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# Kokon To Zai Mens AW12 We need to talk, world. I was all ready to be sooooo over fashion this year thanks to a fairly uninspiring selection of visuals over the past four or five months. But you were all 'Fuck no dude, check **this** shit out' and BAM. **Jeremy Scott** doing [Bartman][1]{: target="_blank"} sweaters and *Fifth Element* couture. **Ashish** going acid. **Daniel Palillo** somehow hitting that [perfect combo][2]{: target="_blank"} of future-goth army and Walmart Halloween costume. It's been like the IRL personification of all my tumblr desires. None of it quite compares, however, to **Kokon To Zai**. The Japanese/Macedonian collaborative design team were already on my radar thanks to their SS12 collection, but their Mens AW12 made me audibly gasp. A New Romanticised crossover between Scottish drag queen and okkvlt monk is pretty startling to begin with, and it isn't perfect (what can I say, I'm not crazy about pinstripes) but the little failings pale against the strengths of the embracing symbology, flattering unisex silhouettes, and clever accessorizing. And those *shoes*. [1]: http://fashionista.com/2012/02/jeremy-scott-fall-2012-for-the-lisa-frankbart-simpson-generation/ [2]: http://danielpalillo.blogspot.com/2012/02/dear-friends-here-is-my-new-collection.html

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