Antwerp Graduates 08: Simon-Pierre Toussaint

[Charlie Delta]

Since I was kind of in collection posting mode I figured I'd also highlight the Antwerp Graduates that I found interesting.

First up:

Simon-Pierre Toussaint

"THE TREES CAN HEAR YOU IF YOU TALK TO THEM"

[Charlie Delta]

[Kodak]

That armor definately reminds me of Dior Haute Couture F/W 06 07.

[DüM]

I really like this.

[Icarus]

Fashion sacks.

[geekbonchic]

Must cop wooden suit of armor.

[minou]

this shit's pretty amazing

[Servo2000]

I'm not sure what the exact theory behind this piece is, but I like the idea. Solves having to worry about weird bunching and overall aggravation of tucked in shirts by keeping them constantly pulled against the body.

In terms of execution, the detailing might look kind of cool coming up from underneath a pair of pants / shorts. On their own, the emphasis is a little... literal?

[Guest winq]

dude's got some pretty sick camel toe going on

[Pandemonium]

fuckin' that's like robocop in prehistoric wood ages.

ROBIN HOOD, they called him.

[SoulRebel]

Those shirts with underwear attached are a good idea, Just like what Servo2000 is saying.

You could wear that and don't have those weird krinkles after siting and you don't have to tuck your shirt back whole day. I am really liking this.

[alexryb]

Must cop wooden suit of armor.

Best quote ever.

Those one-piece shirt/underwear suits are pry the most best concept this season. Seriously.. I wanna get me one.

[constant struggle]

wooden knight steez

i need to get on that

[Guest]

Cotton any idea what the wooder warriors are made out of? is it wood or some form of

plastic/ stiff fabric

[RFKorp]

Sure doesn't look like wood to me. And that would be really heavy too. Considering how much other vinyl looking is in the collection I think it's safe to say it's probably a plastic.

[geekbonchic]

Treated bamboo would also have the right texture and be lightweight. I'm actually really interested in how he pulled those off.

[alexryb]

Not real wood,

but interesting nonetheless.

[MikeN]

Looks like a lot of weird-for-the-sake-of-weird and raf-inspired techno-fabric stuff.

[2000dB]

I'm not sure what the exact theory behind this piece is, but I like the idea. Solves having to worry about weird bunching and overall aggravation of tucked in shirts by keeping them constantly pulled against the body.

In terms of execution, the detailing might look kind of cool coming up from underneath a pair of pants / shorts. On their own, the emphasis is a little... literal?

I think it's just a simple bodysuit, no? not that there's many people putting them out for men...

the shoes are really cool. looks hella orthopedic.

[Kodak]

Balenciaga S/S 07 seems to be another inspiration...

[calvin1663]

jousting is coming back in a major way in 2009...renaissance fairs will be the new nightclubs

[Guest]

Treated bamboo would also have the right texture and be lightweight. I'm actually really interested in how he pulled those off.

But the gloves?

[Charlie Delta]

I actually think that the armor is made out of some plastic or resin, the woodgrain is clearly painted on, another clue is that the grain continues on the different pieces, something wich is not possible if they were actually carved out of wood.

My guess is casted plastic/resin.

Something else, this is not bad for his google hits...

[Advantage]

I so see his references and influences in this collection which i think is very poorly executed. I'm not likin

I see a huge Raf Simons influence here. With a little bit of Dior Couture to.. um make things "avant garde"

[Uinku]

This collection wasn't very impressive at all (as some people said before, you can't help but associate it with Dior's coutoure collection). Especially if you compare it to the menswear collections of Romain Brau, Antonin Tron or Yu Fukumoto.

[Servo2000]

I think it's just a simple bodysuit, no? not that there's many people putting them out for men...

the shoes are really cool. looks hella orthopedic.

Basically, but I haven't seen too many bodysuits that were really clean looking nice polos on top and basically just boxer shorts on the bottom. These look to be meant to be worn with a pair of pants, whereas most bodysuits are either on their own or end up being covered (like long underwear).

Then again, I don't know a lot about bodysuits.

[Charlie Delta]

This collection wasn't very impressive at all (as some people said before, you can't help but associate it with Dior's coutoure collection). Especially if you compare it to the menswear collections of Romain Brau, Antonin Tron or Yu Fukumoto.

I will post those aswell, when I get around to it that is...

[DüM]

I kind of like it when inspirations and references are shown pretty literally/clearly but I guess maybe not if it's just another fashion designer's work.

[poly800rock]

next level shit here

[ardeetee]

http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/6389/antw08ma1056jh6.jpg

so um... how do you goto the bathroom? or is there some trap door I'm not aware of