Amidst Oddity

Alex Franco That In A Crowd, My Eyes Always Search For You, 2013

When the realness of fashion photography and the image of real fashion is shocking, almost extraterrestrial, to real people, we come to understand that those who dare and wear are aliens.
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Doublet (Comp.)

Peter de Potter I Am An Image Machine, 2011

The ditptych corporation and tumblr über-curator Petter de Potter pairs sexuality with violence and porn with propaganda. Machine versus image. Spit versus shipwrecks. Appropriation to be appreciated - or at least, endlessly consumed.
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Trend X-Plorer V

Revealing trends that cannot and will not be picked up but should be nonetheless.
Part 5: The Playsuit

1. Dior Homme Spring/Summer 2014
2. Lanvin Spring/Summer 2014
3. Raf Simons Spring/Summer 2014

Yes, legs are made for walking. A mechanical trick we rarely dare to reveal. This trend demands full exposure and transparence, social responsibility so to speak. The apt amount of political correctness in a business world where sex still sells.
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Trend X-Plorer IV

Revealing trends that cannot and will not be picked up but should be nonetheless.
Part 4: The Melting Mesh

1. Christopher Shannon Spring/Summer 2014
2. Kenzo Spring/Summer 2014
3. Alexander McQueen Spring/Summer 2014

The grid (as we know it) is dissolving. The internet turned out to be less than a lie. A virtual reality turned reality. Thus, the poles and meshes are melting. And our clothes are caught between op-art and psychedelia - updated and synchronised with our new state of mind.
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Trend X-Plorer III

Revealing trends that cannot and will not be picked up but should be nonetheless.
Part 3: The Male Nurse

1. Marni Spring/Summer 2014
2. Raf Simons Spring/Summer 2014
3. Z Zegna Spring/Summer 2014

Call him Doctor Love, call it an emergency - we all need a fashion treatment in white scrubs, clinical coats, clean antiseptic surfaces. But what is so intriguing about this threatening trend, this pre-apocalyptic World War Homme + virus? We can treat ourselves.
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Trend X-Plorer II

Revealing trends that cannot and will not be picked up but should be nonetheless.
Part 2: Rip Offs, Shreds & Slits

1. Yohji Yamamoto Spring/Summer 2014
2. Comme des Garçons Spring/Summer 2014
3. J.W. Anderson Spring/Summer 2014

Accidental scissor cuts, moths, cigarette burns, barbwire fences - wearing your broken clothes was never so fashionable. A daring homage to dysfunction in a performance-driven society. Reassuring that we all fail everyday - which does not make us weaker but better beings.
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Trend X-Plorer

Revealing trends that cannot and will not be picked up but should be nonetheless.
Part 1: The Hidden Painting

1. Acne Spring/Summer 2014
2. Walter van Beirendonck Spring/Summer 2014
3. Raf Simons Spring/Summer 2014

Ignoring the only logic and legal right for its very existence by hiding the allover print from maximum exposure, or deconstructing the artwork into a series of garments, this trend celebrates blatent disregard. Let's call it #IDGAF - the 'I Don't Give A Fuck' phenomenon.
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Moiré Moanings

1. Ed Ruscha We Humans (spinach & egg white on moiré), 1974
2. Alexander van Slobbe Spring/Summer 1999
3. Ed Ruscha Magnetic (blueberry on moiré), 1974
4. Céline Spring/Summer 2011
5. Ed Ruscha Babycakes (blueberry & egg yolk on moiré), 1974
6. Rodarte Fall/Winter 2011

An unresolved trauma and my unfulfilled desire: to wear trompe l'œil metaphors. Moiré as sociologic experiment, food as paint. Letters on canvas, textile as art, clothes as buildings.
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Lamé

1. Adam Plucinski Afterparty, 2013
2. Helmut Lang Spring/Summer 2004
3. Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell in Versace "Diamonds Are Forever" 1999
4. Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott Boyish, Love Magazine 2013
5. Prada Fall/Winter 2013
6. Rick Owens Fall/Winter 2010 & Fall/Winter 2008
7. Ann Demeulemeester Fall/Winter 2006

Silver and gold makes a pretty couple. One thing, we all agree on: Miuccia and Rick, Helmut and Ann, Donatella and Horst. The power couples of fashion. Metallic lamé as power dressing for the 2010s.
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Serious Moonlight

1. Andy Eaton Walked Out This Morning, Black Fall 2012
2. Alasdair McLellan Tomorrow Is Another Day, AnOther Man Fall 2012
3. Roberto Cavalli Spring/Summer 2013
4. Moschino Cheap & Chic Spring/Summer 2013
5. Unknown
6. Ola Rindal Rodeo Fall 2012

As indicated before, we are approaching another impossible 70s re-revival. Purple paisley and orange op-art. A combination that works best in pairs. Roberto has to finish what Miuccia begun.
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