THE MARGIELA SHUTTLECOCK COLLISION

COLLAGE BEGÜM SEKENDIZ BORÉ TO THE LEFT IS THE MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA'S BADMINTON INSPIRED OUTFIT FOR A DESIGN PROJECT CELEBRATING THE 2008 BEIJING OLYMPIC GAMES. THE OUTFIT CONSISTS OF A TOTAL OF 36 GOOSE FEATHERED AND 109 WHITE AND YELLOW PLASTIC SHUTTLECOCKS. TO THE RIGHT IS A REPRESENTATION OF A COLLISION PRODUCED BY LHC ( LARGE HADRON COLLIDER ). BELOW IS A TROMPLE L'OEIL TENNIS BALL APPARENTLY PENETRATING THE FAçADE OF THE ADIDAS STORE ON CHAMPS ELYSÉES CELEBRATING ROLAND GARROS TENNIS CUP,2010. PHOTOS BEGÜM SEKENDIZ BORÉ

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THE CENTRE, THE CIRCLE AND THE PERIPHERIC

THE CENTRE : CHEZ FRANçIS, 7 PLACE DE L'ALMA. CAFÉ LATTE UNDER THE RED LIGHTS ON THE TERRACE. IF YOU WANT TO SEE MY 'DAILY OUTFITS', YOU'LL HAVE TO GO THERE. THE CIRCLE : AVENUE MONTAIGNE, DIOR. NEON PINK CIRCLE ON THE SIDEWALK. THE PERIPHERIC : HOMAGE TO RICHARD TEXIER, MODERN ART MUSEUM, AVENUE PRESIDENT WILSON. I WON'T GO ANYWHERE FARTHER. PHOTOS BEGÜM SEKENDIZ BORÉ

IT'S NOT OUT OF PLACE AND IT'S NOT A GEOMETRIC SIMULACRUM. SITUATED JUST BEHIND AVENUE MONTAIGNE, LA MAISON CHAMPS ELYÉES BY MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA, 8 RUE JEAN GOUJON, IS INDEED INSIDE THE CIRCLE ! SEE?

THE FORMER LARA CROFT MAKES A CAMEO APPEARANCE IN THE X - FILES

BEGÜM SEKENDIZ BORÉ, WEARING JEAN PAUL GAULTIER A/W 2009-2010

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ON THE SPACE COAST, AS TODDLERS GENUFLECT BEFORE THE MARGIELA FABRIC ROLL ROCKETING TOWARDS THE HEAVENS, THEY START PLAYING THE 'WHAT DOES THE CLOUD LOOK LIKE ?' GAME. ONE GOES ' IT LOOKS LIKE A MARTIN MARGIELA DRESS ! ' AND HE IS ACTUALLY RIGHT: ABOVE (BELOW) IS A MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA AUTUMN/ WINTER 2009-2010 CLOUD DRESS IN THREE PARTS. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARTIN MARGIELA ( 09. 04.1957).

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THE MARGIELA FABRIC ROLL LAUNCH....I.... THREADS FUSE INTO THE SKY LIKE CANDLE WICKS INTO WAX.

TOP LEFT MARTIN MARGIELA WAX CANDLE HOLDER.... TOP RIGHT FIRST SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH, 1981..... BOTTOM LEFT SIMON VAHALA, MOSKAU. BOTTOM RIGHT MARTIN MARGIELA OSAKA SHOP, JAPAN. BEGÜM SEKENDiZ BORÉ

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M & MM

MY MARLBORO : SMOKERS DIE PREMATURELY....... ME : YET SMOKERS' CHILDREN ARE BORN PREMATURELY, HENCE THE SECOND GENERATION MAKES UP FOR THE LOST TIME !.. ..MY MARLBORO : I LOVE YOU ..... ME : ME TOO !.... I AM THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE. BEGÜM SEKENDIZ BORÉ.

LEFT SARAH LUCAS , TITS IN SPACE, 2000. RIGHT MARTIN MARGIELA ARTISANAL A/W 2010/2011. BEGÜM SEKENDIZ BORÉ

THERMAL INSULATION....I....WHEN THE STYROFOAM MAN AND THE MARGIELA WOMAN MAKE LOVE

TOP LEFT HEIDE FASNACHT, EXPLODING AEROPLANE, 2000. PAINTED STYROFOAM, URETHANE FOAM.... TOP RIGHT STYROFOAM BALLS (SPERM CELLS).... BOTTOM LEFT STYROFOAM MAN, INSTALLATION, DENVER ART MUSEUM. ....BOTTOM RIGHT MARTIN MARGIELA COUTURE SPRING SUMMER 2010 . BEGÜM SEKENDIZ BORÉ.

