‘The Impact of flexibility by LUTZ Fall 2000: The tuxedo with the sport, the chic with the cheap, the workwear, the seasonless, the cut-out of fashion, the what you want when you want it, the sense of humour, the day and night pulled together’ Samuel Drira in ENCENS on LUTZ#1 Fall/Winter 2000

LUTZ HUELLE #1 ‘ THE DEBUT’ The Show, Photos: Wolfgang Tillmans

Lutz by Felipe Salgado, BE-GUIDED Magazine

‘THE DEBUT’ Photos by Wolfgang Tillmans

‘THE DEBUT’ Images from the 1st Show, in Fabrice Hybert’s Studio in Paris, February 2000: High Waists, Tights knitted with industrial Lycra worn with heavy draped Sweater and Overskirt, Pockets cut in the shape of gloves peak out from under a jacket.

No.1 ‘THE DEBUT’ Fittings for the first Show. Like a puzzle, I kept trying out different combinations to see what looked best. This would go on to inform all of my later work- the tweaking of the silhouette, pulling garments up and down the body to emphasize different parts, the mix of strong, elementary colours with neutrals, the draping of simple, everyday garments ( as opposed to elaborate eveningwear), the mix-and-match of knit and fabric, the surrealism and fetishism, the sporty influences, my obsession with the Trenchcoat and the Bomber, and the layering of different types and genres.

LUTZ HUELLE F/W 2000 ‘The Debut’ Watch a clip of the first Show here. ‘Change the Silhouette. Pull up the Waist. Skinny Legs and Volume on Top. Mix neutrals and strong colours. Make in Knit what is normally made in Fabric . Put on top what is normally underneath. Make everything supersmall or superbig. Wear everything together. Sexy and Non-Sexy.’