Gaultier Questions

1. Jean-Paul Gaultier Fall/Winter 1991
2. Alexander McQueen Fall/Winter 2009

For this series, the pairing of images does not implicate the process of replication, duplication or copying. Rather, it identifies related ideas and their processing into connatural garments. Thoughts?
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Transmitter Medium

Maison Martin Margiela Spring/Summer 2011

Logical and consequent. Reducing the garment to a flat, non-dimensional shape. Re-using the female body as nothing but its theoretical framework. Oversized forms forced into fit. Acrylic glass window displays exceeded into jewellery.
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Killer Heels

Photos Unknown, Indlekofer & Knoepfel

Two daring options. Available at your favourite fetish shop or, respectively, medical supply center. Who would have thought leg splints translate so beautifully.
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Litigation

Raf Simons Spring/Summer 2006

Another remarkable body of evidence for Raf Simons' ingeniousness. Formal innocence conquered by structure, neglect and deletion. Cutout shirts and sheer coats threatened by overdimensioned trousers. The sentence: Guilty.
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2005

Raf Simons Fall/Winter 2005

Despite the risk of boring you, there has not been a more suitable collection for the year 2005 than Raf Simons. Worshipped and adored for exaggerated shapes and the variation of proportion.
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Image credtis GQ.com

Adolescence

Raf Simons Fall/Winter 2005

I love the old Raf Simons collections so much, but I don't own a single piece. Isn't it dramatic. It may be explained by the fact that my fashion consciousness just began to materialize with the very beginning of this blog. Shame on me.
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Image credits Vogue.com

Invulnerability

Jil Sander Spring/Summer 2010

The most elegant dysfunction. Broken, ripped, crinkled. Exploded volume, fluorescent glow, ruined texture. The highest level of felicitous risk taking. Nearly invisible.
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Image credits Catwalking

Hyperbole

Valentino Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2009

The most beautiful Haute Couture collection. Soft, fragile and feminine. Each and every look dark and strong. The superelevation of shape and indicated nudity. Multiplied, highly romantic details that appear tamed, always delicate.
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Posture

Anna-Sara Dåvik Spring/Summer 2010

Exaggerated monster women armed with 10 meter legs, black garbage bags and bricks. Totally elegant and captivating. Hold your breath and hide under their wafting robes. Smell their tulip based perfumes and close your eyes.
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A Broad Hint

Alexandre Vauthier Spring/Summer 2009

Walking triangles, dress-centric and thigh-high split. What else can one ask for. Of course it is way too in-your-face and anxiously demonstrative but we all love power dressing and extreme silhouettes, don't we.
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Image credit Giovanni Giannoni

Extravaganza

Pictures Claude Montana

The inventor of the shoulder pad. Creator of overly wide leather jackets with fringe. The pastel and mustard loving moustache man. Known for bold colours, exaggeration, geometry. The definition of cheesy elegance with glossy lips. But also a lover of clear architectural silhouettes and connoisseur of the beauty of black. So there is just one thing left for me to say: Do the catwalk baby!
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