This is the short version of the 5th issue of Ilikemystyle Quarterly, the first user generated fashion magazine.

1. the first user-generated fashion magazine
i like
my
stYle Quarterly
Cyril Duval
(username: itemidem)
from New York
Sophisticated Summer looks
Thought-Provoking Swimwear
Dating Rules Updated
Au/Be/De/Es/Fr/Gr/It/Nl/Port Cont: € 9.00
CH 13.50 SF UK: £8.50 Plus:
05 users of ilikemystyle.net on John Galliano, Maurizio Cattelan,
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Terence koh, Vivienne Westwood, Nicolas Jaar, Wolfgang Tillmans,
4 191858 909006 the recent collections and their wildest nights

2. Mash
up
Breaking down the
Wall of the Unknown
Arley Marks / username: amarksa from Providence
and Andrew Fladeboe / username: fladeboe from
New York describe a night in the woods of Conneticut.
We weren’t even supposed to know where that Uzi was
kept, let alone take it out of its secret drawer in the master
bedroom of the house that I was the caretaker of. The desert
Gallibaya I’m wearing was picked up on a cruise down the
Nile I took the previous year with my out-of-town host. I
was attracted to this garment named the Gallibaya, Dishda-
sha or Thawb – which is a common style all over Egypt. It
really changed the way that I viewed many of the general-
ized Arabian images that kept popping up on the television
and in the newspapers – pictures of bearded, burly looking
men wearing dresses and holding massive machine guns
while standing in the backs of pickup trucks. Appreciating
their elements of style softened the distance between us. I
am not quite sure why it felt like it was a good idea to dress
up and act out this scenario in the woods of Connecticut.
In retrospect, it might have been because I felt so removed
from the reality of the situation in the Middle East and
wanted to personalize or embody it somehow. This was our
collective’s way of breaking down the wall of the unknown
between the culture that had been positioned as “the enemy”
and our own.
P.S. Farewell to one of the worlds most amazing and
mythical creatures, the now deceased Zeke. R.I.P.
This image was created by Amarksa, an experimental business
collaboration between Arley Marks and his sister, Annabeth
Marks. Arley is currently traveling around Asia to look at
television factories and electronic waste dumps.
You can see more of that here www.autopsia-tv.blogspot.com.
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3. Mash Fashion
up
HigH PRiest in his owN tribe
Joshua lieberman / username: joshua from New York on a fashion designer
who cheekily interprets American history in his latest collection.
Architect-turned-provocateur, Siki Im, gleamed as New York Fashion Week’s mens-
wear sleeper-hit. Just on his fifth show, it’s time he received a proper introduction.
“Silent Thunderbird Prayer” was neither meticulously sewn nor subtle. Nor were the
crowded spectators disappointed. Siki instead brought to the fore his mastery of refer-
ential aesthetics, hinting at identities collapsing over time. As the lights dimmed, the
accompanying American Indian drummer and vocalist began a loud and seductive an-
cient chant (Pure Moods). A draping black suit with cropped pants and feather-adorned
ten-gallon hat emerged on a model wearing leather-tied braids. Merging “natives” and
“cowboys,” the show began as a reflection on American empire. As neon Mohawks
replaced shoddy braids, tight jeans replaced draping garments. Siki’s tribe became at
once Margaret Thatcher’s punks and Queen Anne’s Iroquois, with a smart, cheeky rev-
erence for tribes relegated to textbooks and street corners, Siki Im is quickly proving
himself High Priest in his own tribe. sikiim.com
At once Magaret
Thatcher’s punks
and Queen Anne’s
Iroquois: images
from Siki Im’s Fall/
Winter 2011 show.
Ayzit Bostan,
“Passport” (limited
edition of 42)
Flagged!
eva Munz / username: evvaa from New York on a silk fanzine.
Behind the rather austere title Filed Under hides an artsy gem of a project.
Annahita Kamali and Florian Böhm created a kind of an analog fanzine. It is printed
on 100%silk and every limited piece features work by an artist, architect, designer,
scientist, or photographer. The project launches on April first. We particularly fell in
love with designer Ayzit Bostan’s Turkish passport. Every month, two or three new
objects will be published. Check it out: filedunder.net
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4. MaSh
up
Dressing
Room Piracy
Spring/Summer 2011
Featuring users of ilikemystyle.net from New York,
Istanbul and Kopenhagen trying the looks of the season.
Special guest: MarzIa aloISI (username: marzia) , a
stylist and a feminist who refuses to wear high heels.
When we told her that snapping those pictures in dress-
ing rooms is only semi-legal, she was instantly hooked.
(To be continued in the next issue. Feel free to send your piracy pictures
to magazine@ilikemystyle.net)
top: Marzia Aloisi (username:
marzia) wears golden leather
zip-up jacket and black
pleated polyester skirt by
Miu Miu.
left: Marzia wears black
leather bra and belt, polka dot
silk shirt, and white pleated
cotton skirt by Comme des
Garçons.
opposite page: Marzia wears
snakeskin bolero and black
leather high-waisted skirt by
Azzedine Alaïa.
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5. Fashion
Splish-
splaSh! Nothing comes between
me and my swimwear.
Users of ilikemystyle.net
(and some awesome
models) present new
looks to get wet in.
Photography GraNt
CorNett (username: gc),
styling James Valeri,
(username: jamesvaleri).
JaNet Cho
username: janetscho
wears a vintage black
one-piece swimsuit from
What Comes Around
Goes Around, NYC.
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6. Fashion Splish-
splaSh!
Brian Gallardo
username: whiteboy176
wears bright orange
trunks by Calvin Klein
and Ilikemystyle T-shirt.
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7. Splish-
splaSh!
artem
shCherbakov
username: artem
wears women’s
flared black swimsuit
trunks by Y-3.
hair: Keiko Hamaguchi
at De Facto
make up: Kristin Gallegos
at Community
styling assistants: Colby
Kelly and Marzia Aloisi
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8. Fashion
blogger’s
delight Fashion bloggers have
conquered the front rows at
fashion shows but they still
travel light and cheap. Here’s
the photo diary of Dustin
Hanke (username: dustin)
and his friends during Berlin
Fashion week.
The blogger apartment.
Time: January 18th to January 24th
Place: Friedrichstrasse, Berlin
Inhabitants:
Josephine Meng, username: josey, summerlisten.com
Cailin Klohk, username: cailin, birdsofafeatherblog.blogspot.com
Dustin Hanke, username: dustin, shiggersonstreet.com
Oliver Milczarek, username: olivewonder, fashionwhisper.com
Tim Schmelzer, cometothewildside.blogspot.com
Julius Leon Salvenmoser, www.youngvanity.com
Jennifer Zengel, jen-gossip.com
We got to Berlin on
January 18th with Josephine wears a
sweater by Weekday,
loads of baggage and shorts by Topshop,
and shoes by Urban
excitement. We started Outfitters.
