Belated Regrets, And Again

1. Costume National Fall/Winter 2013
2. Rick Owens Spring/Summer 2013

It's too late to apologize. Clog and clog-alikes. Worn with or without socks. Missing something sucks. Luckily, fashion always returns. Some do, others follow, other-others are chasing missed opportunities. With or without socks. Think twice.
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Image credits Vogue.co.uk

Fashion Charts XI

1. Rick Owens Spring/Summer 2015

2. Dries van Noten Spring/Summer 2015

3. Yohji Yamamoto Spring/Summer 2015

Longing for strap-ons. Who would've ever thought that those three will be partners in harness crime. Alien netwear (Rick) vs. ballet fencing (Dries) vs. amputee tailoring (Yohji). Another top three.
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The Perversion Of Reversion

1. Alan Taylor Spring/Summer 2014
2. Rick Owens Spring/Summer 2014

When everything has been done and redone before, a valid trick is to turn things around. Alan Taylor multiplies the body, creating shizophrenic outfits that remind of 'the knave' in a game of cards. And Rick Owens, well, he replaces the fashion show with a hardcore metal performance and has his actors spinning around and hanging upside down.
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Stitch & Repair: Frankenstein

1. Christopher Kane Spring/Summer 2013
2. Rick Owens Fall/Winter 2013
3. Givenchy Fall/Winter 2013

Undead, broken, reassembled. The open-heart experiments of Ownes, Tisci and Kane. A living study in 'plastic' surgery, all connected by one thick thread. Also known as: Anti-Couture.
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Twombly Dialogues II

1. Cy Twombly Untitled, 1959
2. Rick Owens Kacper Kasprzyk for Dapper Dan, Fall/Winter 2010

Known for a parallel block stripe incorporated in each garment, Rick Owens' knitwear celebrates the fine delicacy of surface. Using repetetive structures as his geometric signature, replacing branding, tags and visible labels in a Margiela-ist manner.
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Perpetuum Mobile, 2013

or 'Confessions Of A Conceptualist'

Vest Ann Demeulemeester
Tank Rick Owens
Trousers Ann Demeulemeester
Raincoat Jil Sander
Slippers Hernández-Cornet

A fur slipper is a fur slipper is a fur slipper. A post-Lang, post-Einstein perpetual motion. An exercise in discomfort while being comfortable. A scientific model based on friction that creates energy in itself.
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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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Identity Crisis II

1. Alexander Wang Fall/Winnter 2013
2. Rick Owens Fall/Winter 2007

Admittedly, it is massively good. Taking early Rick Ownes (balaclava and fur mittens) and adding some House of Balenciaga archive elements (waist knot). Chew slowly and don't choke.
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