Full Circle, or: Happy Quickly After

1. Jürgen Teller Sarah Lucas At Home, 2013
2. Raf Simons/Sterling Ruby Fall/Winter 2014
3. Alasdair McLellan Arena Homme Plus, 2014
4. Raf Simons/Sterling Ruby Fall/Winter 2014 & Jürgen Teller Sarah Lucas At Home, 2013

What started between Sarah and Jürgen in an intimate home story, has been picked up and processed in a labour of love between Raf and Sterling - just to be shot again, with Alasdair washing the acid dishes.
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Double-Faced, 2014

or 'This Painting Is So Last Season'

T-Shirt Raf Simons
Magazine Spike

Raf Simons projects his curriculum vitae onto the products he offers for sale. As art consultant and collector, he places artworks straight onto the clothes he produces for his own line, for Jil Sander and now Dior. With those textile re-editions of Picasso, Rothko and Warhol, pop art can be folded away neatly in drawers or put on hangers - which informs a new term, that is Closet Art.
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Posing With Cars

1. Steven Klein L.A. Portfolio, L'Uomo Vogue 2006
2. Steven Klein Spread Eagle, Dutch Magazine 2002
3. Steven Meisel Speed Racer, Vogue Italia 1997
4. Thom Browne & Zac Posen Infiniti Q50, 2013

Steven M. and Steven K. are united by their love for hot wheels and naked flesh on cold steel. The car as metaphor for a 'large penis' has established itself as fashion accessory and, lately, statement collector's piece. Car pin-ups Thom Browne and Zac Posen agree.
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Petit Prince

J.W. Anderson x Versus Resort 2014

An emergency announcement proclaiming: Versus is dead, long live Versus. The uniform for our new male sub-nobility includes bejeweled tiaras and bustier keyhole tops.
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Image credits Style.com

A Short History Of The Comic Strip In Popular Culture VIII

1. Walter van Beirendonck Spring/Summer 2012
2. Erwin Wurm Fat Car, 2001

The moving comic sculpture. Walter van Beirendonck and Erwin Wurm almost made me cry. Together, they presented walking absurdity during the Spring/Summer 2012 menswear finale. A collection that could easily be entitled 'POW, BOOM, BANG'. Worth shedding a happy tear.
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Another He-Male, Mythology

Bernhard Willhelm x Jutta Kraus 2009-2010

The human flaws of a German god. The exposed and hard as equivalent to Achilles' tendon. One more reason to worship and applaud Bernhard. The men in pink leggings and laced ribbon heels.
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Naked, 2012

or 'What You Get Is What You See'

Top Maison Martin Margiela x H&M
Trousers Ann Demeulemeester
Belt Maison Martin Margiela x H&M
Coat Jil Sander

Upon public pressure and repeated request, I am posing completely nude. Exposing my trompe l'œil tattoos on bare skin. Sheer trousers cinched with an invisible belt. Only protected from outside views by a see-through coat.
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Garage Martin Margiela III

Maison Martin Margiela x H&M Fall 2012

And the collection has been revealed. Am I disappointed as a woman? No. Instead I feel transported into '20' The Exhibition - being able to collect signature pieces for the curated wardrobe.
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Via All The Hot Stuff

Garage Martin Margiela II

Maison Martin Margiela x H&M Fall 2012

And the collection has been revealed. Am I disappointed as a man? Maybe. Since I rarely ever wear brown, 90% of the pieces disqualify. Did I wish for white garments and trompe-l'œil pieces instead. Definitely.
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Via All The Hot Stuff