Graduate Charts

1. Andrew Sauceda CSM BA Graduate Collection

2. Michael Griffin CSM BA Graduate Collection

3. Ed Lee CSM BA Graduate Collection

Transgender aunts in strapless bustier gowns, workwear denim and floppy heads. The sexual revolution of a farmer's confused son (Andrew). The circus is in town and every male prostitute is going. An oriental silk costume drama with eruptive ending (Michael). Working 9 to 5 at the redlight wallstreet. Where horny investment bankers wear pinstripe suits and dragon tattoos, mixing business with pleasure (Ed).
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Image credits Vogue

Now & Then V

1. Comme des Garçons Homme Plus Fall/Winter 2013
2. Comme des Garçons Fall/Winter 2007

Naïvety comes in recurrent shape of comic(al) hats. And it has taken men a few years to be accepted within the realms of infantility, ruled by those ideas that Rei Kawakubo is introducing in successive doses.
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Image credits Style.com, Catwalking

Post Paris XXI

A false encyclopaedic guide to the Paris collections, presenting:
Saint Laurent Spring/Summer 2013

1. Yves Saint Laurent by Hedi Slimane Fall/Winter 2000
2. Yves Saint Laurent Fall/Winter 1969
3. Dior Homme Fall/Winter 2006

This time, we are looking forward and looking back on Hedi Slimane's futurepast. A return and study of self-reference. Reflecting the heritage of his own as well as his new world. Decorated with glitter and many many bows.
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Image credits Catwalking, Hedi Slimane

Post Paris XVIII

A false encyclopaedic guide to the menswear collections, presenting:
Walter van Beirendonck Spring/Summer 2013

1. Pierre et Gilles St. Sebastian, 1987
2. Pablo Picasso Pierrot with a Mask, 1918
3. Isa Genzken Urlaub, 2004

This collection had everything unsightly you can imagine: gay kitsch, harlequin collars and loads of foam. All put together à la Genzken. There were bits of bondage, too. And mythologic references for which reason we do forgive.
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P.S.: The woman sitting front row to the left was clearly trying to make the models trip.