Cut-Coat

1. Yohji Yamamoto Fall/Winter 2008
2. Lucio Fontana Concetto Spaziale, 1959

Slitted, double-layered trompe l'oeil coats that demand relevance again. Sexually precise cuts, brutally forbidden peeks. Pastel-coloured 'destroyed' canvases that demand attention through irritation.
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Trend X-Plorer II

Revealing trends that cannot and will not be picked up but should be nonetheless.
Part 2: Rip Offs, Shreds & Slits

1. Yohji Yamamoto Spring/Summer 2014
2. Comme des Garçons Spring/Summer 2014
3. J.W. Anderson Spring/Summer 2014

Accidental scissor cuts, moths, cigarette burns, barbwire fences - wearing your broken clothes was never so fashionable. A daring homage to dysfunction in a performance-driven society. Reassuring that we all fail everyday - which does not make us weaker but better beings.
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Petit Prince

J.W. Anderson x Versus Resort 2014

An emergency announcement proclaiming: Versus is dead, long live Versus. The uniform for our new male sub-nobility includes bejeweled tiaras and bustier keyhole tops.
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Now & Then VIII

1. Prada Spring/Summer 2013
2. Prada Spring/Summer 1999

Miuccia's Asian infusion. The submissive clichée of 1960s exoticism modernized and re-fetishized by means of asymmetry and the silk kimono side slit. Temporarily reducing power woman to house maid - as part of an intellectual role play.
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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.
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