Undercover

Den anonyme kvinde bag denne bog gik undercover i Gellerup og fik adgang til et lukket land af ortodoks islam. Forklædt som Fatma arbejdede hun i 80 dage på at undersøge holdningerne blandt en lille kerne af bogstavtro muslimer, der fra moskeer og kulturforeninger missionerer og dikterer retningslinjerne for menighedens muligheder i det danske samfund.Hun spurgte i moskeerne, om religionens forbud forhindrede hende i at arbejde på et kontor sammen med mænd. Hun spurgte imamerne, om hun havde lov til at sige nej til de ægteskabelige pligter i soveværelset. Hun spurgte dem, hvad hun skulle gøre, når hendes mand bankede hende gul og blå. Hun spurgte shariaretten, om hun måtte blive skilt, hvis han tog endnu en hustru.Alle svarene blev optaget af det skjulte kamera, hun bar under sin sorte abaya. Dette er hendes vidnesbyrd.

Den anonyme kvinde bag denne bog gik undercover i Gellerup og fik adgang til et lukket land af ortodoks islam. Forklædt som Fatma arbejdede hun i 80 dage på at undersøge holdningerne blandt en lille kerne af bogstavtro muslimer, der fra moskeer og kulturforeninger missionerer og dikterer retningslinjerne for menighedens muligheder i det danske samfund. Hun spurgte i moskeerne, om religionens forbud forhindrede hende i at arbejde på et kontor sammen med mænd. Hun spurgte imamerne, om hun havde lov til at sige nej til de ægteskabelige pligter i soveværelset. Hun spurgte dem, hvad hun skulle gøre, når hendes mand bankede hende gul og blå. Hun spurgte shariaretten, om hun måtte blive skilt, hvis han tog endnu en hustru. Alle svarene blev optaget af det skjulte kamera, hun bar under sin sorte abaya. Dette er hendes vidnesbyrd.

Joseph Hernandez has wanted Marie since he first saw her outside her college dorm. He tried to make a move on her back then, but she made it very clear she wasn't interested. It's been ten years since that kiss, and she's done nothing but push him away ever since, so the last thing he wants to do is crawl to her on his knees to ask her for her help in an undercover investigation. Marie was still a girl when Joseph scared her by making her...well, feel. At the time she wasn't ready for the kind of things a guy like him brought out in a girl, but now she's ready to open herself up to the possibility that her friends might have been right all this time. When Joseph asks her for a favor, she realizes now is the time to go after what she's always been too afraid to admit she wanted... Joseph as hers.

Joseph Hernandez has wanted Marie since he first saw her outside her college dorm. He tried to make a move on her back then, but she made it very clear she wasn't interested. It's been ten years since that kiss, and she's done nothing but push him away ever since, so the last thing he wants to do is crawl to her on his knees to ask her for her help in an undercover investigation. Marie was still a girl when Joseph scared her by making her...well, feel. At the time she wasn't ready for the kind of things a guy like him brought out in a girl, but now she's ready to open herself up to the possibility that her friends might have been right all this time. When Joseph asks her for a favor, she realizes now is the time to go after what she's always been too afraid to admit she wanted... Joseph as hers.

Takahashi Jun's fashion is not born out of an excessively intellectualized agenda. While not quite populist, his generative influences are instead romantic-even gothic. A fixture of the Paris collections for more than ten years-plus seventeen uninterrupted seasons in Tokyo prior to that-Takahashi's life's work confirms a maturation from self-conscious artifice and rebel pastiche to a steely, withering elegance all his own. Hailing from Gunma Prefecture like his friend NIGO of *A Bathing Ape, Takahashi's long association with the undisputed king of Ura-Harajuku in the early 1990s is now the stuff of local fashion lore. But Takahashi would blaze an entirely different path to legend and notoriety. The violent rending and hasty reassembly that characterized his early work, its calculated imperfections and sutured seams, have given way to collections that he himself now calls sexy and feminine. UNDERCOVER is insightfully curated with fashion filled chapters devoted to Takahashi's sketches, graphic work, collaborations, and most innovative designs to date. Lavishly illustrated with more than 200 photographs and in-depth essays by fashion writers, curators, and colleagues, this book gives readers first time access into Takahashi's UNDERCOVER, one of the most desired and multidimensional clothing lines in contemporary fashion.

Takahashi Jun's fashion is not born out of an excessively intellectualized agenda. While not quite populist, his generative influences are instead romantic-even gothic. A fixture of the Paris collections for more than ten years-plus seventeen uninterrupted seasons in Tokyo prior to that-Takahashi's life's work confirms a maturation from self-conscious artifice and rebel pastiche to a steely, withering elegance all his own. Hailing from Gunma Prefecture like his friend NIGO of *A Bathing Ape, Takahashi's long association with the undisputed king of Ura-Harajuku in the early 1990s is now the stuff of local fashion lore. But Takahashi would blaze an entirely different path to legend and notoriety. The violent rending and hasty reassembly that characterized his early work, its calculated imperfections and sutured seams, have given way to collections that he himself now calls sexy and feminine. UNDERCOVER is insightfully curated with fashion filled chapters devoted to Takahashi's sketches, graphic work, collaborations, and most innovative designs to date. Lavishly illustrated with more than 200 photographs and in-depth essays by fashion writers, curators, and colleagues, this book gives readers first time access into Takahashi's UNDERCOVER, one of the most desired and multidimensional clothing lines in contemporary fashion.