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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Bodies Of Decadence

1. Tony Ward by James Armstrong, 1982
2. Mary Katrantzou Spring/Summer 2011

A young Tony Ward's well-defined exterior. And a young Mary Katrantzou's trompe l'œil interior dresses. Pretty surfaces that offer intricate yet delicate insights. Come in and find out.
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Watering Flowers

Photos Unknown

A rather romantic adaption of the Duchamps urinal. And a rather entertaining pose. A rather provocative post title as well, I may assume. Put shortly: We like to say it with flowers.
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Die Umarmung

Some might remember the infamous google game. An ongoing online experiment of randomness. This time I googled the German word Umarmung, to be translated as embrace. I love 90s sepia kitsch.
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Manipulation

Asger Juel Larsen Spring/Summer 2011

Protective garments that reflect the intensity and bravery of craftsmanship. Intense hues of red and orange that evoke the notion of bursting fire. Cropped and sleeveless tops that expose the wearer's masculinity, strength and sex. Shiny, crispy and studded.
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Presentation and live installation from today at Machine A, London.

Coming Next

Thursday is gym day. And the workout will be followed by bed, movies and white meringue. This really doesn't make any sense at all, does it?
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Synonyms

Top Prada Fall/Winter 2008
Bottom Unknown

The intellectual and the lascivious. Two images, two layers of meaning. Based upon one similar principle, respectively garment. I wonder how one would call these trapezium-shaped, belted tops?
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Testosterone

Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy 1992

Models, armpits and Buffalo style. Mesh shirts, leather catsuits and broad belts. Shirts, cats and cupboards. This video might be known for an overstrung lack of taste, but mixed within are remarkably cool fashion shots.
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Temporary Memorial

After paying tribute to Brigitte Nielsen and reviving the platinum blonde, my new haircut feels a bit like Dolph Lundgren. A style you can only achieve by confiding in a Frankfurt hair dresser who still lives in an abstract version of the 90s.
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Ball Games II

To fight my German beer belly I will start going to the gym. To work out and watch other people working out. Only one question remains: What to wear?
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Harmless

Gaspard Yurkievich Spring/Summer 2010

A little bit of Gaspard Yurkievich can never do wrong. I strongly recommend biceps and triceps exposure for summer. Either by wearing a voluminous top or waistcoats with bare arms.
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Image credits Catwalking

Climb

Video stills from the first film by Collier Schorr for Tim Hamilton Spring/Summer 2010. Gym. Muscles. Sweat. Strong arms grasping a rope. Exhausted bodies, raw hands.
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Steel Muscle Fight

Kye CSM Graduate Collection 2009 vs. He-Man

Yes, I should go to the gym. My German beer belly is annoying. I want a sixpack. But isn't the gym unbearably boring? Rather just put on a soft and smooth muscle jumper, no?
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Ball Games

Greek gods in silver and gold. Bodies of steel, protected by shield and armor. Identical twins sent from Mount Olympus.
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