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Tim Coppens
I kicked off my fashion week with the Tim Coppens show, a men’s collection styled by my collaborator and friend Tom Van Dorpe.I’m rarely “star-struck” by models, but when the lights went up and the show began I was not looking at “just” models wearing a new collection - I was staring at the face of brand-new archetype/icon of the “Ideal” Man, a man you could hopelessly fall in love with.At first I was struck by his frigid but effortless cool, by his “lightness of being” - an air of youthful impetuousness, a thirst for adventure… A Rebel Without A Cause…But my impression of this charming immaturity soon grew into something weighty, something nostalgic and close to the heart. I saw young men of the Royal British Air Force in the WWII returning from their first combat. Their tired faces pale and proud, their hair grime-sleeked with machine oil…Their demeanor betrayed a ruffled-up spirit, romantic anarchy and adventure, but it was contained in the elegance or the militant rule and order.I loved the hair so I chatted with the hair stylist Rudi Lewis about his inspirations. He told me that men used to put shoe polish in their hair, and he was using black paint and gloss to mimic this effect! I thought this shoe polish story was kinda sexy actually! I like the smell of shoe polish. Plus it reminded me again of the romantic grimy faces of the young pilots….:-)So I can say I was really transported by this collection!Posted on February 9, 2012 with 1 note
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