On My Cupboard III

Reclam Kitsch. Texte und Theorien

What I bought yesterday. Non-wearable, non-refundable, non-fictional. Pro-intellectual equipment for the mind. Not the body. No designer clothes, just rows of printed text to read between.
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Suggestion #1

Diamonds & Pearls: Dolce & Gabbana, 2008

This certain time of the year has come. Presenting: the most coveted pieces. Preferably wrapped in expensive glitter paper. Awaiting the warm touch of my hands. Staged under a white plastic christmas tree.
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Twitpic

Photo Mariano Vivanco

One reason to love twitter: Now we know Mariano Vivanco will publish a new Dolce & Gabbana book soon. And he is kind enough to provide us with a little teaser.
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Algetic Abstinence

Magazine Comme des Garçons Six

The curse of being born in the 80s: The fashion consciousness not established enough to witness and worship the creative heights of the 90s. May it be Helmut Lang or Comme des Garçons - I want my piece of this cake now!
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The Unfeasible

Book 6+ Antwerp Fashion

The beauty of article scans. When I hold this publication in my hands and flipped through its pages I instantly knew: I want it. I need it. The disillusion: It's not available anymore. So if anyone wants to shake it off those dusty shelves, here I am. Willing to take loving care of it.
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Subtitle

Another magazine that should soon enrich my collection. Especially these two issues. It is fascinating how strinkingly well the cover artworks reflect their time and aesthetic mood. Throughout all past decades.
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Via Catch Fire

Latest Acquirement

Cover Arena Homme + Winter/Spring 2006/2007

Unbelievable but true: I actually won something at this well-known online auction platform. 300 pages filled with Bruce Weber, Alasdair McLellan, Willy Vanderperre, David Sims and Miuccia Prada.
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Introductory Copy

Magazine Decoy

Illustrateur extraordinaire Richard Kilroy, known from our Art Department, enriches our life with a new fanzine dedicated to the art of illustration. We take a bow to his achievement and genius.
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Absolutism

Bruce Weber Roberto Bolle: An Athlete in Tights

Another essential addition to any photography/art collection. A beautiful selection and assemblage of photographs, drawings, commentary and further aesthetic references. Unifying everything we want and desire from a Bruce Weber monograph.
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Auf Wiedersehen

032c 19th Issue “William T. Vollmann", Summer 2010

When proudly flipping through the new shiny red issue of 032c, featuring typography apes on the cover, I stumbled upon a very familiar content: screen caps of Richard Gere in American Gigolo. A nice continuation.
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