Cailin wears a
taking photos right away. self-made shirt.
Dustin wears boots
the wind machine and hooded jacket
by Virginblak
was obligatory. and black jeans
by Cheap Monday.
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9. blogger’s
delight
Cailin wears a sweat-
er, skirt, and belt by
Nam Nguyen and
shoes by Topshop.
opposite page: Oliver
wears jeans by Cheap
Monday and vintage
shoes, jacket, and
undershirt.
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10. Fashion blogger’s
delight
after long days running
from show to show
we got home, gave each
other foot rubs, and
went off into the night.
these are my favorite
pictures.
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11. FaShion
personal
previews
Fashion in summer offers tons
of options, from highly conceptual,
radically eclectic, to next to
nothing. Users of ilikemystyle.net
show their favorite looks for
Violeta Vollmer / username: vivoart from Windhoek
the upcoming season.
Here is my vision of summer style 2011. My partner, Wilfried Vollmer, took the two
photos in December. The left one is in our backyard in Windhoek. The one on the
right was shot in the Great Namib Desert, where we lived for three years. I designed
all the clothes and jewelery myself. vivoart-design.com
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12. FaShion personal
previews
Frida wannerberger / username: featurette from London/Lund/Lausanne
GuglielMo caStelli / username: skydoll from Turin
The Weekdayosaurs. It’s the lookbook of a girl who seems like she’s wearing the
There’s Eva (from Ilikemystyle Quareterly) in the right corner, Adriano (also from same signature look every day, with a slight variations. The variations may not
the magazine) in the white dress, and me in a green dress. I see the three of us play- be expressed in her clothes, but her moods and feelings change. Sometimes she’s
ing on swings. We’re all characters from a novel by Virginia Woolf clad in delicate wearing the Outofcontextosaur’s hat. It says: “Today I feel extremely out of context
Prada dresses. Lady Miuccia’s SS 2011 collection is one of the most beautiful she and don’t feel like I belong with you guys.” It helps remind her that she’s herself,
has ever created. I’m addicted to her styles. Every season I have to illustrate at least no matter who she’s with or what city she’s in or what she’s wearing. This image is
one Prada outfit. Here it’s three happy-go-lucky muses: careless, lighthearted, and a photoshopped collage of drawings, I use eveything from markers and crayons to
sublimely dressed! castelliguglielmo.blogspot.com rainbow pens. fridawannerberger.blogspot.com
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13. FaShion personal
previews
Mai KuMoji
username: maishion from berlin
I’m wearing a black hat and a white ‘Run-
ning Wings’ T-shirt by H&M. The raccoon’s
tail by H&M is an important SS11 item.
The high-waisted 80s shorts by Topshop are
also a must-have for the season.
maishion.blogspot.com
Marcus Luft
Mai-Linh alice Huynh username: tooposhtopush from Hamburg
username: addiction from Munich
My favorite look? My new surgeon’s
I need the sun and this vintage/selfmade gown-inspired Prada sweater with an
mint green dress is just so perfect for uncomfortable collar. I ‘ve been hearing
SS11! Model/styling/make-up/photogra- the phrase, “when are we moving into
phy (via timer!) by Mai-Linh Alice Huynh. the theater, Doc?” quite often lately.
iheartalice.blogspot.com tooposhtopush.twoday.net
Giancarlo cruz
username: giancinephile
from Manila
White has once again been
a major gesture in the SS11
collections. These past few
days, I’ve been obsessed
with this white blazer and
combining it with more neu-
tral tones. I wanted a pal-
pable lightness and easiness.
Légèreté!!! The double-
breasted blazer here is by
Topman and the trousers are
by Zegna Sport. The shirt is
by Hugo Boss and the shoes
are by Opening Ceremony.
giancinephile.typepad.com
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14. FaShion
hellocharles
Don’t be confused; swapping
is the new shopping.
These Williamsburg ladies
surrounding Molly STene
(username: hellocharles) break
roommate boundaries to
create Maison Brooklyn.
Photographer Alexey
yurenev (username: alexey)
steals candid shots of
their exchanges.
read the joint literary
efforts on page 233.
Amelia Muir (username: meow)
wears bra by Forever 21.
Kobi Loehr (username:
rascalmclane) wears raincoat
from Goodwill, Florida.
Molly Stene (username:
hellocharles) wears dress from
Catholic Consignments, CA.
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15. FaShion hellocharles
Kobi wears skirt by
Holloween Adventure
Shop, New York, shirt
by Tucker, and raincoat
from Goodwill, Florida.
Molly wears bathing
suit by age 7.
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16. FaShion
for
Sale
Shop assistants are a
blessing in disguise:
they’ll deplete your bank
account, and they’ll
make you look stunning.
Users of ilikmystyle.net
introduce six retail
authorities and their
picks of the season.
Pojjana Junsuvun, sales assistant at Club
21 in Bangkok, recommends stilettos by
Balmain: “They were not love-at-first
sight, but the second I put them on I felt
a stunning transformation. They will win
over your heart, especially when paired
with a low-key, basic dress.”
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17. FaShion for
Sale
1 2
1 2
5
3 4
3
Munich
Bangkok 4
Store: Schwittenberg, Hildegardstrasse 2,
schwittenberg.com
Correspondent: Christopher Romberg
(username: rombocombo)
Store: Club 21, 494 Ploenchit Road, Salesperson: Audrey Marcie
erawanbangkok.com
Correspondent: Thanawat Chotronnaphat 1 Dress by Acne: “Snakeprint can be a blessing
(username: kenfever) or a curse. This one is a true blessing.”
Salesperson: Pojjana Junsuvun, nickname: Poj 2 Leather Top by Ayzit Bostan: “I love Ayzit
Bostan for her pure and ingenious design.
1 Dress by Lanvin: “Its lively, vibrant color will This top is ingeniously sexy.”
brighten your days.” 3 Shirt by Hope: “I got this for my boyfriend.
2 Skirt by Balmain: “It doesn’t look like leather He looks irresistibly cute when he wears it.”
at first glance, but it really is made of leather. 4 Peep Toes by Martin Margiela: “The amaz-
I love its chic design, plus a bit of gangster ing construction (half the heel is hidden in
photos: rombocombo
feel.” leather) makes your stiletto walk look twice
3 Poj wears bracelets of independent design. as cool as Kylie’s.”
4 Bag by Lanvin: “Cheerful, lovely, and fun 5 Dress by WoodWood: “The perfect promise
with interesting material.” for a great summer. By the way, I’ll spend
5 T-Shirt by MQ: “I love the original skull print. mine in the South of France.”
5 6
Here the flower gives it a sweet edge.” 6 Audrey Marcie wears a dress by A.P.C.
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18. StOries
“I’m all for
a healthy, active,
and interesting
sex life.”
Khadeja Wilkinson,
username: nylonmoron
“I’d love a
relationship.
But not a
complicated one.”
