BLESS -"the meek" -"this house" -"national geographic"

[germinal]

longpleat or ultrawidepleat?
was this in BLESS Berlin? what's it like

[sknss]

ultrawidepleat.

no, i think the actual bless apartment is by appointment only. it was in a store that stocked cosmic wonder as well. the address is Mulackstrasse 34. they have no sign and no name, it's just white. they also had the tapestry vest, neon green pants and the brush with hair (so fun)

[germinal]

awesome! you should def go if you have the chance. take some pics

[Syeknom]

buy buy buy!

[sknss]

the "by appointment only" policy really sucks though. it's like "ring before entering". as if they didn't want anyone to come in

[germinal]

you've got nothing to lose >(smiling)

[sknss]

yeah i sent them an email.

[Syeknom]

LN-CC are appointment only as well, right? Such a lame way to have a cool shop. Good luck with it sknss!

[sknss]

[Syeknom]

[sknss]

i'm going to the shop tomorrow. if there's anything you'd like me to ask or whatever, lmk

[hunnish]

If you could, pics/prices of the down tops (geisha, wood, etc.). So cool.

[germinal]

N°06 Customizable Footwear

1998



Consisting of he soles attached to a square of special self-adhesive fabric, which is cut and wrapped around the wearers foot to create the shoe. The myriad end results are "independent of the producers imagination"

http://www.bless-service.de/BLESS_new/N ... lfinal.pdf

High heels (with Charles Jordan), trainers (with New Balance)

Limited edition of 250 chances





it was at this time that BLESS was also sold in the Parisian boutique Colette for the first time. The manager of Colette had been one of only three people who responded to the original fur wigs advertisements (the others being Margiela and a lady who wanted one to wear when she skied). in Colette BLESS presented an early retrospective alongside the customisable shoes: past products were suspended above the customers, and lifesize photographs of people wearing BLESS products were plastered to the floor and walls




two japanese designers trying on the shoes


status: sold out

[germinal]

[sknss]

[germinal]

awesome thanks skns! i want to live in a bless flat
did you get a souvenir?
what was your favourite piece/object

[sknss]

i got two buttons:







and a free postcard!



the bag that came with it:


the handle is a sticker that can be put anywhere. here it was placed on the little bag but they also put one on the fridge as a door handle!

i think my favorite thing was the fur hammock. it was so cool. there were also vertical pannel blinds that had a mirror on one side and a black coat on the other side. that was awesome as well

as for the clothes, i was surprised that even though everything is crazy, it all looks easily wearable. the down jackets looked particularly good. the lining is soft but the outer material is quite thick and rough. and the patterns are amazing obviously. hunnish wanted to know the price, i think they were 1050€. the vests are ~750€.

[hunnish]

[sknss]

if you hadn't bought 15 pieces of outerwear already you could have bought a down jacket!

[can-]

this is my favorite thread. I has a dream last night where I went to a bless popup set up as a library. nothing fit me

[sknss]

i had to go one more time

























the reflective yarn without flash


with flash

[germinal]

[sknss]

Online stockists

(Vienna)

(Paris/Antwerp)


(Ferrara, Italy)

(Barcelona) some good deals here (smiling)

(Melbourne)

(Seoul)

(fake canada)

(Los Angeles) use ctrl+F "bless"



(Portland OR)

[germinal]

[germinal]

was it comfortable? doesn't look it
although i can't quite work out the mechanics of sitting on it from the pictures

[sknss]

yeah it looks pretty weird doesn't it? i was confused too so i asked the BLESS person.
basically when you sit the four sticks stand up and the chair gets more... stiff? it is pretty comfy

[can-]

what are those green nikes?

[sknss]

i can't seem to find them on the website, i thought i saw them. they made some red ones too iirc. they're dunks with the laces swapped out for a knitted scarf

did you see the airmaxes?

[germinal]

[germinal]