kate moss - mario testino
flower bondage - via google
pool - joseph gordon & michelle trachtenberg
american motel - via google
ewige liebe - vogue germany (july 2011)
outstanding but very laid back. a discription that goes for performance as well as the collection. the models were leaning backwards. wierd, bizzare but comical the same instant. a feeling that always hangs over a.f. vandevorst. and so are the garments. beautiful but with that twist that makes you look twice. and you will be left in wonder. and admiration. my admiration increased. they are my favourites. I LOVE A.F. VANDEVORST. (yes. i used capitals for that one)
'escapism' shows the permanent urge to escape from virtuality. to leave behind the digital world. half transformed creatures, art, sculptures that enter reality. too extraordinary, too breathtaking and too moving to be actually from this side of the mirror. projected ideas and fears. not home. nor here, nor there. astonishing.
leyla piedayesh did bring a cool, avantgarde summer into being. creations that are on the pulse of time but refuse to be chained to it. they stay for freedom and airiness. but without loosing touch of reality and what is still to come. harmony through duality. day and night caught in color, fabric and mood. and prints that make you dizzy like a neverending always ongoing summer(night's) dream.
garments out of ones dreams. one of those you can not get a grasp on. you will fade in and out of it. but it will haunt you all through the night. and its creatures too. black, strong in a delicate way, bizarre but with beauty beyond words. a beauty you fear because of its darkness and complexity. i lost my heart. to augustin teboul. to their way of making dreams one never admits to have reality.
an amazing party. festival-like. an atmosphere that caught breath and heart. with mechanical creatures inhabitating the place like occasional friends from a long gone dream. floating light-balloons. and music that filled the crowd with joy. mos def. deichkind. do i really need to say more than that. oh yes. do everything you want. but do it always for happiness.