Grand Poop

LAZOSCHMIDL Spring/Summer 2015

A collection that follows the storyline of contemporary performance art. Tracking down the fascination of body liquids such as piss, shit, sperm and spunk, the garments turn the perverse universe of Sarah Lucas, Paul McCarthy and Gilbert & George into rich textures and embroidery. Stains are re-interpreted as crystal applications on silk dupion and screenprint on organza. The obscene turns into decadence.
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Sweat And Stains, 2014

or 'Sperm, Spunk And Shit'

All clothes LAZOSCHMIDL
Belt Comme des Garçons Homme Plus

Not your average menswear-cum-couture. Debuting their first capsule collection for Spring/Summer 2015, LAZOSCHMIDL approach the post-body fetishism of contemporary art (that is: body liquids). Poop is reconfigured as screenprint artwork and piss is elevated as crystallized stain. Hand-sown, hand-painted, hand-embellished. Shop now!
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Graduate Charts II

1. Asai Andrew Ta CSM BA Graduate Collection

2. Harry Evans CSM BA Graduate Collection

3. Flora Cadzow CSM BA Graduate Collection

They are coming. Mummified youth culture and shredded patchwork phantoms, miraculously not falling apart (Asai). They are twisted. Historic crochet sisters and fanatical knit nuns. Meet Marie Pearl Harbor (Harry). They are angry. Transparent tattoo bikers and religious tomboy boxers (Flora).
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Image credits Vogue

Fashion Charts VII

1. Céline Fall/Winter 2014

2. Stella McCartney Fall/Winter 2014

3. Missoni Fall/Winter 2014

Longing for plastic fantastic embellishments. Toys 'R' Her - that only money can buy. The careerist (Phoebe), the feminist (Stella), the female nerd (Angela). The Parisian woman is emancipating her inner child. Which is her interpretation of men-erism.
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A Short History Of Eyes In Popular Culture

1. Comme des Garçons Shirt Spring/Summer 2008
2. Prada Spring/Summer 2014
3. Unknown
4. Wolfgang Tilmanns Augenlicht, 2013
5. Wolfgang Tilmanns Headlight (b), 2012
6. Shao Yen Fall/Winter 2013

Blue, brown. green, black and pink. Embellished, bejeweled, photographed, laser-cut. Do you see what I see? Do I see or do we feel? Do we see at all? It is a surrealist projection: looking at eyes as irrational act.
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A Short History Of The Grid In Popular Culture VIII

1. Bruno Zhu Untitled, 2013
2. Chloé Fall/Winter 2013
3. Raf Simons Fall/Winter 1998
4. LG Lundberg Stängsel, 1973-1979

The chain linked fence, once again: Somehow, it carries the subliminal attitude of Steampunk - the sub-genre that features machinery, especially in a setting inspired by industrialized civilization. Put shortly, the fence motif in fashion introduces a pre-post-apocalyptic future.
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Codes Of Decoration

1. Lara Jensen for Inbar Spector Fall/Winter 2012
2. Oscar De La Renta Fall/Winter 2012
3. Jil Sander Spring/Summer 2009
4. Ben Toms The Divine Invasion, Dazed & Confused June 2012

Moths, crystal and pearls. When decoration does not just decorate but cover everything. In various degrees, the codes are challenged, the purpose of jewellery hyperbolized. More is more.
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Codes Of Construction, Epilogue

Hernández Cornet Spring/Summer 2013

From hardware to hardwear. From hardcore to heartcore. Backstage impressions from the Hernández Cornet Spring/Summer 2013 collection. As always, it's all about the details, the shim and the shimmer.
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Image credits Erika Helin

Yerevan, 2012

or 'Everything I Do, I Do For Love'

Jacket Raf Simons
T-shirt Ann Demeulemeester
Shorts Acne

Intricately woven, astrologically embellished. While the structured surface of the jacket creates a subtle shine, the gemstone formation directly reflects the light. If uncovered.
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