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MISSILE JIL

"ENVOLE-TOI BIEN LOIN DE CES MIASMES MORBIDES ; VA TE PURIFIER DANS L'AIR SUPÉRIEUR, ET BOIS, COMME UNE PURE ET DIVINE LIQUEUR, LE FEU QUI REMPLIT LES ESPACES LIMPIDES" CHARLES BAUDELAIRE, ÉLÉVATION.

LEFT JIL SANDER METALLIC PLEATED SKIRT, A/W 2004-2005 MY OWN. RIGHT STEPHANITE, SILVER ANTIMONY SULPHOSATE MINERAL WITH FORMULA Ag₅SbS_{4. NAMED AFTER THE ARCHDUKE OF AUSTRIA STEPHAN FRANZ VICTOR OF HABSBURG-LORENA.} (1817-1867)

THE YELLOW MOSCHINO SKIRT MAY HAVE MADE ME LOOK LIKE AN UPSIDE DOWN JIL SANDER CAMPAIGN FROM FOUR YEARS BACK YET AS I LAG ON AVENUE GEORGE VBACKSIDE FRONT / FRONTSIDE BACK TO TABAC GEORGE V TO BUY MYSELF FAGS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO MAKE OF THIS JIL SANDER METALLIC SKIRT FROM SIX YEARS BACK THAT'S BEEN ROTATING AROUND MY WAIST LIKE THE MOON AROUND THE WORLD. SHOULD I FIND A WAY TO KEEP THE MOON FROM MOVING OR WOULD IT BE AN ATTEMPT TOO APOCALYPTIC? I ASK MYSELF. BEGÜM SEKENDiZ BORÉ

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THE MARGIELA PATIENT WITH THE NEW ERECT CLAVICLES HAS COMPLETELY RECOVERED AND TAKEN UP AMERICAN FOOTBALL. JIL SANDER, MOSCHINO AND THE REST:

' TOO MANY MEN ON THE FIELD '.... ....

LEST THERE BE A LACK OF SPACE, IS IT CORRECT TO SQUEEZE TWO BRANDS INTO ONE SINGLE PAGE? A MAGAZINE MAY MAKE THE JUXTAPOSITION LOOK LIKE A GOOD 'MIX AND MATCH' YET IN REAL LIFE IT'S NOT SUCH A ' FRIENDLY MATCH ' . BRANDS ARE OPPONENTS FROM DIFFERENT SPHERES WHO WOULD RATHER ' CLOTHESLINE ' ONE ANOTHER THAN RUB ELBOWS WITH EACH OTHER IN THE SAME LEAGUE AND WHETHER IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO PRESENT THEM IN A ' NATIONAL TEAM ' CONTEXT IS QUESTIONABLE UNLESS THEY ARE OWNED BY THE SAME GmbH : WEARING A SULPHUR YELLOW MOSCHINO LEATHER SKIRT, A BLACK SHIRT AND A BUN, TODAY I LOOKED LIKE A JIL SANDER CAMPAIGN FROM SPRING / SUMMER 2007 TURNED UPSIDE DOWN. THE DNA OF THE MOSCHINO SpA, NOW NEUTRALISED BY MY 'STYLING', WAS AS TOPSY TURVY AS I WAS AND ALSO BEREFT OF IDENTITY. I FELT GUILTY. FOR ASSIMILATING MOSCHINO INTO A BRAND CULTURE THAT WASN'T AT ALL ITS. FOR JIL SANDER DIDN'T MEAN TO OFFSET MOSCHINO IN THE FIRST PLACE. I LOVE MOSCHINO AND I LOVE JIL SANDER FOR NEITHER SET OUT TO BE SUBSTITUTES- UNLIKE CERTAIN NAMES, WHICH, DYING TO REPLACE SOME OTHER NAME THEY LOOK UPTO, LITERALLY DIE WHILST DOING SO. BEGÜM SEKENDIZ BORÉ.

