Frida Kahlo's wardrope was found in a trunk in an unused bathroom in 2004, with an exhibition following in 2006. The book (Self Portrait in a Velvet Dress: The Fashion of Frida Kahlo: Frida's Wardrobe, Chronicle Books 2008) not only includes a discussion of the ethnic dress that inspired her choices but also provides details on the restoration process.
4/02/2011
3/22/2011
2010 Salvatore Ferragamo
Salvatore Ferragamo, an Italian shoemaker who went to California in the 1920s to make shoes for the movies, became known for inventions like his cork wedges, stiletto heels with metal reinforcement, or invisible sandals. The “Salvatore Brogue” is the only men’s shoe that he designed in his career; an elegant but comfortable style worn religiously by Andy Warhol. In 2010, the Italian label recreated a new model after a pair worn by Warhol, which the company won at auction. For that they decorated the shoe with seemingly ephemeral, white, turquoise and pink brushstrokes of synthetic polymer paint.
In The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again) the artist says, "There are three things that always look very beautiful to me: my same good pair of old shoes that don't hurt, my own bedroom, and U.S. Customs on the way back home."
Untitled (Painting Shoes), 2012
Acrylic paint on leather shoes, wood
In: Talk to Me III, Ve.Sch, Vienna
3/04/2011
2011 Robert Gassner
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| Tattooed house front recorded by Robert Gassner in Slavonice, Czech Republic, 2011 |
1/09/2011
2011 Laura Ashley
In 2011 the shoe company Clarks revived the print Sweet Alyssum from the Laura Ashley archive and made it into a Desert Boot. Originally the British officer Nathan Clark discovered the Desert Boot during World War II in Cairo, Egypt, where soldiers of the Eighth Army used to wear a sort of prototype model out of suede which they had made at the local bazar. After his return home in 1949 Nathan Clark started to produce the first models through his family's orthopedic shoe manufactory and export them all over the world. The shoes got fashionable amongst American students and English mods in the 60s and 70s, what helped them to their rebellious charm. One advertising slogan called them "The offbeat casual for the upbeat intellectuals."
12/08/2010
The Pants Tent Pants
The Pants Tent Pants, 2010
Corduroy is a sturdy fabric made from cotton which has a three-dimensional look and feel. Furry soft stripes, beige like sand or muddy water, run up from the ankles to the waistline. When one's hand strokes downward along the fabric's surface, the color of the fine stripes changes into a darker shade. From here casually, the two creases sway back to the floor, down to the cuffs which make the cloth tubes compress into overflowing foldings. Followed by the hands which wander into the side pockets and stay. The gaze is directed to the crotch where the material is bagging.
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Die Pants Tent Hose, 2008
Schnürlsamt ist ein strapazierfähiges Gewebe aus Baumwolle mit einer dreidimensionalen Anmutung. Pelzig weiche Streifen, bräunlich grau wie Sand oder schmutziges Wasser, laufen von den Füßen aufwärts zur Taille. Streicht man mit der Hand von oben nach unten über die Oberfläche der Streifen, verdunkelt sich ihre Farbe. Dazwischen schwingen zwei Bügelfalten in einer lässigen Gegenbewegung über die feinen Streifen Richtung Boden, dorthin wo sich die Stoffröhren in überschwemmende Faltungen ausbreiten. Es folgen ihnen die Hände, die gehen den Seiten entlang in die Hosensäcke und bleiben. Der Blick ist auf den Schritt gerichtet, dort wo sich das Material aufbauscht.
The trousers were produced on the bases of the second episode of the TV-series Curb Your Enthusiasm and were part of the perfomance The Pants Tent Pants.
Corduroy is a sturdy fabric made from cotton which has a three-dimensional look and feel. Furry soft stripes, beige like sand or muddy water, run up from the ankles to the waistline. When one's hand strokes downward along the fabric's surface, the color of the fine stripes changes into a darker shade. From here casually, the two creases sway back to the floor, down to the cuffs which make the cloth tubes compress into overflowing foldings. Followed by the hands which wander into the side pockets and stay. The gaze is directed to the crotch where the material is bagging.
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Die Pants Tent Hose, 2008
Schnürlsamt ist ein strapazierfähiges Gewebe aus Baumwolle mit einer dreidimensionalen Anmutung. Pelzig weiche Streifen, bräunlich grau wie Sand oder schmutziges Wasser, laufen von den Füßen aufwärts zur Taille. Streicht man mit der Hand von oben nach unten über die Oberfläche der Streifen, verdunkelt sich ihre Farbe. Dazwischen schwingen zwei Bügelfalten in einer lässigen Gegenbewegung über die feinen Streifen Richtung Boden, dorthin wo sich die Stoffröhren in überschwemmende Faltungen ausbreiten. Es folgen ihnen die Hände, die gehen den Seiten entlang in die Hosensäcke und bleiben. Der Blick ist auf den Schritt gerichtet, dort wo sich das Material aufbauscht.
The trousers were produced on the bases of the second episode of the TV-series Curb Your Enthusiasm and were part of the perfomance The Pants Tent Pants.
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| Constanze Schweiger, The Pants Tent Pants, 2008 Performance for Pretty, pretty, pretty good. Der zweite Salon des Arts, Vienna 2008 Photo: Christiano Tekirdali |
11/10/2010
2000 Hussein Chalayan
Hussein Chalayan Afterwords Autumn Winter 2000
Chalayan's Afterwords Collection was inspired by the story of refugees and the idea of having to leave home in times of trouble. The transformation of furniture into dresses, carrying cases, and a skirt suggests the necessity of leaving one’s home in a hurry with nothing but the clothes on one’s back.
10/27/2010
1978 Kraftwerk
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| Kraftwerk Die Mensch-Maschine 1978 |
"Mensch Maschine
Halb Wesen und halb Ding
Halb Wesen und halb Überding"Rot. Schwarz. Vier spitze Monturen. Sie spielen ernst. Aufgereiht wie Orgelpfeifen lehnen sie in lässiger Anmutung am Treppengeländer. Multiplizierte Herren. Jeder einzelne hat eine schwarze Frisur aufgesetzt, zurückgekämmte Haare, rasiert bis über den Ohransatz. Eine Art Rotte wie aus einem Stummfilm in neoterischer Pose aufgestellt. Die Lippen sind geschminkt, possierlich, förmlich, rot.
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Red. Black. Four acute outfits. They play serious. Stringed along like organ pipes, they lean against the banister giving us a nonchalant impression. Multiplied gentlemen. Each one wears his jet black hairdo like a hat. Sort of a small troop like out of the silent movies striking a neoteric pose. Their lips are painted sweet, ceremonial, red.
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