Citrus Sinensis

1. Unknown
2. Ann Demeulemeester, Petar Petrov & Yves Saint Laurent Fall/Winter 2011
3. Nude with oranges, Henri Matisse
4. Damir Doma, Stella McCartney & Alexander Wang Spring/Summer 2011

Unexpectedly a fruit's colour has blossomed. In other words: A colour's fruit has been picked and eaten up. Its sticky juice running down our chins. Leaving sweet traces on our body.
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2mm

Yves Saint Laurent Fall/Winter 2011

While the rather unspectacular YSL men's collection slowly grows on me, I am currently asking myself one fundamental question: to shave or not to shave?
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Marrakesch Journal

Artworks Yves Saint Laurent

A rather unknown and intense side. A different école des beaux arts. Yves Saint Laurent did not only draw draped dresses, le smoking or slender mannequins. His oeuvre includes the oriental wallah.
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Via blica

Love-Hate Relationship

1. Robert Maxwell, Rolling Stone 1997
2. Patrick Demarchelier & Marc Jacobs campaign by Jürgen Teller
3. Patrick Demarchelier & Yves Sain Laurent Fall/Winter 2008

In my narrow-minded world, corduroy is directly followed by velvet. Questionable materials that I've never completely understood. They leave me with a feeling of disgust and insecurity. That's why I need a respective garment in my wardrobe. Immediately and badly.
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A Short History Of Twins In Popular Culture

1. Karim Sadli, A Magazine curated by Riccardo Tisci, 2008
2. Lanvin, Spring/Summer 2007 Ad Campaign
3. Comme des Garçons, Spring/Summer 2011
4. Marilyn Minter, Twins, 2006
5. Yves Saint Laurent, Spring/Summer 1996 Ad Campaign
6. The Stoltzfus Twins, Bruce Weber, 1982
7. Olsen Twins
8. Stanley Kubrick, The Shining, 1980

As an aesthetic fetish of the fashion industry and grotesque vision in photography and music television the twin unites both: disgust and fascination. A multi-faceted phenomenon, engrained with celebrity and gossip culture as well as the pornographic context. Which iconic imagery must be appended to this catalogue?
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Portraits Of An Artist

Images Yves Saint Laurent, Francis Bacon, Norbert Bisky, Unknown, Unknown, Fila, Hunt Slonem, Keith Haring, Yves Klein

The staging of the artist and his subject in his workroom. A study of image. The image of the creative process as a cultural projection. A cliché. Dirty hands, dirty clothes, unfinished paintings, bare bodies - and a stylised posture. The cool and underwhelmed. A paradigm of advertising.
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Epilogue

Yves Saint Laurent Fall/Winter 2010

A highly relevant addition to our collection of images and thoughts about the plastic raincoat can be found in this season's YSL collection. Crystal clear raincoats, capes and its fragments. In his comment, Jérôme kindly pointed out the inherent 50s/60s reference. I cordially invite everyone to investigate further.
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Presentiment

Yves Saint Laurent Fall/Winter 1999

When concepts of identity merge. Hedi Slimane for Yves Saint Laurent. How vividly these looks predetermined the later Dior Homme future. How interesting to see an aesthetic evolve that is bound to a name, to a luxury label. When will he return?
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Tachycardia

Yves Saint Laurent Spring/Summer 2011

I got shivers and a warm feeling inside my stomach when this collection ascended in my consciousness. It left me satisfied. The proportions, the architectual, the feminity. Stefano Pilati reigns on the highest ranks.
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Image credits Catwalking