Tokyo Diaries VII

A mental travel preparation.




Benetton Kokeshi Dolls, 1999

An early introduction to Japanese street style, rapidly westernized as inflationary virus. Yet, one wishes to encounter its true and sincere form when putting the first step on Tokyo ground.
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Sherman Questions XV

1. Cindy Sherman at Louis Vuitton Fall/Winter 2014
2. Balenciaga Spring/Summer 2011

So what would Cindy Sherman wear? The real Cindy Sherman. Not her 'other' portrayed self. She does, in fact, wear the 'lesbian collection' - those celebrated buckle boots. In blue crocodile leather. By Balenciaga. By Nicolas Ghesquière. And short hair. At this morning's Louis Vuitton show.
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Image credits WWD

Amidst Oddity

Alex Franco That In A Crowd, My Eyes Always Search For You, 2013

When the realness of fashion photography and the image of real fashion is shocking, almost extraterrestrial, to real people, we come to understand that those who dare and wear are aliens.
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Walking Duvets III

1. Walter van Beirendonck Fall/Winter 1999
2. Bill Cunningham New York Times, March 2000
3. Maison Martin Margiela Fall/Winter 1999

Change of seasons, change of wardrobe. Interior as exterior. The coat made of down comforters with inset sleeves to define the coat’s shape. Accompanied by multiple covers in wool, plastic or flower-printed vintage sheets.
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Post New York V

A false encyclopaedic guide to the New York collections, presenting:
Theyskens' Theory Spring/Summer 2013

1. Julia Roberts Pretty Woman, 1990
2. Céline Fall/Winter 1998 by Patrick Demarchelier
3. Jak & Jil 02.19.2012 New York

When the Céline gentlewoman pursues her second career as street walker and is caught by a street style photographer on a rainy night in New York we witness Theyskens' Theory.
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