Kalan Briggs,
username: itsKalan
blind
Kalan wears blue
stripe shirt by BDG
for Urban Outfitters,
511 twill pants by
Levi’s, thunder grey
suede hightops by
Supra, digital dial
watch, and backpack
Dates
Where does a Romanian
man find a girl? Is being gay
by Fossil.
in Singapore a challenge?
opposite page:
Khadeja wears a Who’s paying, kissing,
black bandeau body-
suit by American screwing up on the first
Apparel under a faux
leather jacket by date? Users of ilikemystyle.net
Stitches with makeup
by MAC. Her perfume talk about the reality and the
of choice is Hot
Couture by Givenchy. potential of their love lifes.
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19. StOries blind
dates
your “me” time. I’m totally of the mindset love my bike! That reminds me. I haven’t
that “me”- time is important. Have you checked out your pictures yet. But how do
ever tried dating somewhat long distance? you feel about sending photos to someone
I find that you get your “me”-time, plus you’re talking to?
the time you spend together is sweeter. Khadeja: What kind of photos? Casual
Toronto vs. dallas: Kalan: I haven’t. Have you? photos are no big deal... I’ve definitely
ToronTo boys have Khadeja: Sure. Conveniently, my ex-boy-
friend was studying in a university town
sent boyfriends more interesting birthday
presents when they’re far away, spontane-
Freudian mOmmy iSsues a three-hour bus ride from me. So I saw ous surprises are always nice. By the same
him every other weekend, spontaneous token, as a female, I totally appreciate
By Khadeja WIlKInSOn (username: nylonmoron) from Toronto visits during the week, breaks, and over getting them back. What about you, huh?
and Kalan BRIggS (username: itskalan) from dallas the summer. It was pretty perfect. Ever sent photos?
Kalan: That sounds amazing. Kalan: Maybe it’s just different over here.
Khadeja: Hey! ier what with such busy schedules. Hon- Khadeja: The relationship stayed in that I love photos in general. I’m just really
Kalan: How’s it going? estly, the most success I’ve had meeting exciting “getting-to-know-you” phase for picky about my face sometimes. Yeah, I
Khadeja: Pretty well, enjoying a Monday people has been online. Go figure? What a while and I was never distracted from pretty much keep a camera on me at all
without class, haha. And yourself? about you? school. It was wonderful. It was a treat times.
Kalan: Lucky you! I’m at work. Kalan: For some reason I don’t have much when I got to see him, instead of wanting Khadeja: I used to do photography; I al-
Khadeja: Oh? Where do you work? luck meeting people online. Usually I to get away. I recommend it, but I mean, ways have cameras around, too. Although
Kalan: I work for Fossil. What about you? meet people as friends of friends and we you also have to take into consideration I much prefer film to digital, film is...pric-
And you’re in college? just start to hang out. I’ve noticed lately I trust issues, right? Because being far apart ey, hahaha.
Khadeja: University! I’m at the University like to have a lot of time to myself to relax, can give full opportunity for cheating and Kalan: Awesome! I got my degree in pho-
of Toronto, studying astrophysics. It’s im- read a book, or watch some shows, and you never know... tography. And I just made the switch to
possible to date within school, haha. that doesn’t sit too well with most ladies. Kalan: Yes definitely. Trust seems to be hard film this year. I carry a Lomo LC-A+ at
Kalan: Haha. How old are you? Khadeja: Haha, leaving them feeling un- to maintain even in a close relationship! all times now and I use digital as a back
Khadeja: Well I just turned 21. wanted and alone? Do you think you’re Khadeja: What’s the scene like in Dallas? up. I’m in love with the quality that film
Kalan: That’s pretty exciting. Why is it seeing girls who are just slightly too high Do all the trendy kids know and date each produces. You just can’t fake it.
hard to date at your university? maintenance? other? It’s like that in Toronto. Everyone Khadeja: It’s so true. I was definitely
Khadeja: The issue is the demographic that Kalan: I guess you could say that. It leaves graduates high-school within the same lucky, I went to an art high school. What
apply to science: nerdy, socially awkward, me feeling like a bad person. I tend to five years. And it becomes this crazy city- do you think about dating other people in
dorky - and not really in the endearing keep away from dating for the moment. wide thing where you can’t hook up with the art scene?
way - and I don’t quite fit in. Not saying I wouldn’t like to, though. anyone without everyone knowing and Kalan: I think it could be fun. I have yet to
Kalan: Gotcha, that makes sense. But there Maybe the girls I find most attractive are that person having dated three of your date someone who’s also into art. My last
has to be a few people who have your in- too much maintenance for me. I’d like to friends. It’s terrible and makes trust very girlfriend was much more into sports.
terest right? think I’m a pretty simple person. complicated. Khadeja: I do the same! My boyfriends are
Khadeja: Not that I’ve discovered. I find Khadeja: I feel like that’s the motto of Kalan: I wouldn’t say we have many trendy all jocks. And the only artsy guy I dated,
I’m more attracted to the TAs and the most boys I know, haha. people. Oops. But we are home of the TV was secretly artsy and openly a jock, ha!
profs than anything, haha. Kalan: Haha. Hey! I’d love a relationship. show called Cheaters. That can’t be good. Kalan: Wow, a closet artist. That’s too fun-
Kalan: Nice. Older people can be quite at- But not a complicated one. An honest one. Khadeja: Haha. I know, I was surprised ny. What was your longest relationship?
tractive. What would be your ideal way to I feel like I have to second-guess what when I saw your photos, and then saw you Khadeja: The closet artist, actually. We
meet someone? girls really mean when they say some- were from Texas! You fit right in with the dated for about two years, and he was
Khadeja: I don’t know really. I would love thing. And that’s no fun. west end Toronto kids and all their trendy from Vancouver.
to meet someone through school, which Khadeja: I don’t think you should have to attire, especially with a bike. Kalan: Nice, what happened with that?
would make seeing that person much eas- feel like a bad person just because you like Kalan: Thanks, you’re too kind. Oh how I Khadeja: Well. He was too old for me. My
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20. StOries blind
dates
“all these way
too perfect
boys... I prefer
them with
natural defects.”
margaux Salgado,
username: mllemargaux
Margaux wears a
flower print skirt by
Hurwundeki, t-shirt
by Sud Express, candy
apple pumps by Marc
by Marc Jacob, silver
necklace by Dior,
self-designed pearl
necklace, Everlong
mascara and Touche
Éclat by Yves Saint
Laurent, face powder
“Romanian by Georgia Benefit
and eyeliner by Isa-
girls don’t have Dora. Her perfume of
choice is Viva la Juicy
that Victorian by Juicy Couture.
opposite page:
approach to sex.” Mihaela wears black
leopard t-shirt by
mihaela joe, username: ThingsWelove Stella McCartney.
