Transmitter Medium

Maison Martin Margiela Spring/Summer 2011

Logical and consequent. Reducing the garment to a flat, non-dimensional shape. Re-using the female body as nothing but its theoretical framework. Oversized forms forced into fit. Acrylic glass window displays exceeded into jewellery.
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Holistic Triptych II

Top Pierre Cardin, Suit 1979
Center Theo van Doesburg, Arithmetic Composition 1930
Bottom Vico Magistretti, Kuta Table 1978

A suit, a painting, a lamp. The triangle, the circle, the square. A man could reduce his belongings in life to these three things. And their endless variation/combination/repetition.
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Kindness

Disa Treutiger Designer's Nest 2010

It is impressive to watch a young talent evolving a signature design language. Disa Treutiger's pieces instantly stood out and caught my attention due to a subconscious feeling of familiarity. Soft mutations of structure and plasticity that enwind the female body.
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Image credits Copenhagen Fashion Week

Three Drawings

Artworks Unknown, Jean Cocteau, Theo Firmo

Thin lines creating three-dimensionality. Implicating interactions of the male body and investigating on their physique. Reduced to a minimum of means while simultaneously creating layered meaning.
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Replica

Horst Meier vs. Wassily Kandinsky



T-Shirt Levi's Red
Shorts Acne Jeans
Reversed bomber jacket Second Hand
Knife IKEA
Stool Vitra

May I introduce to you a new Lynn & Horst series. Dispiteously facing world renowned examples of art history. The aesthetic discourse documented and re-interpreted with photo booth. This time: The highly discussed Wassily Kandinsky, equally associated with appreciation and disgust.
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Eclecticism

Dries van Noten Fall/Winter 2010

From purism to sportswear to silk luxury. From grey and beige to neon and gold. It's an undefinable eclectic whole that creates cohesion and unity. Extending the variation of patterns and textures to the variation of moods and life contexts.
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Image credits Catwalking

Inverted Curve

Top Herb Ritts
Bottom Ellsworth Kelly, 1959

The work of two iconic artists peacefully united. Diametrically opposed to each other. The human and inhuman. The line, the black surface, the inner and outer border. Perversion and inversion.
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Plakatkunst

I have a thing for printed matter. As an indeniably logic consequence, I compiled a random selection of my favourite image/text compositions. Especially for you.
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Anaphylactic Reaction

Romain Kremer Fall/Winter 2010

Romain Kremer's vision evolves. Heading towards a strictly graphic translation of his conceptual approach to menswear. Purism and form gain impeccable strength, the outcome structured and severe. Needless to say that I am in love.
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Image credits Catwalking

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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Form

Could there be any better proof that severe geometry suits the human body best? I wonder what attracts me about pure shape? It might be the negation of the male respective female figure. The absolute priority of the clothes before the body.
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Wishlist 10

House of depth by Kouichi Kimura Architects

A concrete house. Rough and cold. Minimal cubes, open floor, industrial materials. Yes, I want.
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The use of

Pieces of geometry make me gasp over and over again. When fashion lookbooks combine artificial gestures with hard forms it's pure satisfaction for me and my fashionmatic brain...



Photos: Ulla Johnson, Carin Wester, Matthew Ames, Acne Jeans

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