Adolf Loos

Mein Kommentar im Standard- “Album” vom 12.12.2020:

“Mode befindet sich hoffentlich gerade in einem Paradigmenwechsel, für dessen Gelingen eine Besinnung auf den modernen Standpunkt von Loos definitiv nützlich wäre. -Wenn Modeunternehmen von Philistern geleitet werden, die im Rausch von Kosteneffizienz und Margenerhöhung die Qualität ihrer Produkte zugrunde richten, wenn durch eine Wohlstandskluft dem von Klein- und Mittelbetrieben getragenen Handwerk die Lebensgrundlage entzogen wird, während einem besinnungslosen Luxuspöbel jegliche Sensibilität und geschmackliche Kompetenz fehlt, dann ist die Rückbesinnung auf (handwerkliche) Tradition weder konservativ noch reaktionär, sondern progressiv. Modernes Design heißt letztlich, dass seine Formensprache Sinn machen muss, der aus der Reflexion seines gesellschaftlichen Bezugs entsteht und dass ästhetische Qualität auf dem soliden Fundament einer lebendigen Handwerkskultur stehen sollte, die jene Sensibilität für Material und Form hervorbringt, die Loos vorexerziert hat. -Seine einfache, aber gute Kleidung entspricht dem bürgerlichen Ethos, ihre Rolle ist aber nicht das Bewahren einer erstarrten Gesellschaft, vielmehr schafft sie durch subtile Perfektion den Rahmen für souveräne und freie Individuen.”

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Herrenschneider_Maßanfertigung_DerStandard_Rondo


Rondo- Titelgeschichte von Michael Steingruber über Herrenschneiderei im Besonderen und Maßanfertigung im Allgemeinen, in der ich neben Knize, Hackett und Senszio Erwähnung fand…

https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000111838351/stoff-geben-warum-man-wieder-zum-herrenschneider-geht?fbclid=IwAR0nya9HsOVKMWVdftZprX64HwG2_3WmhJkiVcJAH7NMXMrGkTwEpSLVd0E

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Technisches Museum Wien

Dank an das Technische Museum Wien, insbesondere an Herrn Dr. Hubert Weitensfelder, der mich 2015 im Zuge meiner Recherchen zur Entwicklung der Hemdenproduktion in Wien sehr freundlich unterstützt hat.

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Maßanfertigung

-Maßanfertigung (wahlweise auch Halbmaß) oder auch Bespoke.

_Sakko

_Hose

_Weste

_Mantel

_Hemd

 

Verarbeitung:
-Roßhaar pikiert (ohne Klebeeinlage)
-Bewegungsärmel
-Flexible Kragenspannung
-Weiche Schulter
-Wiener Naht
-u.v.a.m. gemäß den Standards der klassischen Herrenschneiderei

Bevorzugt aus englischen Anzug- und Mantelstoffen (vintage/”new old stock”)

Lieferzeit: 4 Wochen

06508632931
office@wilfriedmayer.net

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Verena Altenberger

by Maria Ziegelböck, \/\/\_Smoking Jacket

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Emily Cox

Emily Cox in a pair of \/\/ fishtail trousers, shot by Stefan Armbruster and published in Der Standard’s “Rondo” magazine
-The trousers are usually made to measure, these obviously aren’t.

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Alexander Chitsazan

Jisoo in \/\/\ shot by Alexander Chitsazan

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Best of Vienna

\/\/\_silk shirt on the cover of Falter’s “Best of Vienna” 2018 edition

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White Shirt Spleen

\/\/\ \/\/HITE_shirts

Ist es ein Zeichen kulturellen Verfalls, wenn heute produzierte Hemden im Vergleich mit ihren 100 Jahre alten Pendants qualitativ nicht mithalten können ?
Die Klage, dass früher alles besser war, dient reaktionären gesellschaftlichen Kräften dazu, den Ruf nach Abschottung zu untermauern -und, nicht ganz nebenbei, diese Abschottung als kulturelle einzufordern.

Ganz im Gegensatz dazu steht die Erkenntnis, die ich aus der Beschäftigung mit der Geschichte der Hemdenmanufaktur bzw Hemdenproduktion in Wien gewonnen habe:
Gerade die Offenheit und fortschrittliche Gesinnung einer über lange Zeit benachteiligten (und deshalb umso mehr auf identitätsstiftende kulturelle Zugehörigkeit jenseits nationaler Abgrenzung angewiesenen) Bevölkerungsgruppe war der Anstoß für produktionstechnischen Fortschritt und ökonomischen Erfolg.

Die Geschichte des Hemds ist immer auch jene seiner symbolischen Aufladung:
Als sich im 19. Jahrhundert der gestärkte, abnehmbare Kragen -und das was man heute unter “dress shirt” kennt- etablierte, stand das für Pflichtbewußtsein und Tugendhaftigkeit (also ganz im Sinne der protestantischen Ethik…), für die Zugehörigkeit zu einer gehobenen Gesellschaftsschicht (“white collar” / “blue collar”), für Sauberkeit, Gepflegtheit und Eleganz, -für die Zugehörigkeit zur moralischen Norm. -Es war also oft eine Verkleidung.

