Whole Again

Anna Michaelis UDK Graduate Show 2011

Complementing thoughts on incomplete garments. Martin Margiela and Helmut Lang tought their lesson well. Cut out or cut away. Either way, I am into it. Especially when combined with sandals and socks.
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Image credits Corina Lecca

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.
/HORST

Via New Male Fashion

Deconstructed Triptych

1. Kasimir Malevich Selected artworks
2. Jenny Postle Graduate Collection
3. Comme des Garçons Fall/Winter 2011

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. Taking the principle of collage and multiplying it in itarative rows of three. Irregular rows of cloth and colour. Layered geometric shapes. Three lines of text.
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Bare Back

1. Unknown & Alexander Calder, Untitled, 1953
2. Unknown & Jackson Pollock, Lavender Mist, 1950
3. Pietro Franch Graduate Collection & Eduardo Chillida, Untitled, 1996

Usually, Horst can only be seen wearing black. So adding another non-colour to his non-colour range is a huge achievement. And just between us girls: he's enjoying it. All-nude.
/HORST

Oyp Gnuoy Ij

Ji Young Pyo Graduate Collection

Being all Dada. Following yesterday's view on Hugo Ball, the absurdity of clothing is countered with seriousness. Hiding one's scoffing laugh behind an anonymous shield.
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Image credits Catwalking

Subtle Hues

Elin Klevmar Graduate Collection

Today I feel like wearing all-white. Unfortunately I don't really have anything white. That's why I have to stay in bed all day and wrap myself in crispy sheets. But I probably won't.
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Career Woman

Victoria Stone Graduate collection

Asymmetry and disproportion. The power suit has undergone a mental change. Dissolving in certain areas while heightening in others. Confused and inappropriate in a strinking manner.
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Weather Forecast

Alan Humphrey Bennett Graduate collection

Lately, I feel the desire to dress someone in outdoor clothes and create the image of a forest worker. With water-repellent coats, quilted vests and hiking boots. Preferably in tones of moss green, light turquoise, grey and light brown.
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Heir To The Throne

Janosch Malwitz UDK Graduate Collection

I am feeling excitement. The certainty that we are witnessing something outstanding and fantastic. Detachable leather boots. Fishing, biking and skydiving references. I just can't get over the brilliancy, how devastatingly beautiful and forward-thinking this collection is. A new Raf Simons has emerged.
/HORST

Via Julie's Juice

Scintillation Study

Top Lilly Heine
Bottom Victor Vasarely

A glance into the archives of much vaunted CSM graduate Lilly Heine. Irritating views onto an intangible subject, cut out of paper. Inspired by 60s op-art, the result leaves the viewer with doubts about reality.
/HORST

Ghetto Kitten

Astrid Andersen Graduate Collection

Rude boys in leopard print. Baseball jackets and animal print cycling shorts. As her name implies, Astrid Andersen continues the legacy of two literates: Astrid Lindgren and Hans Christian Andersen. Telling a wonderful fairytale.
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Image credits Catwalking

Parallel Reality

Klara Sjons Nilsson Graduate collection

Intepretations of a three- and two-dimensional world. A reality that is built upon principles that are chosen by its creator. Defining how the world is seen and reflected. An investigation of perception that reveals and succeeds.
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Image credits Anders Lindén