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21. stories
The real
Cyril French artist,
Cyril Duval
(username: itemidem),
takes appropriation
art very seriously:
it’s carefully
composed and
hysterically executed.
photo: Keetja Allard
JoaChim Bessing
(username: jbessing)
takes a peek into
In 2007 Cyril went to Art Basel Miami for the first time. He was his ubiquitious,
invited on a one-day press trip (i.e. private plane) in the Turks &
Caicos to visit a soon-to-open (never happened!), starchitect- ever-expanding
designed, 6 star private island resort for billionaires. Perpetually
travelogue/lookbook.
photo: Megumi Matsubara
traveling with funny props from Japan (here faux braces, moustache
and a vocoder microphone), he also scored a caterpillar inflatable –
the same one Jeff Koons used in his Popeye series according to Jean
Pigozzi, the notorious art collector who was also present on the trip.
opposite page: This is the first installment of a genre Cyril created
with his Tokyo clique. They call it “advertisement pantomime.”
Here he is mimicking a notorious Japanese actor drinking beer.
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22. stories
I saw Cyril for the first time in three weeks at
the opening night of Pierrot Lunaire – a rather
obscure opera composed by Arnold Schoenberg,
directed by Bruce LaBruce and costume de-
signed by Zaldy, who’s designed for Lady Gaga
as well as the late Michael Jackson – scanning
the crowded foyer of the old but beautiful the-
atre Hebbel am Ufer on a very very cold night
in Berlin. I recognized his mother first. He had
sent an email to a selective group of friends that
morning stating that his mother would appear
clad in white from head to toe. The email, how-
ever, lacked any mention of his own outfit. The
slim, moustachioed guy wearing Le Corbusier-
style glasses in a black Christian Dior suit and
a very wide, checkered shirt – also in white and
black – was definitely him. I recognized him
by the shoes. They were golden Louis Vuitton
lace-ups. He wore that very pair the first time we
met, also in Berlin, only a year ago (the defining
moment of the night made it into the “Remem-
ber How You Lost It”-spread of Ilikemystyle
Quarterly’s second issue). Since then, I’ve seen
Cyril a few thousand times, to give a rough es-
timate. On Facebook. And he rarely looks the
same twice.
That night, I could decipher his appear-
ance as a result of his function within Mr. La-
Bruce’s production team. The theater’s brochure
listed him as Art Director under his nom de
This is self-explanatory. Cyril shot this in his first
apartment in Tokyo, it was quite simple!
opposite page: Some people relate Cyril to “appro-
priation art.” But he believes it’s better to embrace
his consistant body of references. He claims that
photo: Paul Sepuya
he doesn’t steal or appropriate, rather he evokes
and sometimes comments on. “Nazi Milk” is an
image originally created by the art collective
General Idea, one of his central references. Cyril
isn’t interested in novelty at all cost; he just grabs
the ingredients he needs wherever he finds them.
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23. stories The real
Cyril
plume, Item Idem. So the round, dark rimmed
glasses made sense. As soon as the curtain was
lifted, it was very clear that the stage was de-
signed mainly in stark reference to German
Expressionist black and white movies à la The
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, and that Cyril’s black
and white outfit paid homage to that period.
I’d like not to refer to that tiny, exquisite
animal with the beautiful, roll-out tongue and
intriguing, cone-shaped eyes that has the unique
capacity of adapting its look to whatever surface
it’s placed upon. That would be too obvious,
plus it would be missing the point. Cyril did not
wear the suit, moustache, shirt, and glasses to
disappear. He wore this outfit to complement the
general mood of the occasion.
When the German designers, Bless,
asked him to run their Berlin showroom for a
month (running it literally meant living there,
photo: Hiroshi Manaka
photo: Mote Sinabel
This is the first poodle Cyril ever worked with. Here
the canine teaches him some Warholian battle strategies
in his first Tokyo space, Carniche Courage.
photo: Simon Castets
opposite page top: Cyril modeling as an architect for a
fashion story he directed for Tokion Magazine.
opposite page bottom: Bernhard Willhelm gave him
this samurai armor, which he wore at the opening of
the 2009 Venice Biennial.
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24. StOries
Delirious
Phnom
Penh
The capital emboies the brief
period in history when
Cambodia was all love, hope,
dreams and songs.
Eva Munz (username: evvaa)
on the visionary modernist
architect, vann MOlyvann.
How a nation’s dreams get
built – and buried.
The Theatre Bassac shortly before it was
torn down in 2008. It lies near a branch
of the Mekong River. Molyvann designed
it to look like a steam boat.
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25. Delirious
Phnom
Penh
Molyvann’s public
housing project was shaped like
a friendly waving hand. Today it feels
more like the heart of darkness and is
engulfed in trash.
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26. stories
That night I understood
that friends are more
important and they last
forever. I saw Rome
in a different way.
Eleonora Carisi / username: joujou from Turin
more on page 160
Remember
where you
lost it
This issue’s verdict: successful
party nights require good
company and excellent music
but lead to surprisingly little
sex. Users of ilikemystyle.net on
their nocturnal adventures.
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27. stories REmember
where
You LoSt it
In Disco God
by
WE Trust
MaTina TRiantafillou / username: matan from Athens
Skull Bar, Athens, Greece at the Yes it Does
Where?
Sure it Does Party (Yid Sid).
What were they wearing? There wasn’t a dress code.
What were you wearing? A Beverly Hills T-shirt, hot pants, my
new custom made black low-cut boots with metal studs,
Diamond by Armani perfume, makeup by Korres, and Estée
Lauder silver jewelry.
What was special about that night? Every Yid Sid Party is special
because of the guests and the music they curate.
Soundtrack? Anthony and The Camp – “What I Like” (Totally
addicted to this track!).
Other people? People I didn’t know, but wanted to meet.
Transportation? Taxi.
Drink/Stimulation? Lots of rum!
Highlight? Lots of flirting!
Sex? Well I didn’t have sex with the one I wanted, but…
Sleep? I slept from six in the morning till two in the afternoon.
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where
You LoSt it
I Quit SMoking,
by
noT DAncing
Fatima Poblador / username: fatz96 from Manila
Where? 32nd Street in Manila at The Fort for FLUXXE Thursdays.
Who were the most important people? Everyone!
Topics? Got there too drunk to even talk!
What were you wearing? A vintage, lace bolero, a black belt with floral print,
and bleached jeans by Mango. I wore a fragrance by Tommy Hilfiger and
some cosmetics my sister sent me from the States.
What was special? FLUXXE! – a party that used to be every Thursday.
Too bad it only happens occasionally now.
Soundtrack? I was so drunk that night that I honestly can’t recall any special
song that stuck in my head. The DJs usually play “Paris feat. Au Revoir Sim-
one (Aeroplane remix)” by Friendly Fires, “Paris is Burning” by
Ladyhawke, “Special” by Mew, Rosin Murphy, MGMT, and a lot of 80’s punk
rock and pop. Well, yeah you get the picture. The tracks played at FLUXXE
aren’t the usual club songs here in Manila.