Der Fetisch vom perfekten weißen Hemd als ästhetisches Phänomen (mit seinen ethischen Implikationen und vor seinem kulturellen Hintergrund) ist der gestalterische Anstoß für die Entwicklung dieser Produktlinie.

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Bespoke

My customer Marc Christopher Damm taking a selfie in a bespoke \/\/\ outfit,
made to his very own requirements in terms of lengths/proportions, colour combinations and materials.

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\/\/\/ WHITE_shirts

This line of ready-to-wear
shirts is manufactured according
to the quality standards of
classical shirtmaking.

A deep research into
linen crafts and into the history of
Viennese shirt manufacturing
results in the choice of specific
-and also specifically developed-
materials and crafting techniques.

Durability and easy care
are reflecting the essence of this tradition
as well as today’s requirements
such as ecological sustainability
and highest labour quality standards.

- flat-felled seams
- narrow stitches
- non-fused interlining
- hem gussets
- misalignment under the armscye
- handstitching details
- fabric-covered buttons
- vulcanized fiber buttons
- Mother-of-Pearl buttons

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\/\/\_SHIRTS

The release of a new line of ready-to-wear shirts comes after specializing in made-to-measure luxury clothes crafted according to the standards of classical tailoring.
The shirts are derived from a deep research in linen crafts and Viennese shirtmaking, reflected in the choice of specific materials, crafting techniques and details.
Wearability and easy care are combined with a durable yet aesthetically appealing product, reflecting the essence of its tradition in the light of today’s requirements such as ecological sustainability and highest labour quality standards.
Available as men’s, women’s and unisex.

-Some thoughts on “Viennese shirtmaking”:
Since my involvement with fashion design i have always been particularly interested in shirts.
They have become the main emphasis of my work by now. My growing interest led into a product research which goes back as far as around 1850. I realised that Vienna was one of the main locations for shirt production, exporting all over the world. -The one company that clearly stands out here is “Gebrüder Hönigsberg”. They were a family of Jewish businessmen who, in three generations, built an internationally successful company. This was possible because of their innovative approach to something that underwent a transformation from being handcrafted at home to being an industrialized mass product. Their witty way of understanding, preserving and improving its qualities through the exploration of new technological possibilities paved their way to success.

A main reason for the success-story of the Austrian textile sector in the second half of the 19th century was the “brain gain” fuelled by migration movements of mainly Jewish people, who were among the first to notice and make use of the possibilities of industrialized production. -As soon as they were gradually unleashed from their status as second-class citizens.
Today, as we witness the rise of a narrow-minded, hostile and retarded political attitude, to which even the opportunistic establishment is giving in -and which is a serious threat to the European Idea, it seems appropriate for me to point out this one example of a truely innovative entrepreneur, whose legacy has been robbed by those who took advantage of a barbaric system, becoming barbarians themselves:

The Austrian and the German branch of the company Gebrüder Hönigsberg has been aryanized, later becoming “Eterna” in Germany and “Gloriette” in Austria. Robert Hönigsberg had to flee to Canada where he died in 1966. In their company history, both Eterna and Gloriette are claiming the legacy of Gebrüder Hönigsberg -without mentioning clearly the way it was taken.

This is dedicated to Bernhard, Ladislaus, Isidor and Robert Hönigsberg. -And to all the innovators, creators and entrepreneurs whose legacy has been stolen and forgotten.

(Most of this is based on an essay by the historian Martin Schlupp:
“Hemden und Blusen von Eterna. Geschichte eines Passauer Markenunternehmens”
published in : Passauer Jahrbuch. Beiträge zur Geschichte, Geographie und Kultur Ostbaierns
Vol. 57/2015)

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FAQ magazine

http://www.faq-magazine.com/news/wilfried-mayer.html

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Drom


Drom is an object i designed for an exhibition project commissioned by BREAD & BUTTER in Barcelona. It produces infrasound, which corresponds to the resonant frequency of various body organs like the eye and heart. The frequency of the emitted sound was around 20 Hz, which is the natural barrier of audibility for the human ear.

-If the spectator /listener is exposed to the object in a quiet room, it may cause an uncanny sensation.
The sounddesign of the audio output was made by hons as a made-to-measure- solution for the size of the exhibition space (in order to permit the creation of standing waves).

