You know those moments when you feel so proud of your country that you’re about to cry? Well, I almost never have those moments because there are more than enough reasons to be ashamed of my homeland. Thus, Vladimir Karaleev gave me one of those truly patriotic moments during Berlin Fashion week. Vladimir Karaleev’s presentation of his vision for women’s
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Is Thom Browne for real? The New York-based designer famous for his prankster fashion collections took his irony and sarcasm to a completely new level. The Herman Munster inspired show separated the fashionistas in two poles – those who hate the new collection and those who love it but wouldn’t really wear it. Women’s Wear Daily said Browne’s “silly show”
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This is maybe one of the most captivating collections of Fashion Week season 2012/2013. The Belgian designer and agent provocateur Walter Van Beirendonck used exclusively faceless models to present his new collection. Usually when you watch a runway show your perception of the models is not really one of human beings. However, Walter took this concept to a new level
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Have you visited the transmediale website recently? It looks horrible! It’s so 1999. It’s just wrong. It’s simply incompatible. At transmediale 2012 everything will revolve around the theme in/compatible. Incompatibility refers to the condition that arises when things don’t work together – a pervasive phenomenon in the field of technology. Both developers and hackers are always working to improve systems;
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There was something disturbing in Yohji Yamamoto’s collection for Autumn Winter 2012 2013. This something wasn’t necessarily a positive assumption – the idea that by fall 2012 we’ll all be dressing up like hobos and Russian war prisoners isn’t that calming. Nevertheless, the collection used, like in past runway shows, unconventional models, which made it also oneof my personal favorites
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How do I feel about varieté programs? I’m always suspicious. They can vary (haha) from very entertaining and sexy to pretty uncomfortable and dull. Thus, I’m going to give variety show one more chance this Saturday at Berlin’s .HBC where our friends from Expatriarch put together Varieté Varieté. The show will treat the audience to cyborg folk, a performance on
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Yesterday evening French designer Romain Kremer and Thierry Mugler creative director resurrected the Mugler Men with a strong and elegant, somewhat darker image during their presentation of Autumn Winter 2012-2013 collection at Paris Fashion Week. The collection started with 2 models coming out with cameras (the videos will be available later) and going on with models you would expect to
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In 1994, Consuelo and Gianni Castiglioni launched Marni, the iconic luxury, eclectic women’s clothing and accessories collection. In addition to the women’s collection, Marni men’s launched in Spring Summer 2002 followed by Eyewear for Fall Winter 2005–06 and Summer and Winter Editions in 2009. 3 years later, the label offers their vision for the season Autumn Winter 2012 2013 in
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When I heard that Sarah Burton was about to present a Victorian inspired collection, all associations I had were “stuffy”, “preposterous”, “simply too much”. Thus, Ms. Burton surprises with an elegant spin on her initial idea for Alexander McQueen‘s Autumn Winter 2012 2013 collection. Modelled at the presentation on a boy who resembles Basquiat, the whole collection thrives on artistry.
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Entropy is disorder; entropy is randomness; entropy is what’s lost in translation; entropy is the inevitable and constant deterioration of society. Reflection of the latter can be found in SUPERM‘s collaborative portfolio called Entropy Parade. Slava Moguitn and Brian Kenny created the series of distorted images / multilayer drawings for the 13th anniversary issue of FLAUNT magazine. After I got
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(So here I am, another Grateful Grapefruit poster. I’m Peter and I hail originally from Burlington, Vermont, but I study New Media outside of NYC at SUNY Purchase. Expect posts from me regarding local NYC artists, happenings, and other things.) This past week I attended a very interesting new media art show at Chelsea gallery Postmasters on the corner of
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Giuseppe Virgone produces maybe the second best export Belgium has to offer after chocolate. Giuseppe is a young fashion designer from Brussels who studied fashion at l’Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Visuels de La Cambre. The designer previewed his Fall/Winter 2012-13 collection inspired by Girolamo Savonarola, a monk from the 15th century. photos: ASVOF
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