What is your "holy grail" item of clothing?

[Carpe Noctem]

At the risk of sounding unoriginal, this has to be my grail I think.

[docus]

Here you go,

http://www.mercury-japan.jp/SHOP/411077/list.html

http://www.vektrize.com/?mode=cate&cbid=604599&csid=0

Thanks so much, I'll have a good delve through those!

[CUTUP]

At the risk of sounding unoriginal, this has to be my grail I think.

Ahhh the good old Napolian jacket from Dior

Takes some serious steez to pull that piece off, but the construction details are nuts

Thanks so much, I'll have a good delve through those!

Docus, check out the affiliate H.Lorenzo to check out more of their pieces http://hlorenzo.com/#/mens-sistere/1/1

Stellar service from Andrew there, and its good to support the affiliates if at all possible

[Acéphale]

[Skye X]

My grail: Helmut Lang Mummy bondage pants.

[michael_kard]

/\ these look very interesting. overall i think helmut's 2002-2004 bondage stuff looks seriously amazing.

i always wanted to get my hands on a pair of ann leather trousers...

[Ochre]

Would have been so killer if someone who actually bought it would wear it. Beuys would approve.

Yea, he himself wore it for a performance, Action of the Dead/Isolation Unit. I've never been able to find any photographs of it, though.

The piece is so haunting (even if I could own it, I'm not sure I could live with it) — an absolute beauty and probably my favorite work by Beuys.

ps: I like it better displayed like this:

[Servo2000]

Maybe you can buy Maurizio Cattelan's - I don't know if this made it into the W.A.Y.W.T. thread yet but if he posts it in there with details on his accessory (new collection xxx stainless steel clothes hanger?) I say H.O.F.

[djibouti]

Yea, he himself wore it for a performance, Action of the Dead/Isolation Unit. I've never been able to find any photographs of it, though.

I've never seen an image of the performance, but here's a rather wonderful and under-heard recording.

joseph beuys / terry fox - isolation unit

This event was a collaboration between Terry Fox and Joseph Beuys, performed for an audience of about thirty friends. The event acted as a requiem for a pet mouse kept by Beuys for three years, which had just died.

The first sound heard on the record is Terry Fox striking an eight-inch pipe with a one-inch iron pipe. The mouth of the pipe is directed towerd a window frame containing four panes of glass. The pipe is struck and acoustically dead spots are searched for in the glass by listening to the echo. When those spots are found, the glass is shattered.

There is a candle burning behind the window frame. When all of the panes are broken, the wooden cross is knocked out of the frame and an attempt is made to bend the candle flame with the sound wave enamating from the pipe. Then the small pipe is struck on the floor in search for the dead spots in the glass of a light bulb.


Meanwhile, Beuys, clad in his felt suit (with elongated arms and legs), was giving his mouse a ride on a tape recorder reel. He then stood gently cradling it in one hand while eating a Cherimoya fruit, spitting the seeds one at a time into a small silver bowl at his feet. These two sounds continue simultaneously until the fruit is consumed.

[Agent L]

Nice pick. Now that's an iconic piece if I've ever seen one. Had my chance but slipped through my fingers. Someday...

At the risk of sounding unoriginal, this has to be my grail I think.

[Carpe Noctem]

Nice pick. Now that's an iconic piece if I've ever seen one. Had my chance but slipped through my fingers. Someday...

Thanks. Yeah the chances of me finding one in a 52 is slim to none, but one can hope haha.

[dunglan7]

^I've been looking for a Napolean in a size 48 for the longest. Lots of fakes out there.

[Matay]

My grail: Helmut Lang Mummy bondage pants.

you're in luck!

[michael_kard]

I'm proud to announce I officially have a grail. Sweet.

[Skye X]

you're in luck!

Except they're a. too big and b. too expensive.
Another pair went for $230 on the bay a couple weeks ago, also too big.