The work of Helmut Lang

[michael_kard]

Helmut's collaboration with Deste will be on display at the Madison Avenue windows of Barneys for a month until July 4th.

[interest1]

Absolut vodka ad

HELMUT LANG by HELMUT NEWTON, 1995

[mrbeuys]

Dude, that doesn't belong here, post it in small questions thread or something else please.

[michael_kard]

anyone have a picture of the Helmut Lang "cowboy" t-shirt?
my google searching skills are coming up blank on this one.
i owned this shirt at one time and sold it. boy do i regret that one. never on eBay or yahoo japan.

Just posted this on the archives.

[interest1]

Everybody makes it to NY. Eventually.

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I generally like to stay away from putting up photos of designers,
though I admit a soft spot for particularly poignant moments.

Below, Helmut Lang photographed by friend and regular collaborator, Elfie Semotan,
shortly after his move to NYC.

"Coming to New York is a big experience. It activated an entirely different part of my brain . It's liberating
because . . . I tend to be quite emotional. Here I feel like a weight has been lifted." – Helmut Lang

[interest1]

poignant panties


photo: Elfie Semotan

[ittalidaa]

Malgosia and Guinevere in Helmut Lang by Meisel

[ittalidaa]

Elfie in Helmut

[ittalidaa]

[kompressorkev]

shoes! shot by Juergen Teller, for Autumn-Winter 2004/2005

[Faust]

I wonder if droogist still has her horsehair shoes.

[interest1]

Elfie in Helmut

A great self-portrait. Thanks for posting it, ittalidaa.

A short-but-sweet interview from earlier this year, HERE

And, of course, some random Helmut lovage:

Dutch mag editorial, #26












i-D mag, December 1993, The Smart Issue



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young & hungry, 1993

[kucejoe]

H to the L to the . . .V?


Believe it. . In 1996, to mark the 100th anniversary of their LV monogram,
the house tapped on the shoulders of seven designers it considered "at the forefront of fashion"
and asked them to put their spin on a Vuitton piece as part of a limited-edition centennial collection.

One of those shoulders was Helmut Lang's, who tricked out a square-shaped vanity trunk into a DJ case.



the full spread



Chrissie Hynde was given a case, as were Grandmaster Flash, Courtney Love, and Johnny Depp.
Apparently, John Travolta was given one, too, defying all logic in the selection process.

Full post HERE

Someone is selling one of these on Ebay (LINK).

I had a WTF moment when I saw it so thanks to interest1 for the post that cleared it up.

[interest1]

Someone is selling one of these on Ebay (LINK).

I had a WTF moment when I saw it so thanks to interest1 for the post that cleared it up.

You're welcome.

It'll be interesting to see what it goes for, considering I pulled my info off of a luxury goods site specializing in
pre-owned gotta-have-its, where the same piece was going for 15K.

Here's a screenshot from back in June, when I first saw it. No idea if it ever sold.

[interest1]

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. . . Speaking of gotta-have-its . . .

a little backstage bondage à la Lang, circa F/W03

Talk about give me your pants.