Other people? Models, DJs, local fashion designers, foreigners, lovely gay
friends, indie chicks, artists. Dancing, talking, exchanging numbers, getting
drunk and probably doing some coke?!
Transportation? Took a cab with a friend, I think.
Drink/Stimulation? Lots of alcohol and Valium. Marlboro Lights (but I’ve
quit smoking by now).
Highlight? Me dancing on top of the speakers and not giving a fuck!
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kriTik
directions
artDoes fashion rip off
art? Are artists just
designers in bad
outfits? The similarities
and differences between
the two worlds generate
intrigue. Users of
ilikemystyle.net meet
and interact with
some masterpieces.
Cheating StatUe from Berlin
JanA Galinowski / username: missjana
Here I’m enacting a One-Minute-Sculpture at the Kunstbau Lenbachhaus in Munich in 2010.
It was an installation by the artist, Erwin Wurm. Apart from static sculptures, like the car in the
background, there were two platforms. One had two chairs with which the visitors themselves
could become sculptures for one minute. Wurm gave instructions on how to hold the chairs. It
felt stupid, but was still a lot of fun. I had not seen anything by Erwin Wurm before. Generally I
am not very interested in sculpture or performance art – but I like the idea of art that doesn’t take
Jana wears jeans and itself too seriously. I also like art that does not keep the spectators at a distance, which is why I
cardigan by H&M,
shirt by COS, and
happily stepped on the platform to pose with the chair. Maybe I cheated a bit, as I couldn’t hold
sneakers by Adidas. the pose for an entire minute.
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HAil to the Sheep
SeleNe Mauvis / username: selene from Geneva
This picture was taken the evening before a presentation at art school. I was trying to figure out
how to present this sheep so I placed it on the ladder. As a commentary about fashion, I decided
to do a tribute to the sheep. It gives us wool and also leather for jackets. The sheep is a really
cool ‘animal god.’ I love it! That night, I dreamed I was in a field with a lot of sheep and as I
stood in front of the sun, they thought I was their god.
The Artist aS A Pampered PeT
Mark Jan Krayenhoff van de Leur / username: MKNYC from New York
I was walking down 8th Avenue in Chelsea, New York, when a young woman approached me
and introduced herself as Tracey Mancenido, half of the photographer couple, Tribble and Man-
cenido. She asked if I was interested in having my photograph taken. I took her card and looked
at their website, liked what I saw, and agreed to do it.
I always enjoy having my portrait taken because I get to see different sides of myself.
I think I know what I look like – I see myself in the mirror every morning – but I always see
something different when someone photographs me.
They wanted to photograph me in my home, so they came over to my apartment with
photo: Tribble & Mancenido
their lights and equipment and set to work. In the background you see a large painting titled “P
photo: Tribble&Mancenido
is for Poodle.” It’s a self-portrait of my husband, AA Bronson, and his two former partners in
Mark wears customized
the art collective, General Idea, dressed as poodles. They chose the image of the poodle to il- jeans by artist, Erik
lustrate how they saw the place of the artist in contemporary society – as pampered, decorative Hanson, shirt by Comme
des Garçons, and sits
pets who exist at the mercy of collectors and patrons. “Those who live to please must please to on a Wink chair by
live,” they declared. Toshiyuki Kita.
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kriTik directiOns
The MArtyrdom of Jean-Charles Cornay
etienne DesCloux / username: etienne from Berlin
Danh Vo, L’artiste et le décorateur, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, 28 May - 22 August 2010
There are three distinct works of art in this photo.
I. An ottoman made of mahogany with maple intarsia, upholstered in Pompeian red
moiré, from Berlin 1825.
II. A painting by an unknown Vietnamese artist depicting the martyrdom of Jean-Charles
Cornay, who was cut into pieces on 20 September 1837, entitled “Martyre du Bienheureux
Charles Cornay, M.E.P., coupé en morceaux au Tonkin, le 20 Septembre 1837.” It’s from the
collection of the Missions-Étrangère, Paris, printed on silk chiffon.
III. White glazed tiles, each screen printed with a plant detail in red (RAL 3200 & Pan-
tone warm-red-c). The prints are from a list of flowers discovered by the French missionary,
Jean-André Soulié, in southern China and Tibet: Aconitum souliei, inflorescence portion; Lilium
souliei, outer and inner tepel; Anemone coelestina var. souliei, flowering plant; Rosa soulieana,
fruit; Aconitum souliei, cauline leaf; Anemone coelestina, basal leaf; Anemone coelestina, car-
pel; Luzula rufescens, flowering plant; Anconitum souliei, upper cauline leaf; Anemone coeles-
tina, basal leaf; Anemone coelestina, flowering plant; Rosa soulieana, fruiting branch; Lilium
souliei, distal portion of flowering plant; Nepeta souliei, flowering plant; Rosa soulieana, flow-
ering branch; Cerasus fruticosa, fruiting branch; Cerasus tomentosa var. souliei, fruiting branch.
In 1905, a conflict arose between Tibet and China. Caught by the Tibetan monks at Batang while
trying to escape, Soulié was tortured for fifteen days and then shot.
Etienne wears pleated
IV. Through the door is a bathroom imagined in consultation with the architect Etienne pants by BLESS N°23
Descloux PE-P. and desert boots by Clarks.
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clOSe-
DiStraction from MOtherhood
HellOdeeder
from Huntington Beach
upS
Style reflects the
person it belongs
by Mark Holgate to, but how does it
Of course, the first thought when you see this image is: Has anyone alerted social services yet?!
hold up under a
It’s the depiction of motherhood that interests me here, not so much Hellodeeder’s look, which magnifying glass?
is as insistently 1970s as anything Giorgio Moroder recorded back in the day, very appropri- Industry authorities
ate given that the plunge front white dress and dusky pink-beige satin sandals are very Donna
[Summer, not Karan] in her Munich/Ariola years. That said, I do love the eyebrows; circumflex
review the users
punctuation between the round oversized glasses and the turban-like head wrap. But in the end, of ilikemystyle.net .
it’s the kid that stays in the mind with this picture. Even in its amateurish way, it evokes a kind
of Helmut Newton-like DISTRACTION FROM the act of motherhood – it’s the creation of a
hot new look that holds the attention, not the result of procreation – and it slyly gives a nod to
modern celebrity mothers, who accumulate kids the way movie stars used to collect diamonds.
It’s a whole other interpretation of Madonna and child.
Mark Holgate is the Fashion News Director at Vogue
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In
Purgatory Bella lieBerBerg
(username: bellalieb)
started shooting green
rooms to capture the
environment where
musicians chill before,
and party after their
concerts; where
they warm up their
voices, entertain their
groupies, and relax or
excite themselves by
Bryan Ferry
Berlin, Tempodrom any means necessary.
12:02am lyrics, voices, and
It’s a luxurious green room
for this legend. I grew up with
melodies are her
“More Than This” and “Let’s
Stick Together,” and when I
inspiration. every
saw his room, it felt so perfect.