 

 

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\/\/\_CLICKBAIT

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\/\/\_Font


WM_font
was designed with pencil on paper,
with the professional help of Johannes Lang then transformed into a digital font.
-> http://langustefonts.com/

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\/\/\_show @ departure fashionnight

endlich ein brauchbarer Artikel:

http://www.modabot.de/departure-fashion-night-12-festival-for-fashion-and-photography-wien

Chapeau, Barbara Russ !

cheers, \/\/\

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\/\/\_/\/\/\

Wilfried Mayer_made-to-measure / \/\/\_/\/\/\

Finally; the webshop !
I always wanted to offer some special items also as made-to-measure -and this not only in the studio here in Vienna, but also to be ordered online.
Here’s where you can do this now: http://wilfriedmayer.net/shop/

Besides high quality fabrics i will also offer them in a limited edition of vintage english wool suitings and coatings.
Furthermore, there´s also accessories such as neckpieces or leather bags.

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Concept: Elke Silvia Krystufek / Photography: Maria Ziegelböck /Styling: Johannes Schweiger / full credits: http://www.12festival.at/de/campaign

 

Shirt & jacket: \/\/\

Chloe: dress: Anna-Kirsten Krambeck
Julio: coat: Alice Müller
trousers, shirt, tailcoat vest, cardigan: \/\/\

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Achtung Mode

As this blog mainly turns out to be some kind of press portfolio so far, here´s another appearance of \/\/\ which i do have to post; it´s an honour to be in Achtung Mode and also to be portrayed alongside personalities such as Alessandro Sartori, Detlef Diehm, Rena Lange or Stephan Schneider.

-So here´s the whole story written by Markus Ebner:

http://www.achtung-mode.com/de/zeitgeist/August%2011/Meister+Wilfried+Mayer

(p)Stefan Zeisler


(p)Thomas Lohr

; he recently relaunched his website:  http://thomaslohr.com/site/

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Markus Schinwald_Schaufenster


Markus Schinwald performance held in the Lentos- museum (Linz) in: “Schaufenster” Nr 36/2011 (in “Die Presse” www.diepresse.com).
Some of it in \/\/\. Maybe there will be credits, i just sent a request to DiePresse…

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Interview in austrianfashion.net

http://www.austrianfashion.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=477&Itemid=37

_by Magdalena Vukovic

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Interview _by Toshimi Takaishi

https://forums.thefashionspot.com/threads/wilfried-mayer-s-s-09.148111/

photo: Anna Aichinger

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Georg Eckmayr__Anima Materia

A collaboration with the great Georg Eckmayr; that was for the then-so-called Römerquelle Editorial Award, i think it was in 2007; and certainly an honour it was…

-See some pictures of the editorial titled and shot by Georg Eckmayr: Anima Materia



(p) Georg Eckmayr

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Vienna Awards

va

This is the main image of the Vienna Awards 2011 campaign;

Smoking jacket by Wilfried Mayer
together with bowtie, vest and shirt by Wäscheflott, jewellery mask by And-i.
Concept: Roman Globan
Photography: Mato Johannik / studiomato
Art Director: Philipp Roller
Styling: Sammy Zayed / tatendrang
Makeup: Thomas Orsolis / making of
Model: Barbora S. / exit

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WM_SS11

Shown in Shanghai, NYC & Paris


Photography: Stefan Zeisler

 

This is the only usable photo i received from Shanghai; there were at least 20 photographers at the show…
There was a lot of money for all sorts of equipment but nobody had a clue what to do with it regarding light, organisation, timing, music,… It ended up in a stroboscope disaster beyond the borders of visual capacity.
Inefficiency as sheer decadence -and somehow quite corresponding to the impressions i had about this town.

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Florian Horwath in Datum magazine.
-Not his only appearance wearing Wilfried Mayer;
one of my most faithful clothes horses actually…
he even married in a complete \/\/\ outfit.

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Florian Horwath again; in DE:BUG magazine,
wearing accessories and shoes by Frank Leder
besides a \/\/\ jacket.

 


And once again; this time in the Presse Schaufenster,
shirt & leather trousers \/\/\

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Thomas Weissengruber as the groom dressed in \/\/\
This was a shooting by Michael Dürr for the Albertina,
they are promoting their ceremonial rooms for weddings
or similar occasions with this…
The bride is wearing Elfenkleid.

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Aokigahara



This is the flyer and one press image for Monika Nguyen´s exhibition
“Aokigahara – Suicidal Lifestyle”

-Fashion and accessories by:
Andrea Auer, Christina Berger, Claudia Rosa Lukas, Dimitrije Gojkovic, Edith A´Gay, Hartmann Nordenholz, magelware, modern martyr, Natures of Conflict, Pia Mia, Sonja Bischur, Wilfried Mayer

 



…and this the exhibition/installation

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WM_Show in the Roppongi Museum Tokyo, April 2009



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\/\/\__Fleisch

Courtesy of DANKLHAMPEL…

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A very nice photograph by Maria Ziegelböck;
although i usually don´t like to work with an adolescent aesthetic..
-I designed the shirt for a project with the austrian shirtmaker Gloriette.

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LUX_IGNIS_VANITAS

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