I have mixed feelings about Helmut Lang these days..it's not as edgy and clean as it used to be, and even from having to work in their Notting Hill store a few times this year I noticed it attracts completely different audience.. the quality of the fabrics is still good though
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YohjiIsLife, thanks for posting, but could you resize the first image? It's too big.
Mne, not sure how much you know about the history of the brand but Helmut Lang has not been designing it for over ten years now. It's been turned into a contemporary wear brand.Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde
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I've noticed when looking at archive pieces that the backpack straps on the outerwear are on pieces from the "denim"* line, that is, the ones with the larger, square Helmut Lang label - black lettering on white (including the astro biker jackets). Bondage details are limited to handstraps on the "runway"* pieces, the ones with the smaller, rectangle label - black lettering on black.
I don't know where I'm going with this. I just found it peculiar that the such an iconic detail was left for the "denim" line - which, and I could be completely off base here, is a lower tier.
*I found this information on a very old forum - a user explained the different labels, confirmed it with an old HL employee.
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Not entirely true. A few mainline pieces with backpack straps that come to mind are the silk organza version of the astro biker from aw 1999, a blazer from aw 2002, and a nylon jacket from...1996? The handstrap detail was used in 03/04, after the jeans line was cut. Both jeans and mainline were on the runway, and I haven't noticed any lower quality in the jeans line. It was simply more everyday wear/military inspired, and separate from the tailoring.Last edited by fredokin; 11-13-2016, 12:26 PM.Originally posted by gregorit's terribly lit
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Originally posted by fredokin View PostNot entirely true. A few mainline pieces with backpack straps that come to mind are the silk organza version of the astro biker from aw 1999, a blazer from aw 2002, and a nylon jacket from...1996? The handstrap detail was used in 03/04, after the jeans line was cut. Both jeans and mainline were on the runway, and I haven't noticed any lower quality in the jeans line. It was simply more everyday wear/military inspired, and separate from the tailoring.Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde
StyleZeitgeist Magazine
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I'm not sure where to post this, feel free to move it, my main mods.
http://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/...-going-on-sale
"In a project called HELMUT LANG: ARTIFACTS, Resurrection Vintage is presenting a collection of the designer’s garments from the 1990s right up until his departure in 2005."
Based on their sponsored content, identical articles down to the title on both dazed and hypebeast, I'm weary for a cashgrab, but I would be interested in seeing some archival HL, especially since I was too young to experience the line during its heyday.
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"Alongside the campaign, Helmut Lang has announced two new projects: Helmut Lang Re-Edition will centre around the reissue of important heritage pieces – Volume 1 will be available in September 2017, and will feature fifteen items. Future Volumes will be released every four months." via Dazed
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Just saw this yesterday... disappointing really. Just shows that the label really will never be able to live up to , let alone improve on, Lang's original vision.Hi. I like your necklace. - It's actually a rape whistle, but the whistle part fell off.
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Originally posted by mobotak View Posteagerly anticipating the release.
The "Re-Edition” collection, is also a joke. Its an easy job by them. Just to make money. Jumping on the bandwagon of the HL hype.
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