ON A RELATED NOTE, ' THERE IS A CONSTANT STRUGGLE BETWEEN WHAT I APPRECIATE IN THE WORK OF OTHERS, AND MY OWN IDEAS BUT OFTEN,WHEN I LIKE SOMETHING THAT VASTLY DIFFERS FROM MY WORK, IT REINFORCES MY OWN STANDPOINT '. WIM CROUWELL, Wallpaper, APRIL 2011

LEFT... ERWIN WURM, ME ON LSD, 2010. POLYESTER, CONCRETE, PAINT, METAL.... RIGHT JIL SANDER CAMPAIGN SPRING SUMMER 2007.... BOTTOM PAUL NUDD, WURMBURTH. BEGÜM SEKENDIZ BORÉ

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.JIL SANDER VERSUS ?

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ON THE LEFT IS A PICTURE OF OLIVE OIL FLOATING OVER WATER. OLIVE OIL REPRESENTS JIL SANDER AND WATER REPRESENTS THE YELLOW MOSCHINO SKIRT. OIL AND WATER DO NOT MIX. DID THEY EVER ASK TO BE POURED INTO THE SAME GLASS TO BE EXPERIMENTED WITH ? SEEMINGLY TOPPED AND PURIFIED BY JIL, THE YELLOW MOSCHINO SKIRT IS SOMEHOW TRANSPARENT. INVISIBLE. TOTALLY INSIGNIFICANT. YET ON A POSITIVE NOTE, THE GLASS IS HALF FULL. IN AN UPSIDE DOWN WAY THAT DEFIES LOGIC. ON THE RIGHT IS A PICTURE OF A URINE SAMPLE. URINE IS A COMBINATION OF JIL SANDER'S BY-PRODUCTS ( OR SPIN-OFFS ) THAT WILL EVENTUALLY BE EXPELLED FROM THE SYSTEM. WITH A pH CLOSE TO NEUTRAL (7) - JUST LIKE WATER - URINE IS AN UNLIKELY, IF NOT TO SAY MINIMAL SUBSTITUTE TO WATER. BEGÜM SEKENDiZ BORÉ

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POETRY OF BUSINESS

I COULDN'T STAND THE IDEA OF HAVING TO STARE AT BALANCE SHEETS AT BNP PARIBAS ALL DAY AND I WAS MUCH MORE ATTRACTED TO WHAT MARGIELA WAS DOING

POETIC DESIGNERS LOVE TO ROMANTICISE. THEY ALSO LOVE TO MONETIZE. THEY STAY THE SAME THROUGH THE YEARS TO KEEP THE LOYAL FAN BASE IN THE SAFE AND FOIST OFF BATTERED BONDS AS ' STRONG BONDS THAT CONNECT THEM TO THEIR FANS' . WHAT POETIC DESIGNERS DO NOT ACKNOWLEDGE IS THAT THEIR UNDAMAGED REPUTATION IS NOT ALWAYS IN SAFE HANDS. THAT WHAT THE FAN BASE ONCE PRAISED, THE NEXT YEAR HE MIGHT DEBASE. THAT THE FAN MIGHT ONE DAY DECIDE TO TRADE HIS DEVALUED BONDS IN THE STOCK EXCHANGE. EASY AS IT IS TO COIN THE SAME OLD CLOTHES ANEW, IT IS TWICE AS EASY TO LOSE THE MODERNIST FAN'S INTEREST WHO IS KEEN TO RENEW HIMSELF. DIFFICULT AS IT IS TO CHALLENGE THE STUBBORNLY NARROW MINDED FAN TO NOVEL COIN SHAPES, IT IS TWICE AS DIFFICULT TO COME UP WITH NEW COIN SHAPES.

HOLDING A BA (BACHELOR OF ARTS) IN BANKING AND FINANCE DOESN'T MEAN THAT I CAN NOT BE A JACK OF ALL TRADES I TELL MYSELF, AS I, ALONG WITH SOME POETIC SENSITIVE DOCUMENTS, PUT A DEMEULEMEESTER BLOUSE JUST AS POETIC AND FRAGILE THROUGH A PAPER SHREDDER, AND SHED A TEAR OF JOY AS I WATCH THE DEMEULEMEESTER BLOUSE DIGRESS SLOWLY INTO A MARGIELA DRESS. TO MY PLEASURE, MY RUBBISH OUTSTRIPS MY TREASURE AND I CRY ' LONG LIVE STRIP BONDS ! ' . TIM BLANKS WOULD CALL THIS AN EUREKA MOMENT . BEGÜM SEKENDiZ BORÉ

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