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I’m so in love with the neo-goth/dark-haute/watchamacallit fashion movement that’s going on right now, and Masahiko Maruyama‘s Nude autumn winter 2011 collection for women ties in beautifully. Long gone are the baggy trousers and stripy armwarmers I remember from my youth (or should that be yoof?), replaced with elegant drapes and futuristics shapes. Plus a few crucifixes chucked in for good measure. Goth has grown up, and I love it.
I hesitate to use the term ‘mannish’ when describing this collection – instead I think I’ll plump for ‘genderless’ instead. Mannish to me brings to mind the kind of language used in gyaru magazines when they use items such [...]
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nude: masahiko maruyama can always be relied on for a sombre call to arms against the usual glitz and glamour that goes hand in hand with fashion week, and nude does this simple gothic austerity with such skill that it makes you want to abandon all frivolity and retreat to their wardrobe of drapes and black – lots of black. nude’s compact collections are always knowingly genderless with many items re-occurring in both the males and female lines (check out aptform for more of this) and as anyone who knows us personally here at Tokyo Telephone will attest to – this is a matter that strikes very close to our [...]
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