Fake Sartorialist

Monday, March 7, 2011

Afterfashion

Antonio had wandered the cemetery's paths for years after he was assassinated by (the then un-and-coming male model) John Castings. He was strangled backstage right after the Thierry Mugler 2011 A/W show had been completed. It was hailed as his best performance to date, the best male catwalk ever performed.

Antonio never heard the praise. Two weeks later, his soul awoke to a grayscale world bound by a rusty fence. There were lots of others around him, mostly old and badly dressed. Cardigans seemed to be the most popular piece of attire. Antonio was teased by all the other spirits. His pink puff socks, permed hair apron and purple drawstring pants were never meant for the afterlife. So he wandered about mostly alone, giving himself pedicures, manicures and cleaning the cobwebs out of the plastic bag that had lead to his death.

1. Soulland A/W 2011 (Coute Que Coute), 2. Dinu Bodiciu MA Collection (Style Bubble), 3. Springfield Cemetery (New England Oddities), 4. Smoke (Henrik W. Jensen) 5. Thierry Mugler A/W 2011 (Jak & Jil), 6. A Tough of Pink (Jak & Jil)

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Rearden Style

Walking away from the first production run of Rearden Metal, Rearden knows that industry will never be the same again. These metal foundries will soon all be replaced with Rearden Metal. Once cooled and tempered it is almost indestructible, non-corroding and has a green-blue sheen.
Rearden never was one to walk around the factory floor worrying about what he wore. As a molten metal droplet fell on his leather pants, he simply brushed it off, welcoming the singed leather that was left behind. The truth was that almost all of his clothes were covered in grease, eaten by acid, worn by years of use. People never noticed that, his intense presence completely overwhelmed the visual reality that surrounded him. It was as if a cloud of fog and style enshrouded him wherever he went.

1. Versace A/W 2011 (Vogue), 2. Electric phosphate smelting furnace (The Library of Congress), 3. Versace A/W 2011 (Vogue), 4. Versace A/W 2011 (Vogue), 5. Red Dress (Jak and Jil)

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Yamamoto Escape

Kevin had just finished the most daring act of cyber-fashion-hacking of the century. Everyone knew that the Yamamoto collection would be a glowing blue for Q3/4 2245(seasons had not existed for over four decades at that point). The whole of New San Francisco had even changed its entire glow for the collection.
Kevin, once an employee at Yamamoto Inc. had been betrayed by its lead designer. Having invented the light suite, Kevin wanted the worldwide recognition that he deserved, for 12 seasons they were all the rage, and the trend only seemed to be intensifying. As its creator, it didn't take much for kevin to program in four colours that are guaranteed to destroy any collection: conjunctivitis-pink, varicose-aqua, gangrene-green and jaundice-yellow.

1. San Francisco (Wikimedia), 2. Jesse Carter by Sopie Kinachtchouk for Fantastics Mag (Fantastics Mag), 3. Tron (Disney), 4. Sky (Fake Sartorialist)

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Thus Spoke Hot Air

Paris isn't known for dry winds, but as Ignatia got off her air-shuttle bus she was assaulted by a dry, cedar-wood scented, breeze. She had arrived at the Brazil House in the Cite Internationale, ready to start her philosophy masters degree. She was carrying a case full of books: Kant, Nietzsche, Hegel, Locke, Rousseau, Heidegger, Husserl. Her heart was heavy, and the breeze felt to her like she was being burnt from the inside by a cedar-wood blaze. She glowed red, splintered and cracked, then dimmed, cooled and flaked away. She emerged new, fresh, ready for her studies.

1. Ranya Mordanova shot by Aingeru Zorita for Metal Magazine No.22 (Paper Mode), 2. Brazil House, Paris (Fake Sart), 3. Ranya Mordanova shot by Aingeru Zorita for Metal Magazine No.22 (Paper Mode), 4. Dree Hemingway shot by Inez van Lamsweerde for Purple Magazine (The Photography Link), 5. Stefania Bosio - Ornamental MTO Jewelry (Style Bubble)