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imomusI have two shows -- Momus music concerts -- coming up at the end of January, beginning of February. There's a show in Utrecht, Holland on Saturday January 26th (Kikker Theatre, Kleine zaal, €8, 9pm, reservations) and a show in Lund, Sweden on February 1st (Indigo@Blekingska nationen, 10pm). That means I'll be missing both digital kulturfest the Transmediale and Berlin Fashion Week. But I have a consolation, at least for missing fashion week: on the way to Sweden I'll be spending time in Copenhagen -- one of the few European cities I've actually never been to -- and Copenhagen is home to one of the few fashion designers I like: Henrik Vibskov.
I'm not really much of a fashionista; I like the street fashion stuff people put together for themselves, especially in Japan. I'm distantly interested in nu-ugly nu-ravewear's toxic optimism, and I like the work of certain friends -- Hikaru Furuhashi's Neckarves (she gave me a Nickarf Neckarf when I was in New York), for example. But it's pretty rare for me to like a "designer". If I had to name some I like I'd probably mention Cosmic Wonder, Makin Jan Ma of Jan Family, Bless... and, recently, Henrik Vibskov. I actually covet his €320 Helsinki Blanket, a sort of acid-Aztec poncho hanging on the rail at Berlin's Best Shop.
Henrik Vibskov -- like Makin Jan Ma, and like my girlfriend -- is a graduate of St Martin's in London. He's 34 now, and rides an excellent grocer's bicycle (I almost bought one like that, but it was as expensive as the Helsinki Blanket!)
around Copenhagen, where he has a workshop and shop. He's a handsome fellow and he makes handsome clothes. Some of the scarves in his Men's Spring / Summer 2008 collection Fantabulous Bicycle Music Factory look a bit like Hikaru's neckarves!
I'll need to play a few more concerts before I can afford €320 for a Helsinki Blanket. So I'll probably just buy a garish secondhand tramp blanket for €2, hang it up in the garden to get rid of the sour smell, then pretend it's a Henrik Vibskov. But I'd like to thank the handsome grocery bicyclist of Copenhagen for being an inspiration.
I'm not really much of a fashionista; I like the street fashion stuff people put together for themselves, especially in Japan. I'm distantly interested in nu-ugly nu-ravewear's toxic optimism, and I like the work of certain friends -- Hikaru Furuhashi's Neckarves (she gave me a Nickarf Neckarf when I was in New York), for example. But it's pretty rare for me to like a "designer". If I had to name some I like I'd probably mention Cosmic Wonder, Makin Jan Ma of Jan Family, Bless... and, recently, Henrik Vibskov. I actually covet his €320 Helsinki Blanket, a sort of acid-Aztec poncho hanging on the rail at Berlin's Best Shop. Henrik Vibskov -- like Makin Jan Ma, and like my girlfriend -- is a graduate of St Martin's in London. He's 34 now, and rides an excellent grocer's bicycle (I almost bought one like that, but it was as expensive as the Helsinki Blanket!)
around Copenhagen, where he has a workshop and shop. He's a handsome fellow and he makes handsome clothes. Some of the scarves in his Men's Spring / Summer 2008 collection Fantabulous Bicycle Music Factory look a bit like Hikaru's neckarves!I'll need to play a few more concerts before I can afford €320 for a Helsinki Blanket. So I'll probably just buy a garish secondhand tramp blanket for €2, hang it up in the garden to get rid of the sour smell, then pretend it's a Henrik Vibskov. But I'd like to thank the handsome grocery bicyclist of Copenhagen for being an inspiration.
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Date: 2008-01-04 11:52 am (UTC)Does this make any sense?
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Date: 2008-01-04 12:50 pm (UTC)Nu-rave was just emo with neon-colours - there were also elements of "urban" hiphop/grime fashion, at least here in London. It was a superficial way of adding freshness to something old; change the pallete.
Stereotypical emo
Klaxons, not quite emo, not quite new rave, early days
full blown Nu rave.
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Date: 2008-01-04 03:38 pm (UTC)that is indeed, however, a very nice bike.
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Date: 2008-01-05 12:16 am (UTC)http://www.unconfinedmind.com/
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Date: 2008-01-04 06:29 pm (UTC)Now I only have a few weeks to gather all the fans I made you!
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Date: 2008-01-04 10:02 pm (UTC)I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT YOU WOULD DO IF YOU MET MOMUS
Maybe I can convince my dad to take my family to Holland, since my dad went on his mission there in the 70s. He's obsessed with Holland EXCEPT HE DIDN'T TEACH ME DUTCH WHEN I WAS YOUNGER. STOMART!!! >:O
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Date: 2008-01-04 10:05 pm (UTC)OR TOKIO HOTEL RINGBINDERS
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Date: 2008-01-04 06:31 pm (UTC)OH GOD WHAT WILL I WEAR???!
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Date: 2008-01-04 09:24 pm (UTC)check out the quicktime samples:
http://www.colorfree.jp/
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Date: 2008-01-07 02:25 pm (UTC)Such a nice chap - tremendous sense of humor, esaygoing, sincere, etc.
Most importantly he has a very refreshing take on men's fashion - very childlike, naive - so far removed from the standard narcissistic gay male designer stereotype and very much in line with the Momus aesthetic.
You can't get much more inventive (underground?) and run a viable fashion label ...
Martin in Tokyo, where the V Man has many devoted fans
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