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

Perforations

1. Unknown
2. Jürgen Teller for Vivienne Westwood

Men have recently become skin-revealing sex objects. Chest, shoulders, biceps. Tight layers. Strategically placed cutouts. Sheer fabrics, short hems. No complaints made. Or are there any reservations?
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Slit II

1. Karim Sadli
2. Dior Homme Spring/Summer 2011 Backstage

It has only been lately that I've realized the beauty of a male torso's side. A view that is rarely being shared or descried. Therefore, I kindly solicit its more frequent appearance.
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Hunk Arena IV

Top Ann-Sofie Back Fall/Winter 2010
Bottom François Sagat for Bernhard Willhelm

I'll never stop. Untill you're mine. Indeed, the wrestling suit can be interpreted in manifold ways. Besides disco, bondage or parachute, there is also a casual version. 100% sheer organic cotton.
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Hunk Arena II

Top Yuanyi Jeff Lee
Bottom Louise Goldin Fall/Winter 2008

It appears the wrestling suit deserves a sequel. And obviously has the potential to become a continuous series. So feel invited to submit your high fashion bodysuit discoveries. Shiny, sheer or anything else you like.
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Hunk Arena

Top Givenchy Spring/Summer 2009
Bottom Unknown

Givenchy, hit me baby one more time. Recalling the wrestling suit. A true slap in the face. The furious but tender kind that feels best. Leaving behind red cheeks and dirty thoughts.
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Rippchen & Kraut II

Marios Schwab Fall/Winter 2011

A man in lederhosen is ideally accompanied by a woman in Marios Schwab. His Austrain heart establishing the post-modernist dirndl. The geared-up maid satisfying our SM fantasies.
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See also Part I.

Confrontation Therapy

Underwear Nikos

As indicated before I have to overcome my aversion to velvet. When I found this black velvet Nikos tanga with mesh cutout detail, me and my therapist were convinced the experiment had succeeded.
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White Lace Fight

Dolce & Gabbana Spring/Summer 2011 vs. Lace underwear

Take a Dolce & Gabbana collection, divide and transform its elements into men's underwear. Lace. Leopard. Crystals. Cutouts. Conservatism and liberality. It's wrong, it's beautiful.
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Décolleté

We have discussed the men's skirt, the men's dress, the men's corset. In all consequence, the focus now is on the men's cleavage. Deep necklines and kinky cutouts. This is no crazy invention of the 00s but has historic relevance.
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Ambitions

After discovering my love for and indulging myself in wearing tanga briefs, the next mission is to find the perfect body suit. Preferably minimalist, pure cotton, no funny details. Anyone?
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Image credits Richard Pier Petit, Joe Lally

Marmoreal

Giuliano Fujiwara Spring/Summer 2011

As always Fujiwara presented a well thought-out collection. Cohesive variations of one theme, introducing a range of rubber boots inspired shoes and sandals marked by cross-references to show wrestling and superheroes. I'll take a pair.
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Image credits Catwalking

Digitally Remastered

Laitinen Spring/Summer 2011

Jackets and waistcoats with detachable kilts. Washed raindeer leather pants with side lacings. Digitally printed shirts with a double layered hem. And finally, the reintroduction of the sarong, loosely knot around the waist. With these offerings, Anna and Tuomas Laitinen continue in transforming their signature into reworked concepts of manhood.
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Image credits Chris Vidal

Not Myself Tonight

Disa Treutiger Graduate collection

"We all carry memories, fragments that symbolize different feelings we have experienced. I have made a visual interpretation of loss, oblivion, confusion and change. What is remembered and what is forgotten?"

As obedient devotee, I once again fell for Disa Treutiger's work. When carefully examnining her garments, her conceptual approach becomes self-evident.
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Image credits Kristian Löveborg