ZEN 3

1. Craig Green Spring/Summer 2015
2. Craig Green Spring/Summer 2014
3. Craig Green Fall/Winter 2013

We all love him. At first. For the walking wood and cardboard sculptures. Second. For the psychedelic dip-dye, hand-dye, hand-job. And then. For the poetry of jinbei. I am wearing him.
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Denudity

Hood By Air Fall/Winter 2014

Remove the three letters, ignore the branding and the sportswear stripes. Take the pieces that no one dares to buy. Remove your clothes. Let the thoughts behind those garments uncover you.
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Stepsisters: Jil and Miuccia III

1. Jil Sander Spring/Summer 2014
2. Prada Spring/Summer 2014

Two women, two collections, two extremes. While Sander contrives a peek-a-boo effect through high-waisted skirt, cropped top and unbuttoned shirt, Prada simply cuts a keyhole. Together, they arrive at the agreement that less fabric is more. Which leads us to the questiuon: Can two stepsisters think alike?
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Aoyama, 2013

or 'Motif Repeats Itself'

Skirt Comme des Garçons Homme Plus
Belt Comme des Garçons Homme Plus
Cut-out shirt Comme des Garçons Homme Plus
Ruffle bib Comme des Garçons Homme Plus
Shoes Saint Laurent

Combining the schizophrenic brainchild of Makoto Aida (Harakiri Schoolgirls, 2002) and John Baldessari (Three Figures With Manhole, 1988), Photo Booth and Photshop have assisted me in creating a new biotechnical race: the school boy-cum-girl.
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Superficial Implant

Part II of 'Duplicate Diptych Week'



1. Balenciaga Spring/Summer 1997
2. Gucci Fall/Winter 1996

From 'amorphous forms' (cf. Hans Arp) to 'organic plates' at Balenciaga and Gucci by Tom Ford, strict geometry is broken into fluid shapes. Designed as a golden armour, hidden as second-skin, revealed by cutouts.
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History O-Hole

1. Saverio Cardia Playing Fashion, 2011
2. Mel Bles The Clash, Arena Homme + Spring 2012

From X to O, to XOXO. We pair the X-neck scarf with an O-hole sweater. We combine 'cross'-dressing with 'circum'-size. Peek-a-boo, cutting through. Fashion that gives away the 'inside' of you.
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Helmut Dialogues VI

1. Helmut Lang Spring/Summer 2004
2. Dior Spring/Summer 2013

When he presented his first ready-to-wear collection for Dior, Raf Simons wore a denim jacket with three painted stripes from Helmut Lang, released in 1995. The year when Raf Simons started his own menswear label.
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Chronology

1. Erwin Blumenfeld Vogue, January 1950
2. Daniel Sannwald Pop Magazine, Spring/Summer 2012
3. Steven Meisel Vogue Italia, February 2012

Continuing Man Ray's photographic legacy and experiments with solarization and overexposure, Erwin Blumenfeld created some of the most iconic Vogue covers. In a tribute to Richard Hamilton's 1969 'Fashion Plate' series, Ashley Heath of POP adds make-up to a photographic collage and Steven Meisel stages a fetishized peek-a-boo mask for Vogue Italia. While each approach is so different, the results feel so associated. The collective accoutrement: lips and eyes.
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Exhibitionist, 2012

or 'For Your Eyes Only'













Coat Whyred
Backless T-shirt Laitinen

His uniform is oversized, his coat unbuttoned. Hands casually hidden in deep pockets, carefully controlling the moment of reveal and indecent exposure. He is a son of Raf Sander.
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Striation, 2012

or 'The Times Is Now, On My Own'



















Knit Dior Homme by Hedi Slimane
Turtleneck Raf Simons
Jeans Cheap Monday
Shoes Raf Simons
Vest Ardency Inn
Stool Piet Hein Eek

The belated reaction to A Short History Of Stripes In Popular Culture and Hedi Slimane's controversial return. Enriched with the subtle dosage of 'pervert priest', it is a praise for the bipolar.
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