Granularity X

1. Dior Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2014
2. Helmut Lang Surrogate Skin, 2008
3. Raf Simons/Sterling Ruby Fall/Winter 2014
4. Helmut Lang Make It Hard, 2011
5. Dior Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2014
6. Helmut Lang Arbor, 2008
7. Dior Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2014
8. Dior Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2014
9. Helmut Lang Arbor, 2008
10. Helmut Lang Fall/Winter 1996 & Dior Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2014
11. Dior Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2014
12. Helmut Lang Front Row, 2009
13. Raf Simons/Sterling Ruby Fall/Winter 2014

The Raf Sandior universe is a hermeneutic one. Like father, like son. Or like 'Fathers Fathers' and 'Abus(ive) Lang(uage)'. And as we know, this letter similitude is no coincidence. What would father say?
/HORST

Schach Matt

Part III of 'Duplicate Diptych Week'



1. Paul Outerbridge Ide Collar, 1922
2. Julia Hetta Noblesse Nordique, 2012

The creating of a duplicate is avoided when new elements are added. Thus the 'duplicate diptych' depicted above may as well be referred to as 'composed copy' - each detail meticulously thought-out.
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Confession, Light-Hearted

Saint Laurent Spring/Summer 2013

So here is the problem: Once on the shop floor, we want the clothes, the shoes, the jewellery and accessories. A luxurious wardrobe dedicated to the skinny tuxedo. Accordingly, we can regard the runway presentation as refined element of shock.
/HORST

Garage Martin Margiela

1. Maison Martin Margiela Fall/Winter 2010
2. Maison Martin Margiela Fall/Winter 2011
3. Maison Martin Margiela Fall/Winter 2011

Hardware as neutral (metallic) matter to be evolved into 'whatever' form of man-made design. Therefore, it is best described as 'substance'. By combining and manipulating its elements, the raw becomes 'something' luxurious.
/HORST

Iterative Iterations

Daniel Brush Thirty Years' Work

A recent New York discovery and already within the realms of my most admired artists, Daniel Brush takes minimalism to different stages. Ranging from playful animal brooch readymades to brush gesture paintings and 3D structure installations.
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Exoticism

Photos DC Chang

For some reason, these images remind me of the very great Mishima Yukio and his autobiographical novel 'Confessions of a Mask'. A piece of world literature that should be consumed by everyone.
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Appendix:

Mishima Yukio Confessions of a Mask, 1949

For further homoerotic discourse see HORST and HORST