Aitor Throup: New Orleans Project - Page 4

Servo2000 · 01-11-2009, 08:19 PM

I feel like it was actually even a little cheaper than that in Los Angeles when I saw it for some reason but I could definitely be remembering wrong.

01-11-2009, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Tyro

well sorry to seenmy if this is a bit cyber stalker, but for the sake of the thread:

head to ankle AT...

wow, the subtleties of the jacket are lost in the logo, but the pants are amazing, hope to get my hands on some of his stuff eventually.

Tyro · 01-12-2009, 12:41 AM

is there realistically any chance of finding a pair of the the topman trousers in a 32 or 34? I've checked fairly regularly since they sold out, but have not once seen a pair for sale.

surver · 01-20-2009, 04:12 AM

amazing drawings... why the actual pieces don't quite 'add-up', in my opinion, is that they severely lack the atmosphere and ambience promised by the drawings... instead, the clothes are just technical translations of the drawn images, i think if he concentrates on translating not just the physical but more so the atmospherics the clothes would be so much more amazing.

merz · 01-20-2009, 12:00 PM

keep in mind, surver, the man has not yet produced an actual collection. true, his earlier (school) efforts were kind of lacking in realisation of the concepts, but the more recent pieces shown from his own atelier (new orleans project) show a lot of development having taken place since.

watch this space.

ddohnggo · 01-22-2009, 01:16 PM

i have the aitor throup trousers and they're really cool. granted the fabric isn't all that great since it's topman. can't wait for his new shit to come out.

mizzar · 03-22-2009, 07:10 AM

He's new project with Stone Island is called Articulated Anatomy.
There is three objects: Cap, Jacket, Pants.
Pants can be bought on stone island uk online shop for 350 pound.
Here is the pictures of pants.

ARTICULATED ANATOMY by AITOR THROUP
Following on from the anatomically explorative foundation set by Aitor Throup‘s first collaborative offering with Stone Island (Modular Anatomy - AW08), the second installment of the on-going collaboration shifts its focus from the intricately laborious construction of last season, to a structural enquiry into the articulation of the human body, and its direct relationship with clothing.

The concept behind Articulated Anatomy is based on creating garments which directly mirror the range of movement of the body itself. The pieces morph and move, extend and contract, as the body does. The industrialisation of the clothing has inevitably resulted in an ever-growing standardisation of all stages of garment development and construction.

For example, it is now standard for the generally accepted ‘every-day‘ garment to be constructed as a two-sided box with perfectly straight (or near straight) sleeves. In reality, however, our ‘every-day‘ bodies are rarely in such rigid pose. Our bodies move and articulate, and this is something that clothing should be responsible enough to acknowledge.

When the articulated Anatomy pieces are worn, their engineered articulations are antagonistically activated, tackling common place clothing problems such as excess fabric build up when legs or arms are bent, or the back of the waistband on a pair of trousers staying close to the waist, rather than slipping down, when sitting.
In-keeping with his usual approach to conceptual functionalism, Aitor Throup has again explored and challenged standardised garment construction, by designing clothing with as much focus on the process as on the product, giving the work a narrative.

Articulated Anatomy establishes a growing explorative process between Stone Island and Aitor Throup in a continuing series exploring new solutions in the field of clothing the human body.
The Anatomy series intends to explore and experiment with one specific concept each season

zamb · 03-22-2009, 10:24 AM

this is not a new idea, its used in the design of military garments, matter of fact, military garments that were, and continually are design by a comany I used to work for, even that pants looks eerily similar to our "alpha" combat pants, with articulated seams....... also has many of the elements that are a part of this pants.....................
dont want to call anyone a copyist, but these pants come reaaaally close........
i'll try to post a few images of the pants, for you all to see the similarities.

zamb · 03-22-2009, 10:40 AM

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here they are........... there is another version i'll try to post, later.

Chinorlz · 03-22-2009, 12:47 PM

hmm, potential Throup fail here :(

I know it may not be his fault but I'm getting frustrated at not being able to see/handle/try on his pieces edition after edition (can't even call his stuff by seasons). The Stone Island collab stuff is clearly not where he's putting a lot of his creative energy, and his named line is amazingly creative but I don't think anyone on here has seen/tried on but one or two things if they got lucky and saw them at The Library.

Given all this, it's a testament to his abilities and creativity that his name is still known, but I'd love to hear more about his clothes other than some Topman collab you know?

mizzar · 03-22-2009, 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zamb

this is not a new idea, its used in the design of military garments, matter of fact, military garments that were, and continually are design by a comany I used to work for, even that pants looks eerily similar to our "alpha" combat pants, with articulated seams....... also has many of the elements that are a part of this pants.....................
dont want to call anyone a copyist, but these pants come reaaaally close........
i'll try to post a few images of the pants, for you all to see the similarities.

