Tokyo Diaries XIV

A mental travel preparation.

1. Yohji Yamamoto Fall/Winter 2011 2007
2. Yohji Yamamoto Fall/Winter 2007
3. Yohji Yamamoto Spring/Summer 1998

Another example of reversion as cultural adaption. Printed on the back, the pin-up of Western sex-charged trash culture is turned into a decorative token, treated with the same respect as a true masterpiece (or Dalí).
/HORST

Drawl

Steven Meisel - Prada Fall/Winter 2011

An über-stylized almost softcore presentation of perfect porcelain skin and young, innocent lolita beauty. When the spheres of reality blur from High Fashion to Second Life, woman and image are equally fetishized.
/HORST

Woman With Furry Slippers (After Oppenheim)

1. Céline Spring/Summer 2013
2. Alexander Wang Fall/Winter 2011
3. Helmut Lang Spring/Summer 2005
4. Alexander Wang Fall/Winter 2011
5. Comme des Garçons
6. Céline Spring/Summer 2013 & Albert Einstein At Home, 1933-55

What has happened at Céline? Intendendly atrocious, yet not shockingly new. See also Venus de Milo with Drawers (1916) by Salvador Dalí and Fur Lined Tea Cup (1936) by Meret Oppenheim. So why does it still provoke detest or at least irritation?
/HORST

Image credits Catwalking, Style.com, Gillett Griffin