Fashion Charts VIII

1. J.W. Anderson Spring/Summer 2015

2. Christopher Shannon Spring/Summer 2015

3. Topman Design Spring/Summer 2015

Longing for retro stripes. The ones we wore twenty years ago and were happy to get rid of when we moved away from home. Thrown over like a blanket from grandmother (Jonathan), sporty as in Sporty Spice (Christopher) and stripper-stripy as in 1970s porn (Gordon). Another top three.
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Image credits Vogue

Tokyo Diaries III

A mental travel preparation.




Ganryu Fall/Winter 2014

Clothes for the modern man. The one who travels with(in) his body and mind. Loose fit skorts and platform trainers for a cushioned step into the other world. For the one who travels to Tokyo, Japan.
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Granularity VIII

1. Dior Fall/Winter 2014
2. Raf Simons Spring/Summer 2014
3. Raf Simons Spring/Summer 2014
4. Dior Fall/Winter 2014
5. Dior Fall/Winter 2014
6. Raf Simons Spring/Summer 2014
7. Dior Fall/Winter 2014
8. Raf Simons Spring/Summer 2014

The Raf Sandior universe is a hermeneutic one. And it is about shoes. Fast paced models in pop coloured running pumps. Their stumbling stride only buffered by block striped guard rails. Style first, safety second.
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#Wangciaga, Reality

1. Balenciaga Spring/Summer 2014
2. Alexander Wang Spring/Summer 2014

This is not a scandal. It is the logic, osmotic relationship of molecules that strive to equalize the solute concentrations of two sides. Balenciaga is being wangalized. In the end, everything is even.
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Now & Then X

1. Salvatore Ferragamo Spring/Summer 2014
2. Issey Miyake Spring/Summer 2007

When DIY becomes DBN: design by numbers. We are living and dressing in a decade of things and ideas that have been. It is the last great 'Hurray' before the in-situ restart. Counting down, 3, 2, 1...
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Black Hole Sun

Patrik Ervell Spring/Summer 2013

Back on track. Better and darker. Patrik Ervell, the man who introduced the plastic raincoat as consistent part of a classic wardrobe, explores protective suiting against the apocalyptic sun.
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Image credits Style.com

Testicular II

1. Karim Sadli Sublime Futurism, 032c
2. Calvin Klein Spring/Summer 2007

What I wish I was wearing today: exposive sportswear, male performance gear. Details exist to be shown, body parts demand to be admired. Every scandal is respected and appreciated.
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Genitalization

Matthias Vriens Plug of Flesh, Dutch #40

Relicts of times and things that do not exist anymore. I remember the days when I explored those editorials. And I took them seriously. A valid recommendation, proposal, approval.
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Now & Then II

1. Topman Design Spring/Summer 2013
2. Jean Paul Gaultier Spring/Summer 1987

77 and 41. Numbers and cropped mesh should be on top of all our to wear lists. 1987 for 2013. Jean Paul Gaultier memories for all of us.
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Post Graduate IV

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

1. Christopher Shannon Spring/Summer 2012
2. Yves Tanguy The Invisibles, 1951
3. Helmut Lang Make It Hard 2011

An assemblage of dip-dyed, glued-together pieces. Of raw, intuitive gestures, adding layer for layer for layer. Sportswear as a form of extreme DIY. Destruction as creation.
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