Art Department: Paul Mpagi Sepuya

Photos Paul Mpagi Sepuya

Cordially contributing a photographic interpretation of the essence of Lynn & Horst, the creator himself states: "These are pairs, but pairs not that they are separate but that they are slight shifts in viewing of an object. Each is a study that I keep in the background of my studio, pinned to the wall. Lynn & Horst I also come back to as an example of a study, the pairings of objects and references. In these desk and model studies the objects and references become each other."
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Hero Worship

Part 15: Rudolf Nureyev




Photos Unknown, Richard Avedon

Supposedly the best male ballet dancer of the 20th century, his bare athletic perfection has been impressively documented by the aesthete Avedon. A manifest memento of what we aspire.
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Season's Greetings

Photos Bruce Weber

Only 24 days left. The world is covered in whiteness. And minus degrees make me wear an all-in-one at night. Time for a flashback and the Abercrombie & Fitch Christmas catalogue from 1999.
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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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Mixed Media

Top Steven Meisel, Vogue Italia (2007)
Bottom Benbo George, Particles (2008)

Surrealistic objects and appearances. The furry something and the gorilla costume. The round something and the roses-and-pearls embellished designer blouse. Let's have breakfast.
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Not In Fashion

Photos MMK

Jürgen Teller photographing a photographer while arranging his works in the exhibition space. I highly anticipate tonight's opening of Not In Fashion. A reflection on the smybiosis of photography and fashion - including the oeuvre of houses such as Maison Martin Margiela, Comme des Garcons or Helmut Lang.
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Not in Fashion: Fashion and Photography in the 90s, September 25 – Jan 9 2011, MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany

Exhibited

Artworks Jaclyn Santos

I am in love with a new reality TV show: Work Of Art. Project Runway for artists - with better clothes in it. My favourite: Self-voyeuristic Jaclyn Santos, using the Barbie cliché as a core momentum of her work.
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Offence As Defence

Photos Steven Meisel

The final post to conclude my military trilogy: Make Love Not War. And what else do we need: camouflage, half-nakedness, tribal tattoos. I'll try to abandon my obsession pretty soon, promised.
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Multiple Personality

Images Nicholas Cairns, Kai Z Feng, Pierre Debusschere

This series perfectly illustrates my current state of mind. Torn apart between opportunities and obligations, convictions and locations. I am also still confused by the movie Duplicity and Clive Owen's adorable accent.
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Ambitions

After discovering my love for and indulging myself in wearing tanga briefs, the next mission is to find the perfect body suit. Preferably minimalist, pure cotton, no funny details. Anyone?
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Image credits Richard Pier Petit, Joe Lally

Summer Accessory

Photos Asaf Einy

I am craving water melon.
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New Decadence

Photos Stefan Heinrichs
Styling Ingo Nahrwold
Model Keno Weidner
Magazine Hero

For the third and yet most striking issue of Hero Magazine, ornamental Versace silk shirts clash with sports equipment and softdrink refreshment accessories. There is something very stimulative about this head to toe look.
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Aquarobics

Photos American Apparel

The best thing about Milan Fashion Week surely is the swimming trunks part. As my mission to turn into a proper Chelsea boy proceeds, I have to prepare myself for the pool and beach season. The perfect tricot briefs are pictured above, beautifully staged in a Herbert List manner.
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Namesake

Photos Horst P Horst

Finally a tribute to the beautiful work of Horst P Horst that has been long time overdue. Gracious nymphes in black and white. Precise still life compositions. Architecural male nude portraits.
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Metropolis 2010

Photos Karl Lagerfeld

I more and more fall for the photographic genius of Karl Lagerfeld. Especially in regard of his continuation and adaption of utopian fantasies known from modern ancestors such as Fritz Lang and Thierry Mugler. Pursuing the concept of the robot woman.
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Arena Horst Plus

Magazine Arena Home + 1996
Photographer Mario Testino
Styling Carine Roitfeld

The inherent resemblance between this Arena Homme + spread and the universe of Lynn & Horst is remarkable. Take a look at the Ugly Underwear Contest. Or remember this certain fur blanket image for the Replica series. The truth is: I am Carine Roitfeld.
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Vegetable Portraits

Giuseppe Arcimboldo Vertumnus, 1591 vs. Irving Penn 1996

I am full of admiration for Giuseppe Arcimboldo's radical violation against established art definitions of his time. Provocative and forward-thinking, his portraits maintain unquestioned relevance until the very today.
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