The furnishings were all deep
room sings a song.
red for a man, a lover, a genius.
Even so, he didn’t spend that
much time backstage and disap-
peared right after the show.
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The Frattelies
Berlin, Kesselhaus
03:21am
I had to wait a long time until
they went on, but it was a great
show. I love the intimate size of
the venue, Kesselhaus. You can
really connect with the artists
on stage. It’s an “entry stage”
for smaller bands. You may
meet them in a couple years in
a far-off stratosphere, without
empty bags of chips in their
undersized green room.
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School
ofii:Fashion
vol. dries van noten
What to read, watch,
grow, and wear to become
a bulletproof style expert.
AdriAno SAcK (username:
Adriano) talks with Belgian
fashion designer drieS
vAn noTen about his
vast list of references.
Detail from Dries Van
Noten’s Fall/Winter 2011
collection.
All photos except for
the portrait taken by
Sonny Vandefelde
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Dries Van Noten in his
studio in Antwerp.
Dries Van Noten’s F/W 2011 Women’s Collection was presented in Paris at the Hotel de Ville
in one of those gigantic, lushly decorated halls the city offers in abundance. The show began
with some electronic grumbling, the echo of iconic guitar chords and, later, David Bowie sing-
ing about being a temporary hero. The original 1977 track had been remixed, amplifying the
pureness and drama of Bowie’s youthful voice. After his show – rich in patterns, colors, fabrics;
spirited, yet focused – Mr. Van Noten, a 52 year-old gentleman, rubbed elbows while his partner
and their dog stood by. The atmosphere was decidedly un-hysterical.
When I sat down with him the next day in his Paris office, he was friendly and attentive,
emoting a polite dash of let’s-get-this-over-with. The sales seem to be going nicely, the re-
views have been mixed, he acknowledged: “It’s easier to start with the next collection if people
weren’t too excited about the previous one. Otherwise the expectations get bigger and bigger,
which can be a bit scary.” A major catalyst of the Belgian design wave in 1988 — along with
Ann Demeulemeester, Walter von Beirendonck, Dirk Bikkembergs, Dirk van Saene, and Marina
Yee – Mr. Van Noten had his moments, both brilliant and moderate. Never selling his name, he
has stayed true to his vision and established his individual interpretation of chic. That is, when
fashion made its most recent switch from minimalism to wealth (in color, vibrancy, emotion),
he seemed to have anticipated it all along.
But, for being a legend he’s rather relaxed.
Art
● Francis Bacon ● Russian Constructivists ● Jef Verheyen ● Rubens ● Van Eyck ● the
Flemish masters ● Bronzino
Your runways have always been in conversation with the work of artists, most notably the Belgian fluxus
painter, Jef Verheyen. What other art do you draw from?
I look at things and translate them into garments and fabrics and patterns. I saw a Fran-
cis Bacon exhibition in London. The sheer amount of works was overwhelming. I was

37. THe Words 4 LiFe changers
4 LiFe changers
encounters with, impressions of,
Italian and has a hoarse voice, like he has happily lived outside law for quite some time. We
were ordering a lukewarm red soup, when Patti Smith came in. Tangled hair, funny coat, sneak-
ers, jeans, mostly black, nothing from this century. The hair fell into her face like on the album
cover of Wave. I felt my heart beating. Since I meet stars professionally all the time, usually the
performances by... opposite happens when I see them: I get drugged with fatigue. Recently in Rome I asked Javier
Bardem if the beach was the best location to pick up girls and his PR person threw me out. I
... Yves saint LAurent never had a poster of Patti up on the wall, but when I am in need of a name for a heroine in my
by cordula reyer / username: cordula from Los Angeles books, I always want to call them Patti. Now, after Franzen’s unforgettable Patty Berglund, I
can’t – obviously. I whispered to my friend that it was Patti Smith. We conducted a mock con-
Following the advice of my friend Helmut Lang, and since I was trying hard to impress him, I versation while she waited for her food. Take out vegan pizza! Any minute she would be gone.
ran around Paris trying get booked at another fashion show. I wanted to tell her so badly that... I couldn’t think of anything to say. She was looking in her
I wore his Demel dress to all of my castings: black with a turtleneck, long sleeves, knee pocket for change. “The time is now! The time is now.” I was fifteen and hated my parents for
length; it had some pleats around the shoulders and from the waist down. It was cotton jersey, being nice when I was listening to Horses. Why should I tell her that? She left the restaurant.
sexy, and comfortable. I wore it for weeks – hand-washing and blow-drying it at night so I could I was disappointed. Why did she have to buy lunch on Thanksgiving? Why wasn’t she served
wear it again the next day. The dress got plenty of compliments, but I didn’t book another show. like the greatest rock singer she is apart from my friend Kelly Britton? It had looked as if she
It was truly frustrating. My last casting was for Yves Saint Laurent. While waiting to go in, my was cold. My friend acted as if he understood. I did not care what he was thinking. Suddenly the
model friend whispered, “If you don’t wear red lipstick, they wont even look at you.” door opened and she came back. She must have forgotten something. My friend said something
I smeared some on without looking in a mirror and entered the sacred YSL halls. YSL but I couldn’t hear him. I turned around, went over to her and heard my own voice: “I love your
was a big deal. Everyone wanted to do the show and suddenly I got so nervous, I could barely music. I have always loved it. I am so grateful. Please never stop making music.” She looked
move my neck. It felt like I was entering another world. Red curtains, red velvet sofas, mirrors, like Franzen’s Patty, like someone’s unremarkable mom. And then she smiled. “Thank you!”
flowers in heavy crystal vases, and a French bulldog snoring on the red carpet. Beautiful, kind
ladies with red lipstick bustling around. Now it was my turn. Lulu de la Falaise came to talk to
me and look at my photographs. She impressed me with her elegance and curiosity and made me ... Kenny scharf
feel at ease with her natural warmth and kindness. After a few minutes, she disappeared through by Joshua LieBerman / username: joshua from new York
a door, telling me to wait. She returned with a man in a white work coat, whom she had to drag
out to see me. Growing old sucks. Or at least that’s what I thought until I met Kenny Scharf who – now in his
It was Monsieur Saint Laurent. He was so shy he could barely look at me. When he early fifties – still parties just as hard as anyone else at Le Bain. For me, Kenny’s work has al-
finally did, he came closer, kissed me on the neck and whispered: comme vous etes belles. That ways evoked the memory of his post-pop partner-in-crime, and my favorite artist, Keith Haring,
season, I did two shows. One for Helmut Lang, a friend, and the other for the kindest man I ever who died twenty years ago; the association had always been a morbid, depressing one. I was
met: Mister Yves Saint Laurent. startled to see him on the dance floor, camouflaged in a sea of youthful excitation, but then it
clicked: no matter how old you get and no matter how many losses you experience, life is simply
too short to ever stop partying your ass off.
