Plastic Surgery

Dior Homme Spring/Summer 2011

The male body as an object of proportion. Divided. Extremeties opposed in relation. The arm, the musculus biceps brachii as the centre of asymmetric divergence. Fabrics and mind are taken away, then replaced again.
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Career Woman

Victoria Stone Graduate collection

Asymmetry and disproportion. The power suit has undergone a mental change. Dissolving in certain areas while heightening in others. Confused and inappropriate in a strinking manner.
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Collector's Item

Helmut Lang Fall/Winter 2003

My newly acquired Helmut Lang shirt. Washed-out black with asymmetric collar cord detail and hand straps. Life is beautiful.
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Compression

Ann Demeulemeester Spring/Summer 2011

To contrast yesterday's confession, serious offerings for a tasteful man's wardrobe. All-white futurism replaces the erstwhile melancholic romanticism of Ann Demeulemeester. An inventive shift to modernity that pleases my eye.
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Not Myself Tonight

Disa Treutiger Graduate collection

"We all carry memories, fragments that symbolize different feelings we have experienced. I have made a visual interpretation of loss, oblivion, confusion and change. What is remembered and what is forgotten?"

As obedient devotee, I once again fell for Disa Treutiger's work. When carefully examnining her garments, her conceptual approach becomes self-evident.
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Medication

Jil Sander Fall/Winter 2010

My body is in pain. And like my currently dysfunctional body, the collection assembles pieces with a construction that seems a wee bit off. Something wrongly sown together, something stuck between layers, something misplaced and asymetrically attached.
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2003

Helmut Lang Fall/Winter 2003

2003 and one designer should not be missing: Helmut Lang. His strap-cutout-reverse scenarios have conquered my heart and left me with the insatiable lust to compile a wardrobe of iconic Helmut pieces.
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2001

Yohji Yamamoto Fall/Winter 2001

After endless hours of archive research and maltreated hands, I do feel a bit dizzy but I also decided about the signature look for 2001: Distorted asymmetry by Yohji Yamamoto.
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Magnifique

Tim Hamilton Spring/Summer 2010

I love it. I love the asymmetric juxtaposition of layers and materials. The colour scheme. The shoes. The black lipstick. The complexity. The devotion that is noticeable behind every single piece. I just love it.
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