Accessories are normally very small, so here are some very small Q&As with four of the best accessory designers around.
BOYS PLAYING FOOTBALL FOR FASHION
From left to right: Daniel and Harry – all apparel and footwear by Nike; Cosmo – all apparel and footwear by Adidas; John wears Nike; Gabriel, Billy and Twiggy wear Adidas.
We got a bunch of good-looking boys, dressed half in Adidas and half in Nike and got them to play football against each other for a fashion shoot. They were pretty good for fashion people.
Fred Perry, reduce me, seduce me, dress me up in Stüssy
On “Hell is Round the Corner” Tricky admits that his one weakness (besides being totally mad) is sharp streetwear, hence, “Reduce me, seduce me, dress me up in Stüssy” – which proves just how much of a rebel brand it used to be. The original premium streetwear label was founded in the eighties by surfer Shawn Stussy and was massive by the nineties, but since he left so did some of the cachet. The t-shirts, polos and shirts in this Fred Perry collaboration are a return to form and make you feel all excited and desirous again.
NIGERIAN QVC FROM HELL
According to this guy who used to work at French Vogue, there’s an editor there who, if she hates something, says it’s “non moderne”. If she likes something it is “moderne” and if she loves something it is “très moderne”. Try it for yourself, it’ll make you look dead fashion. With that in mind, New Power Studio’s Black Duck, the sploshing-filled promo for New Power Studio’s second collection, is really modern, as that description kind of makes a lot more sense than, “bizarro-world Nigerian QVC light entertainment” – which is probably more accurate.
Tagged: Black Duck, New Power Studio, Orville The Duck, Thom Murphy
Monkey King - Kaisik Wong
Hopefully you’ve heard of Kaisik Wong, but it’s possible that you haven’t, which is a disaster and kind of surprising because he used to hang out with Steven Arnold, The Cockettes and Salvador Dali and whenever he went out he’d dress up as a monkey king. He’s not the kind of person society forgets. Read more »
Hello Kitty Hell
Hello Kitty is 35 this month. Wow, people really like that cat. In fact, last year the Taiwanese even opened a Hello Kitty maternity hospital. Of course, the whole Kawaii thing is as cliched as a burlesque dancer empowering strippers, but the fact that Hello Kitty survives so well shows just how childish everyone actually is. Maybe that’s not even all that bad, but it’s still true. Sure, Hello Kitty (let’s label her HK for short) is a character, was a cartoon, and is loads of computer games, but she totally is fashion too. There’s HK clothes and accessories that cost a lot more than the pencil cases that started it off.
CLOSET ROCKS
I am an Ebay addict. I have to go cold turkey for months at a time or I get lost in an endless vortex of disappointment, bidding on things that are amazing but ultimately losing auctions because I am always, ALWAYS outbid. That’s the problem with being a cheap-ass I guess, I only win if no one else bids on an item. I am also unfortunately talent at finding weird things I want that are way way way out of my price range. Read more »
RIVETHEAD
The influence of industrial culture and its rivethead fans is all over fashion’s ends and margins right now. Yup, we’re officially in a man-machine-with-boots-on kinda moment.Check out Paris-based American designer Rick Owens’ collection above – it’s all military shorts, backpacks, boots and skinheads. Meanwhile, Londoner Gareth Pugh’s menswear debut meant loads of black, pins and gunmetal, while artist Matthew Stone soundtracked the show with the ultimate industrial band Nitzer Ebb’s “Join in the Chant”. Go on, don’t be shy, join in: “Lies! Gold! Guns! Fire! Books! Burn! Judge! Read more »
Tagged: Battle Dress Uniform, Combat boots, constructivist, Einstürzende Neubauten, Front 242, Frontline Assembly, futurism, ICA, Italian Futurism, jungle boots, knee-high military dress boots, Laibach, Mohicans, Nazi, Nitzer Ebb, Produkt, Rivethead, Stalinist, steel-toe boots, tanker boots, Test Dept
STUDENT FASHION ON REAL PEOPLE
We aren’t the first magazine to ask: What if you put fashion students’ wildest flights of fancy on ordinary people going down the shops? Nor will we be the last. But the results are always pretty funny and weird. The last time we saw this was about seven years ago in Sleazenation. It looked daft and shocking then, but after Boombox and Lady Gaga it’s not that difficult to imagine postmen walking around in this sort of space-age fancy dress. So maybe this type of fashion stunt is less of a joke and more of an indication of Primark in 2012.
Tagged: Amy Olley, Boombox, Gemma McClusky, lady gaga, Rebecca Cotterall, Sirah Nawez, Sleazenation
COOL KIDS
Claudio: T-shirt by Nike, vest by H&M, watch by G-Shock, own cap and trousers. Maidje: shirt by Fenchurch, shorts by Insight, watch by Swatch, own top and hat. Anna: Jacket by Nike, watch by G-Shock and own shirt. Paulina: own shirt and T-shirt, vintage jeans by Levi's.
These kids are just hangin’ tough.
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