Historiographed, Again

1. Tom Ford Fall/Winter 2014
2. Gucci Fall/Winter 1999
3. Tom Ford Fall/Winter 2014
4. Gucci Fall/Winter 1997
5. Tom Ford Fall/Winter 2014
6. Gucci Fall/Winter 1997
7. Tom Ford Fall/Winter 2014
8. Gucci Spring/Summer 1998

Tom Ford just re-did Gucci by Tom Ford (1994-2004). Red crocodile, leopard, lacing, plush fur and shiny leather. Fashion is cyclic - as it should be. And this cycle has proven itself to be around 13 to 14 years.
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The World's Sexiest Homoerotic Fashion Campaigns

1. Terry Richardson Sisley Fall/Winter 2009
2. Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott DSquared Spring/Summer 2011
3. Terry Richardson Gucci Fall/Winter 2001
4. Mario Sorrenti Lanvin Fall/Winter 2001
5. Mario Sorrenti Dolce & Gabbana Spring/Summer 1994
6. Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott Givenchy Fall/Winter 2010
7. Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott Givenchy Fall/Winter 2009
8. Craig McDean Prada Sport Spring/Summer 2008
9. Terry Richardson Tom Ford Spring/Summer 2008
10. David LaChapelle Patrick Cox, 2003

After the celebrated and never forgotten The World's Sexiest Male Fashion Designers, it is time for a sequel. Who is pushing same sex boundaries? Depictions of wishful thinking, 'sex sells' and the provoked side effects of luxury. Everything for journalistic, humanist and historical reasons.
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Superficial Implant

Part II of 'Duplicate Diptych Week'



1. Balenciaga Spring/Summer 1997
2. Gucci Fall/Winter 1996

From 'amorphous forms' (cf. Hans Arp) to 'organic plates' at Balenciaga and Gucci by Tom Ford, strict geometry is broken into fluid shapes. Designed as a golden armour, hidden as second-skin, revealed by cutouts.
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A Short History Of The Comic Strip In Popular Culture

1. Imi Knoebel Canapé, 1987 - 1991
2. Roy Lichtenstein Whaam!, 1963
3. Joe Brainard I Remember, 1970
4. Raf Simons Spring/Summer 2009
5. Miu Miu Spring/Summer 2011
6. Tom Ford Fall/Winter 2013

The onomatopoetic 'explosion' star. We encouter it in isolated form (in sculpture), as contextual placement (in painting and poetry), as well as random object (in fashion) - which, in turn, would lead us to a loss of meaning through its recycling in fashion and therefore speak for a reduced cultural value of the latter. But we will have to investigate further.
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