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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Balenciaga Questions XX

1. Balenciaga Fall/Winter 2008
2. Rodarte Spring/Summer 2013

When even the Rodarte sisters repeatedly reinterpret Balenciaga, and I am not just referring to one look but the whole collection as a variation of one Ghesquière theme, we might wonder if this is a tribute or surrender?
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Love Parade

1. Chanel Spring/Summer 1997
2. Blumarine Spring/Summer 2012
3. Norbert Bisky Occulto, 2006
4. Maison Martin Margiela Spring/Summer 2010
5. René Magritte A Memoria, 1948
6. John Galliano Spring/Summer 2013
7. Rodarte Fall/Winter 2011

Luxury is the utopian illusion of a perfect state of being. Consumption is the ecstatic result of a never-ending rave. Reflected in a world of fluffy clouds, neon sun beams and cyan blue skies.
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Balenciaga Questions XIX

1. Balenciaga Spring/Summer 2002
2. Rodarte Spring/Summer 2010

The patchwork dress constitues itself of various parts. And, as fashion history, lives from the spontaneous, seemingly random repetition that furthermore translates into a logical pattern. The pattern of subconsciousness.
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