... patti smiTh Earlier that night, I was sharing some wine with Maria (username: urbanviking). We
by Kristin rübesamen / username: Kristinberlin from Berlin ranted on and on about the pains and responsibilities of being 21 in New York. We insincerely
swore off hangovers and long nights, and decided we both need to ‘act our age,’ which sup-
It was last Thanksgiving in New York. The streets were deserted. Most people were on the plane posedly means no more recklessness (unless its for work). We finished the bottle and I, al-
or train or already with their families on the sofa, watching TV, waiting to eat and honoring the ready betraying our pact, suggested we go to a friend’s photography opening in Williamsburg.
Indians. It’s easy to feel like an alien on Thanksgiving if you are not American. Even if you are Maria, more committed to healthy living than I, said she needed to get a solid night’s sleep.
American for that matter. I remember spending one Thanksgiving with my little daughters and I went alone.
an Italo-American family in the projects at the river. After every course we took the elevator The long opening moved quickly thanks to the open bar. By the end, the lights were
down to the parking lot to smoke. dimmed and someone’s iPod was plugged in. All the young artists were dancing while the art
That Thanksgiving, we were lucky that we found a restaurant that was open: Sal An- collectors left, scandalized by the irreverent turn the once-quiet opening had taken. Thinking
thony’s Live Raw Organic Kitchen on 17th Street between Broadway and Irving Place. Sal is ahead to my next day’s responsibilities, I decided to call it quits and headed for the door when
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Travelling
Japan
Time worn over wheeled plimsolls.
● Rounded corners were preferred to squared ones, except on windows.
Travelling
● Robots were deliberately being made with a less human form factor in order to avoid
frightening their owners by being too lifelike.
● Cars resembling perspex bubbles were, thanks to cunning indentations, horizontally
Japan
When we learned of scottish singer, writer, and
stackable when a suitable locomotive was available.
● The fountain pen had made a return at the prestigious executive end of the market.
● Famous architects were being employed to design iconic kennels and cat baskets.
● All materials used in consumer products received a biodegradability rating from the
performer, Momus’ imminent release of his “book
government.
of Japans,” we instantly tried to get our hands on
● A new elasticated fabric resembling silk had replaced cotton.
it. 12 idiot time travellers crawl into a calving cow
● Jeans had finally been consigned to the museum.
to see the island’s future. We’re hooked.
Interesting though this list is, Sekunda eventually intervenes and asks Moore to widen
by Momus the scope of his questioning to other subjects than design. Thanks to this, it’s established that in
2080 no more manufacturing industry existed in Japan. The days of car- and ship-building were
48 long gone. Most people now either worked in the sex industry or in advertising.
Say that you gatecrashed a planning meeting in 2013, 2033, 2053 or some other year in which Advertising was controlled by Dentsu, whose headquarters were a tower in Ginza a
the most sacred inner sanctum of the Ise Shrine—the building housing its ancient imperial thousand metres tall. Despite its great height, the Dentsu tower was one of the few buildings to
treasures of mirrors, swords and jewels—was scheduled to be demolished and rebuilt. Say you survive the earthquake.
were present at a priestly planning committee referendum on a surprising proposal to rebuild Advertising, by 2080, had come down off the hoardings and gigantic video screens of
the sanctum in a radical new style. Say that you incurred the emperor’s gratitude by casting the yore. It was now so interwoven with the fabric of everyday life that you could never be sure,
deciding vote against this innovative structure, and were consequently invited on the imperial having a conversation with someone, whether he was performing a “sitcom” (situation com-
747—an understated aircraft marked on each side with a single chrysanthemum and a red sun— mercial) or simply talking about the rainy weather and the consequent need to carry an umbrella.
to Arlanda Airport near Stockholm, where the emperor (an ichthyologist known for his research Advertising execs and creatives were like the Stasi of East Germany; mingled into every crowd,
into the taxonomy of gobies) was shown around the Bergius Botanic Garden, had lunch with the equipped with a million pairs of lips, eyes and ears in the form of family, friends and neighbours.
Swedish Prime Minister at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, visited the Royal Swedish Academy If life in 2080s Japan wasn’t a “sitcom”, it was a porn film, a 3D webcam. You could nev-
of Sciences, then saw the exhibition “From Linnaeus to DNA” at the Swedish Museum of Natural er be sure that an innocent gaze or an inconsequential conversation wasn’t going to be charged
History. Say that the following day the emperor attended an anniversary commemoration of Carl to your credit card as a sexual transaction. Even a trivial chat with your wife or daughter could
Linnaeus at Uppsala University, met with Japanese and Swedish students and researchers, then end up being billed to your cellphone as porn. Everything was metered, the idiot Malcolm
banqueted at Uppsala Castle. Say that you finally fell out with your new friend when, chatting in Moore tells us.
the banquet hall over pear and walnut pancakes topped with fresh cream, you mistakenly identi- There is some consternation amongst the more Fabian experts at this, but free market
fied a caecilian salamander as a newt, then compounded the gaffe by referring to both as “lizards”. enthusiast Declan Singleton speaks up for the system.
In the words of the old song, he says, free your mind and your ass will follow.
49 Why should we consider it better to slave away in an admin job at a car company than
Slot, interrogating the idiot Malcolm Moore about the earthquake, has established that in 2080, to make an honest living chatting with your husband and then billing him for the pleasure? The
amongst other things: tendency, over history, is for advanced societies to monetize more and more dimensions of ev-
● There was a vogue for bubble-shaped bow-fronted windows. eryday life. We must look, from the perspective of the future, barbaric for excluding so much
● The colours mustard and magenta were taboo for everything except horizontally of our so-called personal lives from commercialisation. All the evidence suggests that bringing
striped configurations. things into the money system makes them answer more closely to our needs, makes them more
● Toothpaste tubes tended to feature sans serif typefaces, in the case that romanji was efficient and more equitably regulable. The hidden hand of rational self-interest makes it so.
used. Some Fabian flicks an ink-soaked pellet of scrunched paper at the back of Singleton’s
● Ladies were leaning towards a seasonal interest in kimonos with padded shoulders, head. Ink begins to drip slowly down the curved pink surface like a bead of black blood.
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ping ponG review: magically frost when you’re getting undressed, and weird polit-propaganda and other random
strawberry imagery flicker over unevenly scattered monitors. The staff is so polite and precise with such
immaculate complexions that you want to touch them and see whether it’s genuine. I’m sure
Frizz Forever
they speak exclusively in haikus. Sayonara, E
On Tue, 8 Mar 2011 19:10:33 -0500, Adriano Sack wrote:
An e-mail conversation about John Galliano, Victoria Hello Eva,
Beckham, Grace coddington, the animosity to lace vs. Sounds enchanting, but you’re touching a very sensitive point in my CV, cause I’ve nev-
the fear of silk, and the blessings of a repressed sexuality. er been to Japan. My little stopover was comme-il-faut: I saw Grace Coddington’s mane at Café
Flore, almost bought tie-dyed Dries van Noten jeans, and discussed John Galliano. These are the
by eva Munz / username: evvaa from new York theories: 1. A person who has undergone too much plastic surgery and Botox suffers from emo-
and Adriano sack / username: adriano from Berlin tional congestion or a light form of Tourette’s syndrome. Since the face ceases to express any
emotion, victims of this disorder are prone to outbursts. 2. He was burnt out, sales were poor,
On Tue, Mar 3, 2011 at 02:50 Eva Munz wrote:
Haider Ackermann will replace him. 3. The whole thing at La Perle was staged. Bernard Ar-
Dear Adriano, nault, the CEO of LVMH, hired the tourists who filmed Galliano’s rants. What’s your take on it?