It's is look like a 100% military uniform inspired item. And i can see many of the elements your ale talking about. Maybe all that is interesting about Aitor for us is not his actual interest. In every interview he is like "i want to study anatomy of human body".
So he is not so fashion oriented, but clothes(uniform if you like) oriented. He is now working with Umbro on a new form for England Football Team. So as of now i don't have much hope to see his line or designs in fashion. Damn. I liked his Football Hulligan collection.

mizzar · 03-22-2009, 03:51 PM

and his site is updated.
there are some interesting images and photos of his work on

earlier collections.

www.aitorthroup.com

merz · 03-22-2009, 04:12 PM

i still have to say this guy is absolutely ridiculously strong. this is going to be the answer to all the maurizios when he puts his own line together, and he has confirmed to be working on it. collaborative projects from stone island & such aside, you can tell from the concepts and his explicit desire to realise them in exact detail that this is something very, very special.

this is the one thing to get seriously excited about when thinking of the future.

Avantster · 03-22-2009, 07:28 PM

so i checked out the updated site last night.
have to agree here, from his concepts and drawings to his approach in creating structured clothing that add to or modify human anatomy he has really a lot of potential. while stunning in conception when executed poorly the results have seemingly come across as caricaturistic (is that even a word?). perhaps i just need to handle more of his stuff.

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Originally Posted by merz

aitor is the one to look out for. i'll try and take a wywt photo of my pair one of these days.

you must do this one of these days, i've been dying to see those pants.

merz · 03-22-2009, 08:56 PM

will do. servo has a pair of the topmans now as well, photos are inevitable.

Servo2000 · 03-23-2009, 02:10 PM

I'll try and get a picture up of my Topmans sometime this week while I'm back, then - I don't have any of my other clothes with me so I'll just get a simple one wearing just a t-shirt and cheap black sneakers so you can really see the pants (we'll see how the photography actually goes since they're so black, though).

In terms of product the Topman ones are nicer than just about any pair of black trousers I've ever owned - the intricacy in construction is fantastic and the material more than passable. I paid $200 for mine and feel that it was a great deal.

generic_guy · 03-23-2009, 06:44 PM

Aitor has designed the new England football strip, short interview with him about it here:
http://www.umbro.com/#/?country=en&p...ection=video_3

This is supposed to be the shirt:

which looks a bit underwhelming to me.

Servo2000 · 03-24-2009, 02:41 PM

He was on a team of designers as a consultant.

mizzar · 03-30-2009, 08:13 PM

The actual foto of the jacket and pants on something humanlike.
It doesn't look very SZ aproved thou.

Servo2000 · 03-30-2009, 10:54 PM

Intrigued by the pant straps - it looks like moving into a squat position 'activates' them in some way to pull and move fabric to ease the movement? It's a little hard to tell from the images exactly what they're doing but it's an interesting idea - having a more difficult time figuring out the underlying motive of the knitted elbow sections but the segmented arms are interesting as well.

01-22-2009, 01:16 PM	#66
ddohnggo Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: nyc - ccpland Posts: 4,995	i have the aitor throup trousers and they're really cool. granted the fabric isn't all that great since it's topman. can't wait for his new shit to come out. __________________ Did you get and like the larger dick?

03-22-2009, 07:10 AM	#67
mizzar Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 71	So about Aitor He's new project with Stone Island is called Articulated Anatomy. There is three objects: Cap, Jacket, Pants. Pants can be bought on stone island uk online shop for 350 pound. Here is the pictures of pants. ARTICULATED ANATOMY by AITOR THROUP Following on from the anatomically explorative foundation set by Aitor Throup‘s first collaborative offering with Stone Island (Modular Anatomy - AW08), the second installment of the on-going collaboration shifts its focus from the intricately laborious construction of last season, to a structural enquiry into the articulation of the human body, and its direct relationship with clothing. The concept behind Articulated Anatomy is based on creating garments which directly mirror the range of movement of the body itself. The pieces morph and move, extend and contract, as the body does. The industrialisation of the clothing has inevitably resulted in an ever-growing standardisation of all stages of garment development and construction. For example, it is now standard for the generally accepted ‘every-day‘ garment to be constructed as a two-sided box with perfectly straight (or near straight) sleeves. In reality, however, our ‘every-day‘ bodies are rarely in such rigid pose. Our bodies move and articulate, and this is something that clothing should be responsible enough to acknowledge. When the articulated Anatomy pieces are worn, their engineered articulations are antagonistically activated, tackling common place clothing problems such as excess fabric build up when legs or arms are bent, or the back of the waistband on a pair of trousers staying close to the waist, rather than slipping down, when sitting. In-keeping with his usual approach to conceptual functionalism, Aitor Throup has again explored and challenged standardised garment construction, by designing clothing with as much focus on the process as on the product, giving the work a narrative. Articulated Anatomy establishes a growing explorative process between Stone Island and Aitor Throup in a continuing series exploring new solutions in the field of clothing the human body. The Anatomy series intends to explore and experiment with one specific concept each season __________________ ____ sorry for my bad english, i learned it from the book. I too am inspired by homeless people when I buy a $1,000 jacket. Why don't we just shit on them? Oh, fashion, sometimes I wonder why I bother...(Faust)

