Hunting High And Low

Artworks Christopher Russell

Standards are high. But it's lonely up there. It's a tough way. And when you look down upon the scenery you realize it's all tiny and doesn't really matter. How to loose one's demands? Tonight, I wanna be with the mountains.
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A Short History Of The Plastic Raincoat In Popular Culture II

1. Abbey Lee Kershaw, i-D Spring 2010
2. Patrik Ervell Fall/Winter 2010
3. Richard Nicoll Fall/Winter 2009 & Comme Comme Spring/Summer 2011
5. American Psycho, 2000
6. Lady Gaga, Vanity Fair 2010
7. Scarlet Street (1945), Follow Me Quietly (1949), Miss Sadie Thompson (1953)
8. Helmut Lang Spring/Summer 2003 & Spring/Summer 2005

Don't ask me why but I am still researching, archiving and assembling reference images picturing the use of clear plastic in fashion. One might call it obsession, I'd like to see it more as a tribute to an underexposed brilliancy.
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P.S.: The original plastic raincoat from Blade Runner sold for $1,600.00 on ebay.

Image credits Catwalking, Jak & Jil, Style.com

Everything But The Girl

Miu Miu Spring/Summer 2011

Boxy jackets with stylised peacock feathers and silk dresses with white swan prints. It is Miu Miu. It is complex and willing to take risks. It is crazy in a good way. Miuccia Prada is the best womenswear designer. Full stop.
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Image credits Catwalking

Extravaganza

Prada Spring/Summer 2011

The ugly beautiful amazingness of Miuccia Prada. Hourglass silhouettes. Minimalism charged with tackiness. Striped fox tail stoles. Op-art sombrero hats. Lonely island iconography. Too much to handle, so much to love.
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Image credits Catwalking

Hero Worship

Part 12: Katie Price





I sincerely apologize for this post. But recently I fell in love with Katie Price. Touched by her duet with Peter Andre. And positively shocked seeing her performing in a shiny pink catsuit. This is what I want when wishing for a Barbie Fashion revival.
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Tender Truth

Dries van Noten Spring/Summer 2011

As the romantic dandy merges with the vicious rebel, the Dries van Noten man claims his warm, soft spot in my bedroom. He is arrogant and egocentric. Sometimes he annoys me. But I can look behind this façade and see the broken and loving.
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Image credits Catwalking

Acknowledgment Of Gratitude

Crinkled shirt Ana Hernández-Cornet
Flip sunglasses Asger Juel Larsen

A declaration of love to the determination and devotedness of two outstanding design personalities. Both adding relevance to a system called fashion and creating self-reflected identity with every garment.
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Time After Time

Gaspard Yurkievich Spring/Summer 2011

As simple and crude it may sound: I love Gaspard. Almost every collection finds my laudatory commentary. And I am convinced again. 'Yes' to utility backpacks, suits with baseball caps and layered shorts.
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Image credits Catwalking

Honest Proposal

Calvin Klein Spring/Summer 2011

In fact, nothing is nicer than the urgent impulse to write about something. The need to show and discuss it. Or to praise it. I always believed in the Calvin Klein man. And I never got disappointed. So, will you marry me?
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Image credits Catwalking

Forbidden Love

Photos Sadegh Tirafkan, tumblr

My learning after being at a temple of fitness this morning, and I know it is unexcusable: I feel attracted to the utmost evil invention of the 90s - the tribal tattoo! Who's gonna put me back onto the right path?
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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