Confrontation Therapy

Underwear Nikos

As indicated before I have to overcome my aversion to velvet. When I found this black velvet Nikos tanga with mesh cutout detail, me and my therapist were convinced the experiment had succeeded.
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White Lace Fight

Dolce & Gabbana Spring/Summer 2011 vs. Lace underwear

Take a Dolce & Gabbana collection, divide and transform its elements into men's underwear. Lace. Leopard. Crystals. Cutouts. Conservatism and liberality. It's wrong, it's beautiful.
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Décolleté

We have discussed the men's skirt, the men's dress, the men's corset. In all consequence, the focus now is on the men's cleavage. Deep necklines and kinky cutouts. This is no crazy invention of the 00s but has historic relevance.
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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

Marmoreal

Giuliano Fujiwara Spring/Summer 2011

As always Fujiwara presented a well thought-out collection. Cohesive variations of one theme, introducing a range of rubber boots inspired shoes and sandals marked by cross-references to show wrestling and superheroes. I'll take a pair.
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Image credits Catwalking

Digitally Remastered

Laitinen Spring/Summer 2011

Jackets and waistcoats with detachable kilts. Washed raindeer leather pants with side lacings. Digitally printed shirts with a double layered hem. And finally, the reintroduction of the sarong, loosely knot around the waist. With these offerings, Anna and Tuomas Laitinen continue in transforming their signature into reworked concepts of manhood.
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Image credits Chris Vidal

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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Image credits Kristian Löveborg

Profanity II

Alexander Wang Fall/Winter 2010

12 hours later in full beauty. I must say I am convinced.
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Image credits Catwalking

Profanity

Alexander Wang Fall/Winter 2010

Just 5 minutes later. Life stream screen shots and my BBM commentary: Velvet. Bra cutouts. Black. Backpacks. Quite Prada-ish. Sunglasses worn over hair on sides. Styling is excellent. Seriously. Silver pearls in narrow geometric lines. Really good I have to admit.
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Psychologic

Jil Sander Fall/Winter 2009

Lately, I've been asked what kind of dress would characterize me best. What dress would I pick if I were a woman. What dress would I dream of. And this is my choice. Minimal and severe but also complicated and allusively sexual.
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Centaur

Rick Owens Spring/Summer 2004

Liminal beings, caught between the two natures. Embodied in contrasted myths. Revived by the tender Rick Owens formula, these creatures wear cutout trousers and a ponytail.
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Litigation

Raf Simons Spring/Summer 2006

Another remarkable body of evidence for Raf Simons' ingeniousness. Formal innocence conquered by structure, neglect and deletion. Cutout shirts and sheer coats threatened by overdimensioned trousers. The sentence: Guilty.
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