Joseph Beuys Backrest For A Fine-Limbed Person, 1972

While icon of domestic (supression) and household chores of 1950s Germania/Americana, the apron bares both - a sensitive and brutal subtext, once put into male context. The butcher, the craftsman, the sculptor. Put shortly, the misunderstood artist on the threshold from genius to madness.
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A Short History Of The Grid In Popular Culture IV

1. Sølve Sundsbø Dazed and Confused, June 2012
2. Kraftwerk
3. Tim Mara Table Top, 1989
4. Jean Paul Gaultier Spring/Summer 1989
5. Jean Paul Gaultier Spring/Summer 1992
6. Sølve Sundsbø Dazed and Confused, June 2012
7. Sarah Moon 10 Magazine, Spring/Summer 2008
8. Louis Vuitton Fall/Winter 2012

What if the idea of clothing was enhanced by holograms and light projections. Possibly controlled by bare thoughts. The Overprojected installation was a first attempt, the hologram fabrics by Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton an affirmation of this thought.
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Now & Then II

1. Topman Design Spring/Summer 2013
2. Jean Paul Gaultier Spring/Summer 1987

77 and 41. Numbers and cropped mesh should be on top of all our to wear lists. 1987 for 2013. Jean Paul Gaultier memories for all of us.
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Granularity IV

1. Raf Simons Spring/Summer 2013
2. Jil Sander Spring/Summer 2010
3. Raf Simons Fall/Winter 2003
4. Jil Sander Spring/Summer 2012

The Raf Sander universe is a hermeneutic one. The face reappears. From Bauhaus and Brian Calvin at Raf Simons to Tsuguharu Foujita and Picasso at Jil Sander. It's a two-faced story.
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Appendix: Looking back, looking left and right.

5. Jean Paul Gaultier Spring/Summer 2003
6. Givenchy Spring/Summer 2013