evolution of fashion, meadham kirchhoff

oh my god, raf simons

raf simons totally understands the jil sander minimalism. it is the perfect execution of fringe and fringe and fringe with a hint of epicene, maybe i just love fringed and slashed details. tailoring was deconstructed with back panels replaced with drapes, slim-fitting short-suits, plunged necklines and all the curtain-like fringed panels. i don’t really remember the colour palette, it’s just because the items are too breath-taking that, i don’t even care what colours they are in. i used to say that raf can only design mens clothings (as i really don’t like the previous jil sander collection). raf completely wins the game this season, he also wins my heart.

this is the dress i love the most...

fringes, fringes, fringes

i want to buy all these.

nerdy and sexy, charles anastase

it’s a love-at-the-first-sight. i can’t explain how much i love this collection, it’s simply nerdy (just look at that glasses) and sexy (that suspender!!!). it may not be my taste, but it definitely is the taste of today. just open your wardrobe, you just have them all, but just that charles puts them together in a way which you haven’t try before yet, kind of a forward thinking though. it seems that you don’t have to buy anything new, just put what you have together and layer them on your body, and then just go. but, please put 1 most important thing on your check-list, is that 60s/70s big plastic spectacles.
“wrong” items-combo, “wrong” proportion, “wrong” colour palette, but oh-so-right taste for nowadays. "there's value in bad taste, too. this is Comme des Garçons bad taste." Rei kawakubo explains about her AW08 comme des garcons collection. i think, charles anastase can just say, “there’s value in bad taste, too. this is charles anatase bad taste.” a true good-looking-bad taste.
it’s such a bloody good example of “so-so designer, good stylist” collection.
charles, i look forward your next wow-me collection.

the round-table patched dress is so cute.

who dares to wear a biker jacket over a such lovely outfit?

the organza skirt can simply go well with any outfits.

i hate but then i love this so-wrong and daring outfit.

well...

this is the onlt new thing that i can see in this collection.

chambray shirt, i am now going to get my dad's for the coming season.

i want to buy this heavy gauge knit cardigan.

joel-peter witkin

i love joel-peter witkin. the reason may not be how skillful or, how artistic he is. i love him just because his works are exploitative and bloodily shocking. he claims that he’s initiated by an episode he witnessed when he was just a small child, a car accident that occurred in front of his house in which a little girl was decapitated. he also claims that his complex and difficult background were an influence for his work. his work very often deals with death, corpses or pieces of them, and various outcasts such as dwarfs, transsexuals, hermaphrodites, and physically deformed people. His photographs recall religious episodes or famous classical paintings.

joel-peter witkin

venus and the madelene

portrait as a vanité

glassman


portrait of a dwarf


woman with severed head

mandan (my favourite)

cadaver with necklace

woman breast feeding an eel

mother and child

i am always bloodily and sweatily stimulated by his artworks... speechless.

a world of belts

skira presents "a world of belts" (by anne leurquin & mauro magliani) which is devoted to ethnic jewellery and body ornamentation from the ghysels collection. featuring over 200 pieces which includes belts, buckles, belt-related accessories such as amulet cases, perfume and medicine pouches, carved buttons used to clasp pouches to belts, pubic and buttocks covers known as caches sexes, needle cases, decorated loincloths - and the range of materials used, symbolism, and craft techniques.

i just can’t help falling in love with accessories or clothes which are with stories or history behind. When I first saw these belts, what I could think of was unearthed ancient treasures.

Just imagine how bloodily beautiful will it be to match a ancient-weapon-like metal belt with such a fragile chanel couture silk tulle dress.

with head-piece and shoulder-piece like these...

here i present to you, christian dior by john galliano, fall2006 couture collection.

It's you again, Alexander Wang

i must say that alexander wang is one of my favourite designers recently. his tough-and-tailored with a vibe of rock and grunge, just hits me with no doubt. This ss09 collection is a mix of 80s power women and retro rock vibe and feminine sporty.

Nothing can be cooler to match a boyfriend style chambray shirt with the second-skin-tight cigarette pants.

i love this outfit so much as a combination of an oversized cotton sweatshirt tunic dress and leather skirt, this silhouette is so bloodily new ... by the way, i love the platform sandal (the metal chain, or, whatever it is, is key)

well, i just want to know if it's jersey...

an over-size sweatshirt with a zipper appliquéd tight tight pant, it’s the outfit i must wear… in winter.

sleeveless blazer has been the IT item since last summer. but wearing it with an athletic edge bra top and THAT pant, is superb.



“There were so many influences - Miami Vice, fetish, athletic and basketball culture - but putting my stamp on it for something more urban, more street,” Wang said. Ok, wang. Whatever you said, but, this was THE fashion moment.

Why so many self-claimed-artists in this world now?

anyone?
(i don't have a bloody and sweaty answer at the moment, anyone?)

why so bloody and sweaty?

"In the future everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.” said andy warhol.
i don't want to be famous though. if i wanted to be famous, i want to be world-famous for-forever. at the moment, luckily i am not that ambitious yet, i just want to leave a footstep which tells people i am alive, bloodily and sweatily alive; i think, really thinking. but, what comes next? i don't give a shit.
bloodyandsweaty, this blog, is all about real people doing real things. i write, i photograph, i draw, i record. it’s all about me me me, and also my lovers: people, fashion, art, philosophy… everything, which is happening, of course.