Encens / 55

ENCENS n°55 is an immersion, with the number five as a compass between then and now. Starting in 1955 with RENE GRUAU's drawings for CHRISTIAN DIOR - his unreal women in endless gloves and string of pearls. 1965 with ANDRE COURREGES' optic white obsession. 1975 and the rise of NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC peasant-inspired fashion with YVES SAINT LAURENT and KENZO, and the first parties where punks and aristocrats mingled. One of them, KLAUS NOMI, sang PURCELL arias in his piercing voice over the pulse of new wave. 1985 at the crossroads of the power woman and the Japanese deconstruction. And today - the emotional fluidity of GIORGIO ARMANI's latest show, and HED MAYNER poised between rigor and ruching. A fictional issue. And a way to look at our present from a steep downward angle.

 

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Published twice a year since 2002, Encens is focused on fashion as artform from the perspective of designers rather than trends. The magazine investigate new forms of dressing from past to present with probing interviews, extensive use of photography and vintage, and dynamic layout.