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.
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Raf Simons you can afford
Raf Simons didn’t always design clothes most of us could afford. In his wild youth he based shows on UFOs, Rubik’s Cubes, and Kraftwerk. Just months before September 11 he hosted a terrorism-themed show taking its title from a paraphrased Kerouac slogan: “Woe Unto Those Who Spit On The Fear Generation, For The Wind Will Blow It Back“ (check it out above). Other obsessions included Joy Division years before anyone had to put up with Interpol, and William S. Burroughs’ Interzone, long before Klaxons stuck a glowstick up our arses.
