MENSWEAR: INSPIRATIONSPRING/SUMMER 2010This is not the time to hide in your shell. Go out and discover the rich creativity incultures from all over the globe and from across history. Seek out the precious and theexotic, mix it all up, spice it with a keen sense for the satirical and the surreal, andcreate your own stage around it. Sometimes more is more.Be confident. Be outrageous. The world is your theatre.

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The Royal Pavilion

A former royal residence of King George IV, theBrighton Pavilion was adapted from a farmhouse atthe end of the 18th century. John Nash took overthe design in the 19th Century, creating the retreatwhich is now synonymous with the then PrinceRegent. Styled in the Indo-Saracenic architectureprevalent in India during the nineteenth century, theopulent interior mixes lavish Chinese interiors, withAsian exoticism and English eccentricity.

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Albert Kahn

Millionaire French banker and philanthropist AlbertKahn embarked on an ambitious project in 1909. Hewanted to capture - using colour photography - allthe peoples of the world, using the then newautochrome process, the world’s first true-colourphotographic system.Kahn’s legacy is considered to be one of the mostimportant collections of early colour photography inthe world.

The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn: Colour Photographs from a Lost Age

By David OkuefunaPublisher: BBC BooksISBN: 1846074584

The Fall

This surreal epic directed by Tarsem Singh is avisually stunning tale that unravels across 26countries. As a little girl recovers in hospital, shebefriends a wounded and heartbroken stuntman. Hebegins to tell her a story filled with fantasticadventures, heroes and villains that intertwine withtheir real lives.

www.thefallthemovie.com

Torero

In this beautifully shot photo book, fashionphotographer Ruven Afanador presents a stylish andfascinating portrait of the old-world Latin tradition of bullfighting. He does this by capturing its uniquecombination of erotic, narcissistic flamboyance andextreme masculinity, as well as documenting theintricately crafted costumes of matador couture.

Torero

By Ruven AfanadorPublisher: Edition StemmleISBN: 390816348X

www.art-dept.com/artists/afanador/

Bernhard Willhelm

In the ten years since he started his own label,designer Bernhard Willhelm has broken every rule inthe book. His menswear collections never fail toshock and often reference previously unworkableinspirations that range from American football andwrestling to ballet and lederhosen. Willhelm’s clothesare far from commercial, but desirable all the same.

www.totemfashion.comwww.royalpavilion.org.uk/

Tim Walker

Tim Walker’s vision has been a driving force in therecent evolution in fashion photography. Bursts of colour populate his sweeping vistas and ornatelocations, with an outrageous absurdity expressedthrough scale and composition. He brings backcolour, fun and fantasy to fashion photography.

I Love Pictures!

By Tim WalkerPublisher: Hatje CantzISBN: 3775721118

Hew Locke

Investigating concepts of identity, global culture andBritishness, Hew Locke fuses hordes of seeminglyrandom objects – such as dolls, toy guns, souvenirs,and cheap pound store ephemera - into sculpturalcollages with complex cultural and political messages,which linger beneath the dense playfulness of hisfetish-like statues.

www.hewlocke.net/