the youth - still my favorite emotion

I am still stuck in 2003/2004, thinking about Helmut Lang, and Hedi Slimane for Dior Homme, and my obsession with that black and white Burberry turtleneck (do I have nothing to write about the ss 12 shows!?). These pictures is what turned me into fashion, all because of a random stop at a kiosk where I ended up buying a overpriced fashion magazine in a language I don´t understand. The impact was huge. Amazing pictures by Helmut Lang, Dior Homme, Mario Testino, Tom Munro, Style.com Tumblr, Burberry, Thomas Schenk, Richard Burbridge and Steven Klein. The construction site of a McMansion in dawn is such a dream location. Seeing these images now makes me wonder what has actually changed the last seven years in mens fashion. I think this is still relevant, and that the guys in these pictures look likes the cool people you never meet. Do any of you remember this or is someone being a big nerd?

Salvation Mountain/2003 Revisited

A cool and inspiring fall fashion: Perry Ogden "Salvation Mountain" L´uomo Vogue, November 2003.

A Place I´d really like to visit: Salvation Mountain, CA, US.

A movie I recommend: Into The Wild (2007).

Revisited: L´uomo Vogue December, 2003, photos by Tim Walker, Cerutti 1881, and Tom Munro - sketches by me.

Helmut Lang autumn/winter collection 2003, I am still obsessed with this collection (the wife beaters are from ss04). I remember I saw some of the key pieces of the collection at Peek & Cloppenburg in Berlin, lying on a light box table. I still wish I had bought something, on the other hand, the prices shocked my teenage self to the core, so  I picked up a pair of Paul Smith Red Ear high tops instead and called it a day. The memory of this collection, and being able to see and touch the real garments made me understand for the first time that avant garde fashion is not just an idea, but also something which can translate into reality, and enrich it.

I think incidents like that influence personal taste.

In terms of all this, I think 2003 is still fashionable. And God is love.