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Me: All Yohji Yamamoto Pour Homme except for the jacket which is...

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:02:17 +0100

Me: All Yohji Yamamoto Pour Homme except for the jacket which is Y’s and the shoes which are Marvielab.

wireartist: All Yohji Yamamoto Pour Homme apart from the Tshirt which is Y’s and the shoes which are Clark’s.

lunarynth: if anyone knows tumblr user “lavandula” (oliver fairhurst) please contact his family...

Tue, 14 May 2013 07:44:10 +0100

if anyone knows tumblr user “lavandula” (oliver fairhurst) please contact his family and/or the authorities as he’s posted a suicide note here: http://hyacinthoides.tumblr.com/ and deleted fb.

wireartist and I in Lagos, Nigeria. We are working on a project...

Mon, 13 May 2013 19:47:50 +0100

wireartist and I in Lagos, Nigeria. We are working on a project together :).

recycledfrockery: I Actually love this outfit. the Paisley...

Thu, 09 May 2013 11:00:49 +0100

recycledfrockery:

I Actually love this outfit. the Paisley print suit and the sheer blouse work together. The glasses set it all off. Very upscale english look

urban-prairie-dye-project: A still of indigo dyeing. Baptisia...

Thu, 09 May 2013 10:00:21 +0100

urban-prairie-dye-project:

A still of indigo dyeing. Baptisia tinctoria. Such beautiful skeins!

Photo

Wed, 08 May 2013 08:50:01 +0100

thesensualstarfish: Erminia Passannanti Oxford, Oxfordshire,...

Wed, 08 May 2013 08:49:39 +0100

thesensualstarfish:

Erminia Passannanti

Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

jesuisperdu: CMYK 2007 c-print viviane sassen

Wed, 08 May 2013 08:45:56 +0100

jesuisperdu:

CMYK

2007

c-print

viviane sassen

thebristolboard: Great sequence from The Winter Men #1 by John...

Wed, 08 May 2013 01:46:30 +0100

thebristolboard:

Great sequence from The Winter Men #1 by John Paul Leon, published by DC Comics/Wildstorm, October 2005.

JPL is a beast. Wish he had more stuff on the shelves right now.

Gilded Beast Kelechi Odu 2013 recorded live on 5/5/13 at 9:46 AM EDT

Sun, 05 May 2013 22:56:11 +0100

Gilded Beast Kelechi Odu 2013 recorded live on 5/5/13 at 9:46 AM EDT:

Behind the scenes preview footage of Kelechi Odu’s latest collection “Gilded Beast”.

There is going to be a livestream of the show itself on ustream as well in a couple of minutes I believe so check it out.

Keywords: “Gilded Beast” “Kelechi Odu”

autoreivcontagion: Junya Watanabe FW 2008 These look like...

Sun, 05 May 2013 12:27:20 +0100

autoreivcontagion:

Junya Watanabe FW 2008

These look like they must have been inspired by West African women’s headgear. I think it is Junya that had a collection with Ankara and batik prints?

birikforever: Denise Colomb - Jeune femme Radé, Indochine, ca....

Sun, 05 May 2013 12:25:30 +0100

birikforever:

Denise Colomb - Jeune femme Radé, Indochine, ca. 1937

bostonroll: Undercover spring 2013

Sun, 05 May 2013 12:23:45 +0100

bostonroll:

Undercover spring 2013

shadedfeelings: Rosemary Ferguson in Junya Watanabe by Donald...

Sun, 05 May 2013 12:23:23 +0100

shadedfeelings:

Rosemary Ferguson in Junya Watanabe by Donald Christie. i-D

mangoislandfugitive: Nigerian Sculptor and Painter, the...

Sun, 05 May 2013 12:21:12 +0100

mangoislandfugitive:

Nigerian Sculptor and Painter, the late Ben Enwonwu in his art studio in Ikoyi, suburb of Lagos, Nigeria.

‘’I will not accept an inferior position in the art world. Nor have my art called African because I have not correctly and properly given expression to my reality. I have consistently fought against that kind of philosophy because it is bogus. European artists like Picasso, Braque and Vlaminck were influenced by African art. Everybody sees that and is not opposed to it. But when they see African artists who are influenced by their European training and technique, they expect that African to stick to their traditional forms even if he bends down to copying them. I do not copy traditional art. I like what I see in the works of people like Giacometti but I do not copy them. I knew Giacometti personally in England, you know. I knew he was influenced by African sculptures. But I would not be influenced by Giacometti, because he was influenced by my ancestors.”

organization: Ko Nakano This is so good. Brings a tear to my...

Fri, 03 May 2013 18:53:37 +0100

organization:

Ko Nakano

This is so good. Brings a tear to my eye T.T

fashinpirate: Nothin like the sweet smell of some racists being...

Fri, 03 May 2013 18:52:32 +0100

fashinpirate:

Nothin like the sweet smell of some racists being wrong as hell and having it in black-and-white to laugh at forever.

For reference, this Meredith was Meredith Etherington-Smith, a London correspondent for WWD.

"Sexy” is too simplistic a word to describe these clothes, though Saint Laurent at his worst..."

Fri, 03 May 2013 18:51:53 +0100

““Sexy” is too simplistic a word to describe these clothes, though Saint Laurent at his worst overemphasizes a woman’s shape, and then his clothes look tarty. When he’s at his best, their sex appeal is part of something larger—a sense of pride, even of power. His clothes also convey intelligence, dignity, integrity, arrogance, sophistication, and a respect for order. The dread and hopelessness that pervade so many of the recent clothes by Japanese designers, notably Rei Kawakubo, are nowhere to be found in Saint Laurent’s collections. Japanese fashion in its more extreme forms prefigures a world that no one is looking forward to. The woman who wears Comme des Garcons (Kawakubo’s label) is well off but not proud of it, unwilling to dress herself up so that other people have something pleasing to look at, and overburdened by the news she reads every day in the paper.”

- “The truth in Fiction” by Holly Brubach The Atlantic May 1984

Reminder of how Rei Kawakubo and Yohji Yamamoto were discussed by press post their debut. Often time Saint Laurent was used as a juxtaposition and example of what was considered “good.” (via organization)

Kelechi Odu presents his latest menswear collection...

Fri, 03 May 2013 14:50:31 +0100

Kelechi Odu presents his latest menswear collection “Gilded Beast” on the 5th of May in New York.

There will be a boxing match between the designer and “Rockstar Charlie” Charlie Himmelstein, the model/boxer and founder of “Friday Night Throwdown” fame alongside a presentation of the collection.

Wish I was in New York :(

thelncc: Rear peplum from #Sacai SS13 >...

Fri, 03 May 2013 13:21:30 +0100

thelncc:

Rear peplum from #Sacai SS13 > http://bit.ly/12vunfH