Mudam Luxembourg shows RRRIPP!! Paper Fashion
9. October 2008 Art & Fashion, Calls & Events
RRRIPP!! Paper Fashion
From October 11, 2008 to February 2, 2009
Mudam presents RRRIPP!! Paper Fashion.
“This exhibition conceived by ATOPOS, constitutes a research result on paper clothing, a very widespread phenomenon in the United States at the end of the sixties, but little known by the general public. (…)Presenting various methods to use paper in the fashion of today, it shows design, art and publicity objects, as well as filmed fashion shows and recent creations by some of the most innovating fashion designers. (…)” (Source).
The Atopos paper dress collection shows works from inter alia: Sandra Backlund, Walter Van Beirendonck, Bless, Hugo Boss/James Rosenquist, Sarah Caplan, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, Hussein Chalayan, Ann Demeulemeester, John Galliano, Tao Kurihara pour Comme des Garçons, Martin Margiela, Issey Miyake, Hiroaki Ohya, Marcus Tomlinson/Gareth Pugh and Junya Watanabe.
Pictures via Atopos
When Coco Chanel opened her first shop in 1913 in Paris, no one would have been thought that this woman would become one of the most influential designers of the 20th century, a role model for the industrially expanding world and a precursor for female independence.... 
Don´t worry, What´s Wrong With The Zoo isn´t going porn - instead, I have a look towards south. To Munich, Germany. In the midst of the Glockenbachviertel, the AMEN Store doesn´t only hawk unique mirroring but also cares about the good style. (read on) 
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