Ritual

Walter van Beirendonck Fall/Winter 2011

Fashion's only true Bärchen surprised us with a tailored and quite conservative approach. Picturing the modern shaman. Whose suit is gradually conquered by colour and absurdity. The dichotomy of the tamed and feral perfectly summarized by hair sculptures - an aesthetic topic also discussed here.
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Image credits Catwalking, Dazed Digital

Ritual

Walter van Beirendonck Fall/Winter 2011

Fashion's only true Bärchen surprised us with a tailored and quite conservative approach. Picturing the modern shaman. Whose suit is gradually conquered by colour and absurdity. The dichotomy of the tamed and feral perfectly summarized by hair sculptures - an aesthetic topic also discussed here.
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Image credits Catwalking, Dazed Digital

Le 21 Vendredi

Collections Julius, Walter van Beirendonck, Kris van Assche, Cerruti, Henrik Vibskov, John Galliano

Paris blackberry diary day two. Highlights include Tony Ward at the best show so far: Kris van Assche. And Russian ballet at John Galliano, reading Sophokles while waiting for the gender snow storm to start.
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Discipline

Photos Greg Vaughn
Model Mikus Lasmanis

Neon and neoprene. High performance utility wear and high fashion. Skintight and structured. There is a reason I always liked to watch swimming in television.
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Le 22 Vendredi

Day 2 of the marathon of men in heels. A glitter boots finale and half-naked boys backstage at Tim Hamilton. Cute boys in cute suits under custody of Cerruti's new design director Jesper Borjesson. Supersized male anatomy at Walter van Beirendonck. Dedication to absolute wearability at Kris van Assche. Exquistely printed velvet at Laitinen. Finalement, star-crossed ghosts at Blaak Homme. Et voilà.
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Do Not Feed

One of their best issues ever.
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I Want Muscles

Walter van Beirendonck Spring/Summer 2009

Okay I have to show this because it is so brilliant. Using the beard as his signature, Walter van Beirendonck beats himself. See all 36 model dwarf reincarnations of the Antwerp avantgardist.
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Art Wear

Walter van Beirendonck in words: Antwerp, avantgardist, Royal Academy, fashion, action, profound, original, stylistic, ethnically, art wear, aggressive, graphism, flamboyant, colours, SIX, different, project, big, force, creativity, panache, modernity, explosive, virtuousity.

Walter van Beirendonck in pictures:




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