autopsy theatre

Klaver’s modus operandi is to take a side of clothing we already know, to which we have already become blinded by complete and utter familiarity, and add another dimension. His first collection, Show Me Your Second Face used what he calls “feature doubling,” or the annexation of duplicates to this effect. A pair of ordinary trousers suddenly becomes less ordinary when it had five pairs of the same trousers trailing behind it. In his second collection, which was presented in Paris as a part of group showing of the Fashion Institute Arnhem in the spring of 1999, Klavers took this idea and twisted it slightly. A jacket shifted ninety degrees on its axis, the arms protruding from the chest and back; a skirt sprouted shoulders and sleeves; a garment that may have started as a pair of pants morphed into a skirt. The models who walked the runway had their hair combed into their faces; there was no telling if they were coming or going. “We aren’t used to a top as a skirt,” Klavers says. Indeed we are not.

"Witches". Photographed by Richard Bush for i-D Pre-Spring 2013

Sabi Hazga by Anna Danilova

Backstage at Vivienne Westwood S/S 2015

Vejas FW14

Photographed by Annemarieke van Drimmelen for Muse #39

Maison Martin Margiela designs a one-off Tabi skateboard exclusively for Selfridge’s ‘Board Games’ exhibition. The Tabi-print engraved wooden deck comes with its own pair of high heeled Tabi black leather boots, now available online .

Ph. Annelise Phillips