It always feels like a fast forward to the future when I see, feel and wear Y-3. The SS16 men’s collection presented at Paris fashion week on Sunday last week was no different – effortlessly elegant, expressively agile and most of all – contemporary. Thirteen years in 2016, Y-3 is still a strong partnership between Japanese design icon Yohji Yamamoto and adidas. For
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Matthias and Donovan Vriens-McGrath‘s outspoken nature and daring designs are synthesized in their Out Russian Olympics design for BL33N. Personally affected by the uncontrollably spreading bigotry and unpunished crimes against humanity happening in Russia, the creative powerhouse couple launched their rebel in the form of a T-shirt in their trademark two-face design. In Donovan’s own words, he describes his passion
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Hello, my name is Christo Mitov and I have PWPTSD – post winter post traumatic stress disorder. The memory of this morning in May when I woke up and I saw the snow on the ground is when something died inside me. However, the summer made it quite even. Among all the hot adventures and the sizzling hot days you’ll
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He is one of the most warm hearted people I’ve ever met. His work strikes with passion and raw honesty. Donovan was born in Texas to a military family that originated from Boston. The early years of his life he moved around the US every few years as military families do. Settling back in Texas as a teenager Mr. Vriens-McGrath
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It’s a well-known fact that Grateful Grapefruit never seized to surprise with show-stopping trends – mostly hand-picked finds by our skillful fashion editorial staff. It’s a heavy cross to bear, but also an exciting quest to embark on. True to our adventurous spirit and hardcore fashionista beliefs, here comes the latest necessity for Summer 2013 and it is NOT a perfect body. It’s rare
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Facilitated Mess was originally posted in the current issue of ZOO magazine. However, because you’re truly special and surprisingly fruity, you get 5 exclusive unpublished images by the powerhouse talent Matthias Vriens-McGrath.
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If it was up to Aitor Throup, the future we live in would be a cyber goth post-apocalyptic dystopia set in the remains of a video game which you never win – or if it was to be compared to a color pallet it would be a world deep in the dull anthracites with romantic notes of soft warm gray. His collections
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I’ve returned to Berlin again over a year since me being here last and it’s been so far (aside from a bad döner messing with health) a rather pleasant experience. I was able to attend my first Fashion Week ever where I got a first hand look at Berlin based designer Sissi Götze’s work in the separate “Studio” room adjacent to the
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It’s been a whole year since I set foot at Berlin Fashion Week. After this 2 season absence, little has changed in the constellation and choice in designers and events. Nonetheless, my favorites remain the shows of Vladimir Karaleev (which I’ll see tomorrow) Sissi Goetze (which was yesterday) and my friends, the Romanian Designers. The latter I saw on Tuesday
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Gosha is not really the first thing to pop up in your mind when you think Russian fashion and style. Gosha Rubchinskiy’s menswear feels like the freshest, most relevant not only in the former Soviet center, but worldwide right now. Made in conjunction with Japanese avant-gardists Comme des Garçons, the 26-year-old Russian designer built his collection around simple ideas like the
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For his spring/summer 2013 collection Raf Simons releases a teaser in the form of an abstract short film in collaboration with visual artists Pierre Debusschere. Styled by Robbie Spencer and art directed by Marieke Van Dongen the eerie video showcases snippets of the collection – well-tailored shirts, floral printed suits and textual garments and in the background you hear a lot of
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I started wearing glasses out of necessity back in 2001. Since I am short-sighted and I have to wear the prescription glasses almost all the time, I always paid great attention to detail when it comes to choosing eyewear. Right after I moved to Berlin in 2006 I bought my first MYKITA frame, followed by a new one in 2008 and
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