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Blown In A Gentle Wind: "Nachteiland Trilogy" Part I

Blown In A Gentle Wind: “Nachteiland Trilogy” Part I

  Dear fruits, Voila: “Nachteiland” vol. 1. Devour it! Mementically yours, Per Joannesson.   Claude lalanne ‘Fauteuil-Crocodile’, 1987. Artist of the week: Jean-Michel Basquiat     Jean-Michel Basquiat Popstar of the week: Grace Jones Karen Walker – Exodus Karen Walker -A warm summer evening Tripod Rashid Johnson James Baldwin by...
Vladimir Karaleev Autumn Winter 2012 2013

Vladimir Karaleev Autumn Winter 2012 2013

You know those moments when you feel so proud of your country that you’re about to cry? Well, I almost never have those moments because there are more than enough reasons to be ashamed of my homeland. Thus, Vladimir Karaleev gave me one of those truly patriotic moments during Berlin...
transmediale 2k+12: in/compatible

transmediale 2k+12: in/compatible

Have you visited the transmediale website recently? It looks horrible! It’s so 1999. It’s just wrong. It’s simply incompatible. At transmediale 2012 everything will revolve around the theme in/compatible. Incompatibility refers to the condition that arises when things don’t work together – a pervasive phenomenon in the field of technology....
Paris for horny nerds

Paris for horny nerds

This is going to be my first post on Grateful Grapefruit and I’m truly excited. Christo and I shortly discussed the topics I could cover here and we agreed on something travel related. My greatest passion. Although I wanted to travel the world from day 1, my adventures started a...

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Walter Van Beirendonck Autumn Winter 2012 2013

Walter Van Beirendonck Autumn Winter 2012 2013

This is maybe one of the most captivating collections of Fashion Week season 2012/2013. The Belgian designer and agent provocateur Walter Van Beirendonck used exclusively faceless models to present his new collection. Usually when you watch a runway show your perception of the models is not really one of human beings. However, Walter took this...
Dries Van Noten Autumn Winter 2012 2013

Dries Van Noten Autumn Winter 2012 2013

Dries Van Noten manages to put a multi-media installation down on a pair of trousers or a coat. During the presentation of his latest collection I couldn’t help but think if the colors and prints are too much, and if they don’t start to remind me too much of the crazy patchwork clothes by Desigual....
Kate Bush's Influence On Humanity

Kate Bush’s Influence On Humanity

The other day I was thinking about musical influences and what makes me so attracted to them.  While I was thinking about this, listening to my digital music library on shuffle, a song by Kate Bush came on, and it then struck me!  Though I came across Kate Bush sometime around mid 2002 (Yes I...
Jean Paul Gaultier Autumn Winter 2012 2013

Jean Paul Gaultier Autumn Winter 2012 2013

Only one word can describe Jean Paul Gaultier’s next season collection: patterns. And I’m not talking some lousy boring ones. Look at this whole palette of patterns – from brick over to crazy cartoons, classic romanticism, sometimes military and even shaped materials bring the collection of otherwise rather dark and disillusioned garments to live. The...
Drop The Needle, Berlin!

Drop The Needle, Berlin!

Who said events that raise awareness and put ethics in the spotlight should be dull, tasteless and involve a lot of dreadlocks? Drop The Needle is the event that will let you keep your sass on and make you dance for ethical fashion during Mercedes Fashion Week. FRONT ROW SOCIETY and THE ETHICAL FASHION FORUM...
Yohji Yamamoto Autumn Winter 2012 2013

Yohji Yamamoto Autumn Winter 2012 2013

There was something disturbing in Yohji Yamamoto’s collection for Autumn Winter 2012 2013. This something wasn’t necessarily a positive assumption – the idea that by fall 2012 we’ll all be dressing up like hobos and Russian war prisoners isn’t that calming. Nevertheless, the collection used, like in past runway shows, unconventional models, which made it...
Varieté Varieté!

Varieté Varieté!

How do I feel about varieté programs? I’m always suspicious. They can vary (haha) from very entertaining and sexy to pretty uncomfortable and dull. Thus, I’m going to give variety show one more chance this Saturday at Berlin’s .HBC where our friends from Expatriarch put together Varieté Varieté. The show will treat the audience to...