03-22-2009, 10:40 AM	#69
zamb Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Kingston/ New York Posts: 2,687	<TABLE cellSpacing=10 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top align=left><TABLE width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD style="WIDTH: 75%; CURSOR: hand" vAlign=top align=middle rowSpan=2></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> here they are........... there is another version i'll try to post, later.

03-22-2009, 12:47 PM	#70
Chinorlz Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 5,850	hmm, potential Throup fail here :( I know it may not be his fault but I'm getting frustrated at not being able to see/handle/try on his pieces edition after edition (can't even call his stuff by seasons). The Stone Island collab stuff is clearly not where he's putting a lot of his creative energy, and his named line is amazingly creative but I don't think anyone on here has seen/tried on but one or two things if they got lucky and saw them at The Library. Given all this, it's a testament to his abilities and creativity that his name is still known, but I'd love to hear more about his clothes other than some Topman collab you know? __________________ www.CollateralConcepts.com Merz (5/22/09):"i'm a firm believer that the ultimate prevailing logic in design is 'does shit look sick as fuck' "

03-22-2009, 03:51 PM	#72
mizzar Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 71	and his site is updated. there are some interesting images and photos of his work on earlier collections. www.aitorthroup.com __________________ ____ sorry for my bad english, i learned it from the book. I too am inspired by homeless people when I buy a $1,000 jacket. Why don't we just shit on them? Oh, fashion, sometimes I wonder why I bother...(Faust)

01-11-2009, 08:19 PM	#61
Servo2000 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,007	I feel like it was actually even a little cheaper than that in Los Angeles when I saw it for some reason but I could definitely be remembering wrong.

01-12-2009, 12:41 AM	#63
Tyro Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 115	is there realistically any chance of finding a pair of the the topman trousers in a 32 or 34? I've checked fairly regularly since they sold out, but have not once seen a pair for sale.

01-20-2009, 04:12 AM	#64
surver Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 171	amazing drawings... why the actual pieces don't quite 'add-up', in my opinion, is that they severely lack the atmosphere and ambience promised by the drawings... instead, the clothes are just technical translations of the drawn images, i think if he concentrates on translating not just the physical but more so the atmospherics the clothes would be so much more amazing.

03-22-2009, 10:24 AM	#68
zamb Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Kingston/ New York Posts: 2,687	this is not a new idea, its used in the design of military garments, matter of fact, military garments that were, and continually are design by a comany I used to work for, even that pants looks eerily similar to our "alpha" combat pants, with articulated seams....... also has many of the elements that are a part of this pants..................... dont want to call anyone a copyist, but these pants come reaaaally close........ i'll try to post a few images of the pants, for you all to see the similarities.

03-23-2009, 02:10 PM	#76
Servo2000 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,007	I'll try and get a picture up of my Topmans sometime this week while I'm back, then - I don't have any of my other clothes with me so I'll just get a simple one wearing just a t-shirt and cheap black sneakers so you can really see the pants (we'll see how the photography actually goes since they're so black, though). In terms of product the Topman ones are nicer than just about any pair of black trousers I've ever owned - the intricacy in construction is fantastic and the material more than passable. I paid $200 for mine and feel that it was a great deal.

03-23-2009, 06:44 PM	#77
generic_guy Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 114	Aitor has designed the new England football strip, short interview with him about it here: http://www.umbro.com/#/?country=en&p...ection=video_3 This is supposed to be the shirt: which looks a bit underwhelming to me.

03-24-2009, 02:41 PM	#78
Servo2000 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,007	He was on a team of designers as a consultant.

03-30-2009, 08:13 PM	#79
mizzar Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 71	The actual foto of the jacket and pants on something humanlike. It doesn't look very SZ aproved thou. __________________ ____ sorry for my bad english, i learned it from the book. I too am inspired by homeless people when I buy a $1,000 jacket. Why don't we just shit on them? Oh, fashion, sometimes I wonder why I bother...(Faust)

03-30-2009, 10:54 PM	#80
Servo2000 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,007	Intrigued by the pant straps - it looks like moving into a squat position 'activates' them in some way to pull and move fabric to ease the movement? It's a little hard to tell from the images exactly what they're doing but it's an interesting idea - having a more difficult time figuring out the underlying motive of the knitted elbow sections but the segmented arms are interesting as well.

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