DIS MANTLE

COLLAGE BEGÜM SEKENDIZ BORÉ / LEFT COLLAGE PHIL HALE, Another Man MAGAZINE S/S 2010. TROUSERS ORSCHEL-READ / RIGHT PIERRE CARDIN SUIT, 1979

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ROLAND GARROS DAILY

RAFAEL NADAL LEFT HIS HOTEL WEARING HIS BLAZER THE WRONG WAY ROUND THIS MORNING. HE LATER EXPLAINED THAT WAS BECAUSE HE WAS LATE FOR THE MATCH.

LEFT JIL SANDER A/W 2009 BACKSTAGE, MATHIAS LAURIDSEN RIGHT RAFAEL NADAL PHOTOGRAPHED BY RANKIN, DAZED & CONFUSED, MARCH 2009

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MAST BE A SALUTE

LEFT EVAN HOLLOWAY, 'NEVER GOOD ENOUGH' , 2009, KOKSIJDE, BELGIUM. GALVANIZED STEEL, STAINLESS STEEL SCREEN, AIRCRAFT CABLE, ZINC CHAIN, CONCRETE // RIGHT RAF SIMONS A/W 2000 FLAG BY RAYMOND JACQUEMYNS, REDUX

SIX YEARS AFTER BEING INVITED TO HASSELT, BELGIUM, TO PARTAKE IN THE GUIDED BY HEROES EXHIBITION CURATED BY RAF SIMONS (ON THE PREMISES OF Z33 - A FORMERLY MEDIEVAL BEGUINAGE), EVAN HOLLOWAY WAS IN KOKSIJDE, BELGIUM, LAST YEAR TO PARTAKE IN BEAUFORT 03, AN EXHIBITION NOT CURATED BY RAF SIMONS.

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DRILL AND CEREMONY

ATTENTION AT EASE HANDS FORWARD RAISE SEW !

JANNIS KOUNELLIS, UNTITLED, 2003, INSTALLATION AT KUNSTMUSEUM LIECHTENSTEIN

FLASHBACK / RAF SIMONS' ROBODANDIES

LEFT VANESSA BEECROFT VB39, U.S NAVY SEALS, 1999 RIGHT RAF SIMONS S/S 2000 SUMMA CUM LAUDE COLLECTION

In May 2004, within the framework of Antwerp World Book Capital, Fleur and Jeroen Olyslaegers were asked to devise a project around dandyism. They came up with ROBODANDY- an event in which literature, fashion, design, electronic music and performance would all meet. During six months, public could request one ROBODANDY per Saturday with the MODENATIE fashion museum, choose a text from a collection of prose and poetry written by dandy-writers from the present and the past and a public spot in the city centre. The ROBODANDIES, dressed by RAF SIMONS, would go to that spot and read the chosen text. Half an hour later, customers could go and view a video recording of their performance .

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