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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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Thierry Mugler Autumn Winter 2012 2013

Thierry Mugler Autumn Winter 2012 2013

Yesterday evening French designer Romain Kremer and Thierry Mugler creative director resurrected the Mugler Men with a strong and elegant, somewhat darker image during their presentation of Autumn Winter 2012-2013 collection at Paris Fashion Week. The collection started with 2 models coming out with cameras (the videos will be available later) and going on with...
Marni Autumn Winter 2012 2013

Marni Autumn Winter 2012 2013

In 1994, Consuelo and Gianni Castiglioni launched Marni, the iconic luxury, eclectic women’s clothing and accessories collection. In addition to the women’s collection, Marni men’s launched in Spring Summer 2002 followed by Eyewear for Fall Winter 2005–06 and Summer and Winter Editions in 2009. 3 years later, the label offers their vision for the season...
Blown In A Gentle Wind: Mute Poetry #1

Blown In A Gentle Wind: Mute Poetry #1

Dear fruits, This week “senza parole”. Mementically yours, Per Joannesson Teodor Kračun and Arsenije Marković, “The Descent of the Holy Spirit and The Council of Prophets with the Holy Virgin,” 1775-178   Joachim Brohm Robert Polidori, “After The Flood” Paul Sietsema, Modern Struggle, 2008 Sze Tsung Leong, Zhongshan Lu I, Xinjiekou, Xuanwu District, Nanjing, 2004...
Alexander McQueen Autumn Winter 2012 2013

Alexander McQueen Autumn Winter 2012 2013

When I heard that Sarah Burton was about to present a Victorian inspired collection, all associations I had were “stuffy”, “preposterous”, “simply too much”. Thus, Ms. Burton surprises with an elegant spin on her initial idea for Alexander McQueen‘s Autumn Winter 2012 2013 collection. Modelled at the presentation on a boy who resembles Basquiat, the...
Vivienne Westwood Autumn Winter 2012 2013

Vivienne Westwood Autumn Winter 2012 2013

Vivienne Westwood is famous for her inimitable designs and concepts as well as her deep honesty when it comes to climate change and environmental awareness. The British designer kicks off her collection with the philosophy behind the BBC movie The Frozen Planet and embeds the esthetics in her Autumn Winter Collection for 2012 2013. She...
Blown In A Gentle Wind #3

Blown In A Gentle Wind #3

    Dear fruits: The contemporary man knows he is, when he is . . . . shopping! Revel in an exquisite ‘BIAGW’ selection of the most superlative goods around today! Can’t make up your mind? “Crede quod habes prada, et habes prada!” Memetically yours, Per Joannesson. Facial oil of the week: Rodin’s “Olio lusso”...
Prada Autumn Winter 2012 2013

Prada Autumn Winter 2012 2013

Watching the Prada Autumn Winter 2012 2013 runway show doesn’t give me the feeling of just watching expressionless models walk down an isle. Miuccia Prada brings out an onslaught of high profile actors in her stunning new menswear line including the likes of Adrien Brody, Gary Oldman, Jamie Bell and Emile Hirsch. After watching the...