Subjective Sentence

Damir Doma Spring/Summer 2012

To cut things short: This was my favourite collection. It summarized beautifully what I would love and love to wear. Elastic strapped waistcoat constructions. Sensual fashion priests.
/HORST

Irrational Poets

1. Damir Doma Fall/Winter 2011
2. Allen Ginsberg, still taken from the movie picture Howl

Formal and conservative on the top, derangedly casual at the bottom. Shirt, tie and cotton shorts. I've verified this composition as the perfect look for the next couple of pre-summer days. Underwear as outerwear.
/HORST

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.
/HORST

The Return

1. Sean & Seng, Damir Doma
2. Robert Mapplethorpe, Petar Petrov
3. Robert Mapplethorpe, Ann Demeulemeester

As previously indicated Paris promoted a beautiful dark twisted fantasy of male sexuality. Paris gave men leather pants. It's a question of belief. And baby, I believe that you were ment for me. And if there's somebody, then baby I believe.
/HORST

Le 22 Samedi

Collections Maison Martin Margiela, Bernhard Willhelm, Mihara Yasuhiro, Tillmann Lauterbach, Damir Doma, Raf Simons

9 shows, 1 presentation and Marc Jacobs gloves for 3 Euros. Mon jour en chiffres. The image quality is bad as always and photoshopped to death - but the colouration sums up this season's feeling of Paris quite well. Note: fluorescent belts and black plastic trousers at Raf Simons.
/HORST

Veil Skirts

Top Comme des Garçons Fall/Winter 1993
Bottom Givenchy, Richard Nicoll, Damir Doma, Rag & Bone, J.W. Anderson, Richard Chai Spring/Summer 2011

We've been confronted with an armada of veil skirts for the upcoming Spring/Summer season. Please note that I find them wonderful, pleasing and intriguing. But I somehow question their originality. Especially when I compare 1993 Comme des Garçons with 2011 Givenchy. I expected more.
/HORST

Cardiology

Damir Doma Silent Fall/Winter 2010

Thanks to the hint of a dear friend I discovered the perfect self-comforting wardrobe for the otherwise humiliating surroundings of gym workouts. The last whit of beauty remaining during one's fight against the consequences of aging.
/HORST