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ROBERT MONTGOMERY X EACH OTHER X COLETTE

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Robert Montgomery x Each Other x Colette

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DAWN IN LUXOR

Friday, May 16, 2014

Fashion films are rarely worth their time, except when you have capable hands such as Kahlil Joseph and open minds such as Carol Lim and Humberto Leon revamping the much-hyped Kenzo behind them. The outcome is a dense and atmospheric film that has as little to do with fashion as it does with overfishing [...]

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STORE OF THE MONTH: TRIPLE MAJOR / BEIJING & SHANGHAI

Saturday, May 10, 2014

Concept store might be a tired old word by now, but the concept of a selection of brands and items guided by personal taste and convictions rather than trends remains just as relevant as ever – especially when it comes to China, that coveted ‘future market’ where new shopping malls and luxury flagship stores seem [...]

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MONO.STUDIO: TSESAY SS 2014 CAMPAIGN

Thursday, April 17, 2014

With spring in the air, high time to introduce our second campaign that we produced with mono.studio for New York fashion label tsesay. Continuing our modular graphic system of fashion images juxtaposed on land/cityscapes, this time we focused on summery sun-drenched settings as the tsesay Spring/Summer 2014 collection is largely inspired by surf and [...]

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Cilantro + Ginger

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

A simplistic, tasteful debut collection from the young New York based menswear label Cilantro + Ginger, showcases straight-tailored clothes in fine fabrics and unique, monochromatic prints, entwined with Chinese born designer Zhang Qingyun’s approach of simplicity and attention to detail
“The Fall 2014 collection interprets the closet of an unfamiliar neighbour. He has perhaps four shirts in his wardrobe – [...]

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SPIRITUAL ART READY TO WEAR

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

With her spiritual and esoteric aesthetic, Hilma af Klint became a true pioneer within the abstract movement at the turn of the century. The Swedish label Acne dedicates its spring collection to the artist, by using her mystic and automatic drawings to create a ‘fake normal style’. The result is a subtile collection based on [...]

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INSPIRATIONS

Friday, March 7, 2014

With Paris fashion shows just behind us, what remains is the impressive exhibition Inspirations by our previous cover star Dries van Noten at the Musée des Arts Decoratifs. While the exhibition obviously showcases a fair amount of pieces van Noten has created over the past 20+ years, its title is also to be taken quite [...]

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THE CHANEL KETCHUP

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

After his first time in a supermarket, Karl seems to like the atmosphere. The show of the new collection of Chanel took place in Grand Palais, where transformed to an idiosyncratic supermarket.

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TRUISM OF THE DAY 25: REI KAWAKUBO

Friday, February 7, 2014

Something I’ve always believed: taste should be mistaken for quality (and vice versa). Comme des Garçons‘ notoriously reticent Rei Kawakubo in conversation with the ubiquitous Hans-Ulrich Obrist in the latest issue of System.

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SUMMER DREAMING: RIVIERAS

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Summer seems a long way off in spite of the mild winter we are having so far – so a fine moment to keep dreaming about summers to come, and in particular what we are going to wear, as written for Chinese online journal Mingpao:
Shoes and summer have always posed the difficult dilemma, particularly for [...]

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