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i-D April 1997: The Outlook Issue Fun Boy Three Photography: Mark Borthwick Styling: Rebecca Owen Make-up: Bibi of New York Fastforwarding into the Millenium, fashion increasingly rewinds to the past. Ideas plundered from 20th Century wardrobes maybe the trademark of most 90’s designers. But not all. Martin Margiela, Junya Watanabe, and Hussein Chalayan may not be universally liked but they have something to say, something new. They create argument in an industry which is essentially based on change; in short, they create alternative: thinking harder about intelligent design, digging deeper for sources of inspiration, filling the gap between fashion based on sex or commercialism while retaining elements of both. And, despite their individuality, Margiela, Watanabe, and Chalayan are linked by their ability to simplify things, focusing on details that enhance rather than obscure. Sometimes you have to work harder to appreciate this alternative aesthetic but, rather than hitting you immediately then fading just as quickly, these creative visions fit slowly, sublimely into place.

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i-D April 1997: The Outlook Issue

Fun Boy Three

Photography: Mark Borthwick

Styling: Rebecca Owen

Make-up: Bibi of New York

Fastforwarding into the Millenium, fashion increasingly rewinds to the past. Ideas plundered from 20th Century wardrobes maybe the trademark of most 90’s designers. But not all. Martin Margiela, Junya Watanabe, and Hussein Chalayan may not be universally liked but they have something to say, something new. They create argument in an industry which is essentially based on change; in short, they create alternative: thinking harder about intelligent design, digging deeper for sources of inspiration, filling the gap between fashion based on sex or commercialism while retaining elements of both. And, despite their individuality, Margiela, Watanabe, and Chalayan are linked by their ability to simplify things, focusing on details that enhance rather than obscure. Sometimes you have to work harder to appreciate this alternative aesthetic but, rather than hitting you immediately then fading just as quickly, these creative visions fit slowly, sublimely into place.


April 22nd 2012