Weirdly, considering it is the headquarters of dad-wear labels like Paul Smith, One True Saxon and Speedo, the city of Nottingham is actually a bit of a fashion town. But Robin Hood’s hood is also home to Rock City, a massive multi-venue rock club. The sort of hair metal fantasies Vice was enjoying back in April become reality at Rock City.
Recently, Irish born, lanky, long haired, unreconstructed rock fan, and VICE staffer Rockwell SF came over all Anna Wintour and decided he wanted VICE’s fashion department to shoot girls with big hair. You know the style; teased, backcombed, and way bigger than your actual head hair, like the sort of girls Beavis and Butthead used to cream themselves over. Think of this blog as Jim’ll Fix It, only with 80s metal erections.
You saw the Witchery and Wizardry photo shoot Dana Goldstein did with Pete Voelker for this issue where everyone’s running around like a sewer-tunnel druid who has no scruples. As good as it looks, that shit’s staged. You have to go buy it all, it doesn’t already exist in someone’s closet. But here our friend Beverly shares her own personal cloak collection…
"Free Hugs" is rapidly becoming the most surefire indicator of molestation since the facial tattoo. It's painful when it's on a button or shirt, but looking at that part of the R where the ink has been smudged away by a parade of sweaty fingers is like being taken to the cave where childhood goes to die.
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While you lie there in front of the TV crying about how there’s “nothing going on” this 14-year-old is making Game Boy belt buckles (that work) with his buddies and basically running PS 040.
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