Tropical Heat

1. Martin Honert Fata Morgana & Kenzo Spring/Summer 2012
2. Henri Rousseau Éclaireurs attaqués par un tigre & Givenchy Spring/Summer 2012
3. Andreas Gursky Beach & Raf Simons Spring/Summer 2012
4. Jeremy Parnell Big Chook & Prada Spring/Summer 2012

It's about beaches and jungles, flowers and sand castles. Childhood memories, vacation traumata and global warming are melting and diffusing into each other. Just like a bar of rainbow coloured ice cream. In 2012, men wear Hawaii shirts, bermuda shorts and (hopefully) banana skirts.
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Tinfoil Confection

Nicomede Talavera Graduate Collection

Obviously, my heart is struck by a fluorescent pair of trousers. It's like unwrapping a piece of ice chocolate pralinés. Just better. Without the calories and sticky fingers. Just eye candy.
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Via New Male Fashion

Balenciaga Saltlakrits

Balenciaga Fall/Winter 2011

Looking at a Balenciaga collection is like eating a chocolate bar. Slowly chewing every bit. Discovering pieces of caramelised hazelnuts and tender swirls of caramel. This time its flavour is salty liquorice.
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Whitewashed

Dries van Noten Spring/Summer 2011

Unfortunately too save. Too harmonious. Too tone in tone. Where did the risk-taking go, where the deeply admired Dries clash? Did he surrender himself to pastels? But maybe this has been his manoeuvre. Killing us softly.
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Image credits Catwalking

Best Of Dries van Noten

Dries van Noten Fall/Winter 2001 - Spring/Summer 2011

The men's skirt. Neon plastic coats. Furry leopard print. He did it all. And he always did it well. No one can copy a Dries van Noten look. And no one is able to clash and combine contradictory patterns with such an implicitness. The Dries principle is based upon logic and intuition. A self-repetitive mechanism that deserves to be admired.
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Image credits Catwalking