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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Sheer Stripe Fight

Louise Goldin Spring/Summer 2011 vs. The Fifth Element

Hardly any collection images have found their way to the outside world. A well kept secret and mystery. Until Rihanna appeared in a sheer, striped combat dress. An evident tribute to one of the best movies of our times.
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Image credits Showstudio

Wooden Veneer Fight

Rodarte Spring/Summer 2011 vs. Bavarian balcony

Absolutely loved this collection. Carvings on planks as dresses. One cannot deny a certain resemblance to the traditional Bavarian balcony. Or the typical yet brutal wall systems Germans are so fond of. But yes, bad childhood memories can be transformed into renewed contexts of beauty.
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Little Dress Fight

Raf Simons Fall/Winter 2010 vs. Alex Katz The Black Dress, 1960

Two artists in their own right. Two interpretations of one timeless classic. The uniform of the intellectual elite. The little black dress. Now available for both sexes. I'm a woman.
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Trending Topics Fight

Dries van Noten Fall/Winter 2010 vs. Camel

I am in love with every single piece from that collection. And I realized: I need this double-breasted jacket. In the colour camel. I know it's hip and trendy but I have to surrender to it. It's hip and trendy in a good way.
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Image credits Catwalking, Google

Shopping Bag Fight

Moschino Cheap & Chic Fall/Winter 2010 vs. Tim Eitel 'Asphalt'

Mass consumption, kitsch and Neue Leipziger Schule. Unreflected gossip girl mentality versus social criticism? Status symbols versus irony? Besides all speculations and interpretations: What counts in the end is that you can wear your shopping bag as a hat this fall!
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Neon Letters Fight

Adeline André Fall/Winter 2010 vs. Light writing

The woman who invented the world famous 'three sleeve hole' must be admired for her outré design approach. Continuously challenging and re-forming the term 'wearability'. And again, I am taken by her lightness/light-heartedness.
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Sweet Gradient Fight

Gaspard Yurkievich Fall/Winter 2010 vs. Langnese Dolomiti

The shoes, the sleeves, the almost forgotten ice cream. While I would not recommend to lick the Yurkievich coat, we all remember summer and Dolomiti ice cream. A truly melancholic memory.
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Image credits Catwalking, Till Fischer

Pink Candy Fight

Comme des Garçons Spring/Summer 2010 vs. Cotton candy

I just love cotton candy. In any context. And now I'm hungry.
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Nude Feminity Fight

Lilly Heine Graduate collection vs. Tit scarf

By building up multiple layers of lasercut wool crepe, Lilly Heine creates three-dimensional shapes of severe precision. Literally adding a new dimension to textile technology. I can hear Prada knocking on her door.
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War Paint Fight

Acne Fall/Winter 2010 vs. Iroquois

Ethnic futursim and Klingon references. I would have recommended to add some lip implant metal accessories by Husam El Odeh to complete the styling. Otherwise, the Acne space odyssey is quite something.
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Image credits Dazed Digital

Silver Geegaw Fight

Stella McCartney Fall/Winter 2009 vs. £1 decoration

This coat is multifunctional. It may replace the christmas tree. And it also perfectly serves as new year's decoration.
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White Feathers Fight

Todd Lynn Spring/Summer 2010 vs. Baby swan

Innocent and vulnerable while mean and aggressive. As fascinating as threatenting. Nature hides the most evil behind soft façades.
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Electrical Cable Fight

Versace Spring/Summer 2010 vs. Electrical cable

A green-yellow power cable leading to a circuit board. How could one describe a look more precisely?
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Safety Arrow Fight

Julian James Smith Spring/Summer 2010 vs. Arrow signs

Safety first. Equipped with a shiny midnight blue helmet and guided by reflecting direction arrows nothing can go wrong. Right?
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Evil Brain Fight

Maria Melinder Graduate Collection vs. Krang

Somehow, don't ask me why, this look reminded me of a brain. But not just a brain, the brain. The evil brain from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Life is beautiful.
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T-Bone Fight

Katie Eary Spring/Summer 2010 vs. T-bone steak

Yummy or disgusting? A bloody battle of taste.
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Image credits Catwalking

Protective Net Fight

Issey Miyake Spring/Summer 2010 vs. Nashi in foam net

The nashi fruit comes in a nice soft foam net. Structured and skin-tight. Alike this Issey Miyake look that is reminescent of an exotic fruit in luminescent colours and of spectacular foreign taste. Please handle with care.
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Floral Drape Fight

Moschino Spring/Summer 2010 vs. Frida Kahlo

Synapses create beautiful image layers in my mind's eye. And in this case, the similarities are surreal.
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Image credits Catwalking

Organic Proliferation Fight

Mark Fast Spring/Summer 2010 vs. Bracket fungus

It may appear pejorative to compare fashion with fungus but it is meant in the most beautiful way. Trust me.
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Image credits Catwalking