Out Of Touch

Si Chan Fall/Winter 2012

What could have sprung from Erwin Wurm's walking sculptures, is a rubber glove inferno wrapped around a man's body. Dangling from the neck, finding especial grip in the male crotch. What makes it charming rather than disturbing is the naïve colour palette.
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Wishful Thinking #1

Gosha Rubchinskiy Fall/Winter 2012

Things I would like to have. I wish I owned. Someone would find. And give to me. Dearly. Highly. Appreciated. Those who find their fulfilment within the fulfilment of others are warmly invited to realize and materialize this first wishful thinking of mine.
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Barbara Did It First? IV

1. Barbara Kruger Untitled (You Have Searched And Destroyed), 1982
2. Raf Simons Fall/Winter 2012

So, in the end, did Barbara do it first? Yes. Indeed. I know right. Does it matter? Yes. Indeed. I know right. Have we learned anything new? No. Unfortunately. Not at all. Do you still love me?
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Helmut Dialogues III

1. Helmut Lang Spring/Summer 2004
2. Jil Sander Fall/Winter 2012

It was the tear-dropping, last and celebrated collection of Raf Simons for Jil Sander for Helmut Lang. A metallic homage that left (no one) speechless. But the battle for fatherhood will be continued on an arena known as 'Dior Haute Couture'.
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Exhibitionist, Prologue

Jil Sander Fall/Winter 2012

She is caught in a liaison dangereuse. Cold hands clinging to her coat that will later serve as a robe. She is equally nervous and excited. Will this encounter be their last and only or just the beginning.
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Divorced, Married

1. Z Zegna Fall/Winter 2012
2. Jil Sander Fall/Winter 2012

This is what happens when the head of menswear at Jil Sander moves to
Z Zegna. There was a sense of distraction - in its most positive meaning. Paul Surridge made something appear wrong, different and hence fine again.
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Mesh-Up Syndrome

1. Viviane Sassen Indian: African Drum Beats, 10 Magazine Spring/Summer 2009
2. Ann Demeulemeester Spring/Summer 2001
3. Raf Simons Fall/Winter 2012

The consolidation of two themes. The grid reappears as handprinted mesh (Ann Demeulemeester). The stripe as furry clip-on (Raf Simons). Together, they build 'A Short History Of Stripes & The Grid In Popular Tribal Culture'.
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The Non-Pro-Redundant

Yves Saint Laurent Fall/Winter 2012

Sometimes I do need to repeat things others have said, implied or mentioned. Images we have seen being reproduced and restaged in editorial shoots. Only to emphasize that I do like them, too. Sometimes this is important, too.
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Image credits Catwalking

Now & Then III

1. Comme des Garçons Fall/Winter 2012
2. Comme des Garçons Spring/Summer 2008

Erase and remind. Attempt and retry. Apply and reverse. Start Photoshop, open either of these two 2D images and press ⌘+I. Save file as 'unforgettable memory', print it and stick it on your moodboard.
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Image credits Catwalking

A Short History Of Stripes In Popular Culture V

1. Acne Spring/Summer 2013
2. Lanvin Fall/Winter 2012

Boys in stripes: alternating between the horizontal and vertical, light and dark, matt and shine. A lined-up mosaic of beige, orange, blue and grey. The pyjama as new sartorial decision.
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Miusing Escher V

1. Miu Miu Fall/Winter 2012
2. M. C. Escher Untitled (No. 62)

Chloe, the muse, is bringing Miusing Escher back. When eyes flicker and flower ornaments turn into naked dog creatures in contrasting signal colours. When will Miu Miu menswear be back?
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1/3

1. Marteinn Jonsson
2. Maison Martin Margiela Fall/Winter 2012
3. Alexander Wang Fall/Winter 2012

Hidden lips, intellectual minds. Turtlenecks are a highly aggressiveattractive choice, preferably paired with short shorts. Once you veil, you should also reveal. I will wear one tomorrow.
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