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	<title>the avant guardian &#187; karl lagerfeld</title>
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		<title>totempyrean \/\/ jean-pierre braganza</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 19:40:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week wunderkind and Lagerfeld protogé Jean-Pierre Braganza unveiled his A/W 09 collection, entitled &#8221; Totempyrean&#8221; at Milan&#8217;s Fashion Week. Braganza, a Brit-born Canadian, used to show in London, but switched over to Milan recently. The collection, Braganza told Coutorture, was inspired by Native American imagery and futuristic, sculptural tailoring. The hard-edges of the collection were softened by prints that came from digitally manipulated x-rays. For me, Braganza combines the best of Balenciaga (silhouettes), the sleek lines of McQueen, the rockstar attitude of Rick Owens, and mixes it all together with a whisk of origami-perfect pleating. Not that Braganza isn&#8217;t entirely original, he is. I wouldn&#8217;t call his look fresh or anything else that sounds like lemonade, but there is something new in his aesthetic. While I can find elements of many lines in his work, it points only towards the future. Braganza&#8217;s minimal use of color is spectacular. I love the combinations of black and purple, and the space age blues. Arctic fox rubs up against merino in a symphony of textures. You can almost hear the heart beating behind this collection, it&#8217;s all raging guitar solos and drum machine whirs and hisses. In fact, it sounds a little [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Until we resume our regularly scheduled programming&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please enjoy this interlude courtesy Karl Lagerfeld.]]></description>
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