Fashion Charts II

1. Julien David Fall/Winter 2014

2. Comme des Garçons Homme Plus Fall/Winter 2014

3. John Lawrence Sullivan Fall/Winter 2014

Longing for dysfunctional tailoring, from Art to Deco. A psychological study of misplaced pockets (Julian), doubled lapel (Rei) and origami paneling (John). A physical readymade of the newly discovered, already established and ever ambitious. My top three.
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A Short History Of The Comic Strip In Popular Culture III

1. Philippe Caza Les Montres Du Placard, 1970s
2. Two Tom Untitled, 2007
3. Comme des Garçons Spring/Summer 2010
4. Kylie Minogue Confide In Me, 1994
5. Comme des Garçons Shirt Spring/Summer 2013
6. Comme des Garçons Shirt Spring/Summer 2011
7. Gosha Rubchinskiy Spring/Summer 2013

The split screen comic grid. Allowing us to present several images within one. A multiplication of time, actions and thus, senses. The ideal principle of storytelling in a world dominated by CPA. A technique perfectly mastered by Pop and Fashion - in particular: Kylie Minogue and Rei Kawakubo.
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A Short History Of Lips In Popular Culture

1. Man Ray Le Baiser, 1930
2. Comme des Garçons Fall/Winter 2004
3. Comme des Garçons Spring/Summer 2006
4. Man Ray A l’heure de l’observatoire – Les Amoureux, 1934
5. Comme des Garçons Fall/Winter 2009

A surreal kiss between Man Ray and Rei Kawakubo that has never been. Paired and displaced, multiplied and supersized. For Man Ray, the 'nakedness of two faces' was a socially tolerated form of sexual portraiture and therefore being chosen. Rei Kawakubo says: ‘If you are to put color on the face, it need not to be on the lips. It can be anywhere’. While Man Ray tends towards sensuality, Rei Kawakubo prefers destroyed feminity as an anti-position and de-sexualisation. And lips don't lie.
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