Fruit Salad

Jil Sander Fall/Winter 2011

Oops! He did it again! Deep in my heart I was hoping and expecting a renunciation to colour. Hasn't happened. So my wardrobe will have to pause another season. I do like mangos though.
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Image credits Catwalking

Recall

Top Christina Aguilera
Bottom Girls Aloud

As I've still not seen any result of perpetuating the topic I'll explain it one more time: This is Barbie Fashion. And it got lost. Sometimes it still appears in Cheryl Cole videos. But we need it in an everyday context.
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Hero Worship

Part 14: RuPaul





These days I've been infiltrated by the genius of RuPaul. And it's not all about her fashion extravaganza. It's the sound of her voice and the sharp tongue. Eats your heart out.
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Dream Marriage

House of Holland, Blumarine & Roberto Cavalli Spring/Summer 2011

A Russian dating service advertisement caught my attention while watching ANTM so I had to stop and share my latest longing with you: I really want a fake blonde barbie girlfriend with big boobs. If you are her, please contact me.
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Naked Power Yoga

That's what we've all been waiting for: a naked power yoga DVD. Peter Breen might not have won our Ugly Underwear Contest but he prefers to wear nothing at all anyway. And his latest piece of work concedes his point.
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Hero Worship

Part 12: Katie Price





I sincerely apologize for this post. But recently I fell in love with Katie Price. Touched by her duet with Peter Andre. And positively shocked seeing her performing in a shiny pink catsuit. This is what I want when wishing for a Barbie Fashion revival.
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Acknowledgment Of Gratitude

Crinkled shirt Ana Hernández-Cornet
Flip sunglasses Asger Juel Larsen

A declaration of love to the determination and devotedness of two outstanding design personalities. Both adding relevance to a system called fashion and creating self-reflected identity with every garment.
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Another Variation

Jil Sander Spring/Summer 2011

Colour. And flowers. I agree it is a reference to the minimalist core of an early Jil Sander. Accordingly pure is the self-repetition of Raf Simons and his encounter with waist-conscious tailoring and a short shorts spirited mind.
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Image credits Style.com

Ghetto Kitten

Astrid Andersen Graduate Collection

Rude boys in leopard print. Baseball jackets and animal print cycling shorts. As her name implies, Astrid Andersen continues the legacy of two literates: Astrid Lindgren and Hans Christian Andersen. Telling a wonderful fairytale.
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Image credits Catwalking

Barbie Fashion

Armani Fall/Winter 2000
Cavalli Spring/Summer 2004 & Gucci Spring/Summer 2002
Cavalli Fall/Winter 2003 & Versace Spring/Summer 2003

I actually do miss Barbie Fashion. I wanna see tacky girls in metallic pink bell-bottoms, big 3-Wetter-Taft hair, fake fur and mini skirts. Now that we've learned to dress in black draped pieces by Haider Ackermann and Ann Demeulemeester we should have a quick shopping spree in a suburban super mall.
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Holistic Triptych

Top Guy Bourdin
Center Massimo & Lella Vignelli
Bottom Thomas Kiesewetter

Guy, Massimo and Thomas unconsciously connected via form and colour. Transmedial concepts that carry a similar notion and degree of expression. Reducing the principles of life to triangle, circle and square.
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Alienesque

John Galliano Spring/Summer 2003

Porcelain dolls in exuberant colours. Wrapped in tunics, veils, dresses and scarfs. Too much of everything. Too much of romanticism. Too much of orientalism. Overdosage of such a degree only a John Galliano is allowed to.
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Image credits Steven Meisel, Catwalking