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The Flirtation Between Fetish And High Fashion

May 15th, 2010

Seductive. Hauty. Elusive. Expensive. The aesthetic of latex, a glossy “second skin,” carries a certain cachet with it: Namely, one by which the audacious, highly theatrical fashion shows of  Thierry Mugler (circa ’80s/’90s haute couture) made for a spectacular pairing. [nipped wasp waists :: architectural silhouettes :: black fabric shimmering as light refracts :: eva [...]

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Asger Juel Larsen

February 21st, 2010

Oh, Asger— Thanks to Fashion 156, it appears that I’ve discovered you just in time to make your AW 10/11 London Fashion Week show! I’m quite fond of this little ‘tease’ that’s been leaked of model Ash Stymest in your metal tube waistcoat, and—upon further investigation of your work—found a familiar face among Haute Macabre’s readership: [...]

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Hooked On Hairroin

February 3rd, 2010

The moment I read Nixon’s announcement that “Hair Today” had been added to Haute Macabre’s categories, my conundrum was solved.  Never mind the three posts I’d started; what I’m doing now is For those of you who might have stumbled across my dot com at some point, or perhaps encountered my profile on one of [...]

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In Praise Of Alabastrine Wraiths, Cloaked In Shadowed Fineries

January 29th, 2010

Well, one in particular, actually: Florian Pessenteiner of the Larapixie Talent Agency. I discovered this sharp-angled young thing of beauty via blogature at The Fashionisto, though I’m intrigued by more than just his impeccable bone structure or confession that he was a “proper Goth Kid and used to be in [the] scene.” It’s this exhibition [...]

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