MISSONIFashion / Again & AgainPoetry in MotionLooking at Milan Womenswear AW13 through sculpture, pins and punsShareLink copied ✔️March 1, 2013FashionAgain & AgainTextBegüm Sekendiz BoréIllustrationBegüm Sekendiz BoréPoetry in motion Begüm Sekendiz Boré is a visual artist and writer based in Paris, cross-referencing fashion with ideas from fine art and contemporary culture to create new dialogues. Again & Again collects original works by the French artist on the fashion weeks and beyond. In Steel Drums, Mark Manders had said "You cannot really say that chairs did really well for the health of humans", declining the chair that Toma Stenko would then give to Henry Moore's draped reclining woman. To Mark's relief, in Milan , Emporio Armani introduces the Adagio Chaise Lounge "designed to support the natural contours of the reclining body". Together with Gianfranco Ferré who brings Escargot, the table lamp by Le Corbusier, and six other designers, Giorgio Armani is decorating a Milanese villa deconstructed by Gordon Matta-Clark. Just as Missoni jumps over Matta-Clark's Bronx floors, Versace cuts through wooden parquets traced by Missoni's zigzag trademark. Derivative of punk, Donatella's Versace is a "vunk". In a similar fashion to Donatella, Gordon Matta-Clark used puns and other word games as a means of re-conceptualizing preconditioned roles and relationships, from people to architecture: "AN ARK KIT PUNCTURE, ANARCHY TORTURE, AN ARCTIC LECTURE, AN ORCHID TEXTURE, AN ART COLLECTOR.." Derivative of Matta Clark's work, which the artist himself refers to as "Anarchitecture", Versace would then to as Anarchitextile, and Bottega Veneta, an Art Collector : Indeed, Bottega Veneta appears with an Anthony Caro trefoil, while Jil Sander disappears into the back garden to install the house gate by the Italian master blacksmith Claudio Bottero. Gucci arrives just in time with Manolo Valdés Sculptures from the Bronx Botanical Gardens headed straight to Bronx Floors that Missoni has named the villa's parlor. Pucci, meanwhile, keeps his eyes peeled for his beloved Barbara Hepworths in the backyard patrol. Check out Begüm Sekendiz Boré's blog here dandygum.blogspot.co.uk Stone Forest Siena Line Adagio Chaise LoungeEMPORIO ARMANIEscargot Table Lamp, Le Corbusier, 1954. Re-edited by NEMOGIANFRANCO FERRÉGordon Matta-Clark, Bronx Floors, 1976MISSONIGordon Matta-Clark, Office Baroque, Antwerp, 1977VERSACEAnthony Caro, Trefoil, 1968BOTTEGA VENETAClaudio Bottero, Back GateJIL SANDER(Above) Gordon Matta Clark, Conical Intersect, Paris, 1975. (Below) Barbara Hepworth, The Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden, St IvesPUCCIManolo Valdés, Monumental Sculptures Bronx Botanical Gardes, 2012GUCCIEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREMoncler is coming for summer with its line of little puffs Nike Nike’s ‘wild card’ Team Kits are already in actionThis Dutch designer’s ‘gay fantasy’ is full of farmers, pirates and sailors Nike Airmaxxing with singer-songwriter Simone RuthRosalía is my religion: Sacred street style from Lux Tour BarcelonaOakley Oakley’s new collection was designed to weather the storm Nike Airmaxxing with multidisciplinary creative Jake EliasThe best fashion exhibitions to see for spring 2026All the best dressed stars at Coachella 2026 Nike Airmaxxing with New York designer Annie Lian PumaPUMA and Jil Sander keep it simple with the K-Street Labubu obituary: Rot in hell you ugly little freaksEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy