Ph: Mark Cohen
By Issey Miyaki (1977)
[A-Poc Making: Issey Miyake and Dai Fujiwara, (2001)]
Hisaji Hara, A study of ‘Katia Reading’, 2009. Courtesy of Michael Hoppen Gallery.
Elliott Erwitt Acropolis Museum, Athens
by Balint Barna
Schriftzug Wien Venedig (1973), VALIE EXPORT
“In 1973, at Vienna South station, VALIE EXPORT wrote the term “Schriftzug” (Writing) several times on a second-class coach of the Austrian Federal Railways, using its surface as a blackboard. The result of this minimal performance is a series of four pictures depicting the message disappearing as the train departs.” (via)
Zhang Xin Yuan in front of Yukio Mishima, Ordeal of the Roses #32, Eikoh Hosoe, 1961
_skizze/sketch 2013-04-24
Branko Maselj by Stefani Pappas for Boys by Girls
Comme des garçons, 1988
“Of course there are business as well as creative reasons for the Comme des Garçons style. The point of a remarkable interior is to evoke such a strong sense of identity that even the most humble purchase - a belt or a pair of socks - brings with it some of that underlying identity. The contrast between the textures of the garments, hanging on neatly spaced racks that read like sculptural elements and the cement wall is all part of the establishment of the uniqueness of the Comme des Garçons label. To put too many garments on display can diminish their impact, hence the company’s first Paris shop had on show less than half the stock a conventional high-fashion retailer would have installed. In environments with so few distractions, the customer can hardly fail to be aware of the subtle qualities of the clothes.”
from rei kawakubo and comme des garçons
Spring-Summer 1997, Raf Simons (Antwerp, January 1997)
photography ronald stoops make-up inge grognardINGE GROGNARD/RONALD STOOPS, Ludion