Fashion Charts IV

1. Calvin Klein Fall/Winter 2014

2. Marc Jacobs Fall/Winter 2014

3. The Row Fall/Winter 2014

Longing for mall pyjamas and couchwear. The very best of luxury potatoe knitwear. So cozy (Francisco), so pedestrian (Marc), so miserable (Ashley and Mary-Kate). New York is dressing down for the 21st century.
/HORST

Now & Then VII

1. Acne Spring/Summer 2013
2. Raf Simons Spring/Summer 2012

There is a close connection/appreciation between Acne Studios and Raf 'Sandior' Simons. In this case, the almost unnoticed 'look 24' from 2012 delivers the main theme for 2013: block striped pyjamas. We might sleep, but our vision does never escape.
/HORST

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.
/HORST

Post Paris XIX

A false encyclopaedic guide to the menswear collections, presenting:
Ann Demeulemeester Spring/Summer 2013

1. Hugh Hefner at the Playboy Mansion
2. Haider Ackermann by Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin
3. Paolo Roversi for Interview Magazine June/July 2011

Apparently, Ann Demeulemeester was inspired by Hugh Hefner. Well presumably not. Still, there was a luxurious softcore feel reminiscent of the aesthetics of her bvba 32 companion Haider Ackermann and the poetic shine in the photographs of Paolo Roversi.
/HORST

Religiously Transgender

Etro Spring/Summer 2013

Etro explores the essence of its original existence and idea. This time contemplating on the men's galabia and turban. Contemporary and successfully as I may conclude, contrary to first reviewer's opinion.
/HORST