Thorny

1. Dior Homme Fall/Winter 2014
2. GFF by Gianfranco Ferré Spring/Summer 2003
3. Alexander van Slobbe Spring/Summer 1999

The sleeping prince has been kissed by a rose. As graphic scribble, outline print or cut-and-paste laminate appliqué. The next bouquet of flowers best comes in the form of a pinstripe suit.
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Wishful Thinking #2

Front Chess Table, 2009

A table for rivalry (as self-described by the creators), this black-and-white checkered object has proven itself a valid display for naked bodies wrapped around - perfectly shown in the photography project Inside The Box by Erwin Olaf and Marcel Wanders.
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Now & Then X

1. Salvatore Ferragamo Spring/Summer 2014
2. Issey Miyake Spring/Summer 2007

When DIY becomes DBN: design by numbers. We are living and dressing in a decade of things and ideas that have been. It is the last great 'Hurray' before the in-situ restart. Counting down, 3, 2, 1...
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Wahrnehmungsstörungen

1. Calvin Klein Spring/Summer 2003
2. Jil Sander Fall/Winter 2012
3. George J. Sowden Interior Design, 1983
4. Comme des Garçons Shirt Fall/Winter 2012

When the mesh grid dissolves into blob formations, a short history is interrupted. We commit ourselves to a logical order of irrational systems. Structures that are bent to an extent that still allows identification as such. A geometry of freedom.
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A Short History Of Stripes In Popular Culture VI

or 'How Horst Influences Fashion'






1. Acne Spring/Summer 2013
2. Jonathan Saunders Spring/Summer 2013
3. Marc Jacobs Spring/Summer 2013
4. Issey Miyake Spring/Summer 2013
5. Sportmax Spring/Summer 2013

Each season, at least five design houses follow the call and demands of Horst. Thus, a fine, black and white line became apparent throughout the collections. As graphic blocks or eye-flickering op-art. One better looks twice.
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Image credits Catwalking

St. Prada Campus

Prada Spring/Summer 2013

It was a blend of Miuccia's golf cowboys from Spring/Summer 2012 and her Emergency Room scrubs from Spring/Summer 2011, extended by a parade of 'high waist' trompe l'œil trousers and the almost obligatory sandals with socks.

A bit Berlin second hand boutique, a bit public pool 'lost and found' corner, a bit humanistic campus picnic. All in all, it drew the image of a man I'd feel attracted to, having a glass of red and conversations on erotic architecture. Which, as it turns out, doesn't make any sense at all.
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Grey

Graphic top Raf Simons Spring/Summer 2008
Sleeveless jacket Raf Simons Spring/Summer 2009

Raf Simons made me wear grey. Staged in front of a white tiled bathroom. Overshadowed and blurred, a nod to the œuvre of Gerhard Richter. While the excuse for denudation is provided by the imagery of Thomas Ruff.
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