SCHIPPER/ARQUES S/S 2011 PREVIEW – TEXT BY PHILIPPE POURHASHEMI

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Dear Shaded Viewers,

I had the pleasure to talk to Boris Schipper and Tomas Pedrosa Arques yesterday about their new collection during the press conference announcing "Les Belges", the first joint showroom between Flanders Fashion Institute and Wallonia-Brussels Design/Mode, which will take place in Paris from the 1st until the 5th of October. As soon as I saw the duo's one of a kind pieces, I was hooked. For S/S 2011, they have found a rather confused and deranged muse. Escaping her repressed upbringing, their heroine runs away from her family at the Debutante Ball. As she liberates herself from her constricting clothes and padlocked, chastity corset, she experiences feelings of joy and alienation. Her embroidered face mask is one of the first things to go during her escape.

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Here's a video teaser, produced and directed by Spurred and Lace studio.

Best,

Philippe

www.schipperarques.be

Philippe Pourhashemi

A freelance fashion writer, consultant and stylist, Philippe Pourhashemi was born in Tehran in 1976. He grew up in Paris, before moving to Scotland to study Foreign Languages. His passions are fashion and culture, as well as music and film. He writes and styles features for Metal in Barcelona, Behind the Blinds in Brussels, Contributor in Stockholm, Veoir in New York and SKP in Beijing. He was named Fucking Young's Editor-at-Large in 2016 and has contributed to ASVOF since 2008, acting as Correspondent-at-Large since 2012. An avid traveler, he likes to explore exotic fashion weeks and unexpected destinations whenever he can.

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