Tokyo Diaries VI

A mental travel preparation.




Mikio Sakabe Fall/Winter 2013

"When the world turns pink and boys wear lipstick, frilled diapers and duvet night gowns, we are covered in the cold sweat of erotic nightmares." - he nods and decides to not pack any underwear. The closing of his suitcase is followed by a pondering silence.
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For Jeff, 2013

or 'No de-fence'

Cardigan Comme des Garçons Homme Plus
T-Shirt Raf Simons
Shorts Comme des Garçons Homme Plus

The backstreet fence is where Jeff and Raf meet. Pink Panther is the comic-al character Rei and Jeff both mutually met. My skin is the backdrop for their story - a virtual threesome.
/HORST

Appendix:


1. Jeff Koons Pink Panther, 1988
2. Jeff Koons Fait d'Hiver, 1988

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.
/HORST

Belated Regrets, Once Again

Prada Spring/Summer 2010

And three years later, Miuccia gets back at me. What was a grey mesh wish-wash then, turns out to be a monochrome fountain of youth now. Which leads us to one conclusion: You can always buy Prada, and wear it some day eventually.
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See also original (quite opposite) review

The Humanist, 2012

or 'I Am On Page 26'


























Leather coat Second Hand
Vest Gosha Rubchinskiy
Shorts H&M
Socks Weekday
Shoes Raf Simons

Today's intellectual is a leather man. He studies, he reads, he writes. He is eager to know and understand. He likes to travel. His mind is a visual archive, his living room a library.
/HORST

Further Attempt

Re:Quest Models Show package Spring/Summer 2013

The incredibly poignant answer to the famously banned Calvin Klein commercial. A male model show package in denim and wood. How appropriate.
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Antilogy

Raf Simons Spring/Summer 2013

Love the slits, hate the prints. Love the sneakers, hate the square-toed shoes. Love the collars, hate the shoulder buttoning. It's been a show of antagonisms, oppositions, protest. Applying feminine codes in the most dégagé manner.
/HORST

Mrs. Raf Sander

Jil Sander Spring/Summer 2013

In the same way as Raf initially condensed the Jil Sander brand heritage, she herself returns, comrprises his thoughts and their claim on modernity. A story of archives and tributes to what she and he left. What was him is hers.
/HORST

Post Graduate III

A false encyclopaedic guide to the Central Saint Martins collections, presenting:
Sophie Lynas B.A. Graduate Collection 2012

1. Raf Simons Fall/Winter 2012
2. Alex Katz Blue Coat, 1993
3. Hans Wegner Daybed

The blue double-breasted pinstripe suit, the shorts, the oversized coat. A fusion of Belgian avantgarde, Danish design and American realism. Who has drunk from this cocktail will be perceiving a pleasant reality.
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