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INSPIRATION: WALLS OF FRINGE    

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BURKARD MEYER INSTALLATION Silver chains, used as showroom partitions, were suspended by designer Burkard Meyer in order to resemble sheets of rain droplets. From Biedermeier to Bauhaus, if only I loved Germany as much as I love its designers and architects. An interesting dichotomy of high-low design culture exists there that is perhaps even more [...]

DEATH AND DESIGN: GIVENCHY    

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DEATH AND DESIGN: FASHION    

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Rodarte S/S 2010 Comme des Garçons, S/S 2012 Elle Italia, 2008 Givenchy S/S 2009 Givenchy F/W 2009 VOGUE Italia, 2010 Harujuku dark fashion Kim Kardashian (Can you believe?) YSL, 2010  

DEATH AND DESIGN: FASHION HISTORY    

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For the first funeral I went to, I wore apricot. I thought about black but that seemed so somber. I never really understood why a funeral, or even death for that matter, couldn’t be more of a tributory celebration. So I wore an apricot Chanel suit, because she would have liked that. Black is seductive [...]

DeaTh and DesiGn: Savage Beauty    

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