Inspiration Salad

Jaime King | Alexander McQueen S/S 1995

Gold and pearl earrings, Roman, 1st-4th century AD

Gorani bride in 1900s

Dress

c.1935

A.F. Vandevorst spring—summer 1999.

For A.F. Vandevorst a garment that has been worn, has more ‘spirit’, more ‘soul’. An opinion they assimilated in their Spring-Summer 1999 collection by proposing clothes that look as if they have been slept in. The show took place in an old dormitory, and the clothes were presented by models sleeping in iron hospital beds. Lauded by the international press and fashion world, the duo received the Venus de la Mode award for most promising designer.

Hirofumi Kurino: Having seen a fashion show too many, I sometimes feel exhausted. It all seems a big waste to me then. I presume others must have the same feeling but still, they always seem ready for another show. I am fed up with this craze, this talk about fashion, the irresponsibility of journalists just chasing news. This ‘fashion for fashion’s sake’ is quite meaningless.

Cy Twombly’s bedroom in his roman apartment by Ugo Mulas, 1971. Hanging above the bed with its fur blanket, a piece of art by Andy Warhol.