You have no idea how jealous I am that you’re going to Paris tomorrow. The shows! Seeing him sitting alone in a bar, getting drunk, losing it, while filmed by giggling by-
Spring! Unpasteurized cheese! Walking a catwalk in front of strangers would give me a heart standers made me sad. I’m not a huge fan of his work, but I admire the pureness of his vision
attack, though. Nevertheless, I had a total fashion epiphany during New York Fashion Week. and his willingness to make a fool of himself – aesthetically. A spread in Libération showed a
Cathy Horyn said that this was one of the lamer ones (of course she relayed her verdict more series of his aftershow appearances (the bullfighter, the astronaut, etc.). I prefer that to the faux
subtly than that). I was totally into the experience. The 3D tangibility of a show, the bad breath modesty of most of his colleagues who only wave shyly in their understated outfits.
of fellow journalists as they gasp at a particularly smart seam dancing in the spotlights around an On my flight to New York, I watched the unwatchable King’s Speech and read the sur-
alabaster thigh is something unparalleled. Grace Coddington’s fabulous strawberry frizz whis- prisingly fun new issue of Pop. “I get a massive buzz out of being completely plugged into the
pering in the front row at Calvin Klein was definitely worth braving every humiliation I experi- world,” is one of Sir Elton John’s declarations, which I found to be self-indulgent and charm-
enced on the sidelines (don’t ask!). I can’t wait to hear about your adventures with Bless and his ing. And since I saw him wearing the Prada banana scarf, I keep loitering around their store on
Highness Dries van Noten. By the way, I know I may be annoying you with my obsession with Prince Street. Should I get it? Yours, Adriano
Colonel Qaddafi, but I found one of his famously extravagant outfits that was most certainly
On Mar 9, 2011, at 11:24 AM, Eva Munz wrote:
inspired by the Belgian designer. Will send you pictures! Lots of love, E
Bonjour Adriano,
On Wed, 2 Mar 2011 06:00:29 +0100, Adriano Sack wrote:
Galliano – the lone pirate. I believe both the Tourette’s syndrome theory and the planted
Right now the magical journey into the heart of glamour means sitting in a Berlin cab at tourist version you offered. I also don’t really care. I think his personal style was as appalling as
5.55 AM with eurotechno blasting, hoping not to miss my plane. I’m preparing for my interview the designs he did, soiling the good name of Christian Dior. And I find the idea of the sensitive,
with Dries. First question: I bought last seasons fabulous army shirt one size too small because lonely, misunderstood, introvert designer such a boring cliché. Is the fall of Galliano going to be
the right size was sold out. Now I feel like a German wurst every time I wear it, beginners mis- this year’s Alexander McQueen, the tragic fashion moment of the year? Really? Yikes!
take or real dedication? Love. A While the people on the streets and information superhighways of the Middle East sin-
gle-handedly perform regime changes at a scale and speed Condi Rice could only have dreamt
On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Eva Munz wrote:
about, I find it surprising that an alcoholic designer making anti-Semitic remarks causes the
Dear Adriano, whole world to gasp.
The magical journey into the heart of glamour today means sitting in the office with a I really wonder what it must be like to live in Israel right now – how the new Arab world
sledgehammer pounding outside. One thing is clear: it’s spring. And this season does it’s job appears from inside that little country. It must be a feeling of lightheadedness, fear, wooziness,
even without cherry blossoms scenting the New York air. Still, I wish I were in Tokyo right sleepless nights, light nausea, and surreal anticipation. A little bit like being in love. (wink)
now. I could walk through Yoyogi Koen Park to the Meji Shrine, make an offering, and wish I think the banana-scarf is an absolute must-have! It will give your outfit a sexy Jose-
for the gods to decide on matters of the heart. Afterwards, I would walk down Omotesando and phine Baker spin without having to show too much skin.
spend the afternoon in Rem Koolhaas’ Prada flagship store, where the glass dressing room doors Adieu, E
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Outfits and moments from the
Fall/Winter 2011 shows. A style
inventory by Australian photographer
SOnny VAndeVelde.
Photos, looks, collections, models,
and attitudes reviewed by some
in-the-know users of ilikemystyle.net .
*This section looks behind the scenes – where life and style really take off.
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The Fashion Critics Become one of the Ilikemystyle
Any thoughts about the global style circuit?
Quarterly’s critics and write shamelessly biased, pinpointedly precise,
and radically entertaining reviews for the next issue’s Backstage section.
Gospava Todoro- Clark Parkin, James Valeri,
vic, username: username: clark username:
gospavaya from from Jachenau is jamesvaleri from
Belgrade studies a journalist and new york is the
jewelry design in stylist. He merges Fashion director
Florence (her blog: maximalism with of Ilikemystyle
Ramen Philosophy). Alpine elements. Quarterly.
Josephine Meng, emily Segal, Martin Cho,
username: josey username: username: bucnam
from eisenach is RIPyourself from from new york is
a fashion blogger new york is a a fashion designer.
(summerlisten.com). cultural critic. She He writes for maga-
She will move to works for nadine zines and works for
Berlin soon. Johnson PR. Marc Jacobs.
He’s the essence of a Muglerette,
Sofija Gujina, Ronnie Cheung, Silke Wichert, dedicated to total body transformation.
username: debaser username: ronnieech username: silkscreen And he’s the end of fashion. But as Mugler’s
from Manchester from Australia is from Berlin is new creative director, nicola Formichetti,
is the girl behind keeping a yet- a journalist and said: “It’s not so much about the clothes.”
the fabulous blog unpublished fashion founder of the username: clark
jean-sol-partre. diary (coming out website style-
tumblr.com. soon). proofed.com.
Anything Gaga wears is going to
become popular anway. I’m not interested.
Mugler, Nicola Formichetti, Paris username: ronnieech
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Stage
Regardless of how badly I want a pair of
Jeremy Scott wings, that plastic bag top has to go.
username: ronnieech
These manic-panic rave Barbies are
ghastly, hauting me like apparitions
from some debaser acid trip.
username:
digi
Manga glamourama with Ziggy Stardust.
Great couple.
username: jamesvaleri
I think Jeremy Scott should do
Castelbajac. Or vice-versa.
Or they should just join forces.
username: clark
Jeremy Scott, New York
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