 LOOKING SPECIAL
The Special Olympics After-Party Was All That
This June, right as summer was kicking into full gear, we decided to check out the Special Olympics Summer Games After-Party over in Long Island. It ruled.
We spent the first hour or so freaking out at how much better the black dudes were at dancing t...READ MORE |
  ASK THE FARM
VICE: What are you wearing right now?
Mark: Green work pants, a white T-shirt with...I think it's supposed to be a tiger's face, gray cotton work socks, second-hand Nike running shoes, a Dunlop baseball hat with a deerfly patch (a skin-colored stri...READ MORE |
 USA! USA! USA!
The Special Olympics of Avant Fashion
When Humberto Leon and his Opening Ceremony co-founder Carol Lim took a trip to Hong Kong a couple years ago, they were so impressed, both of their asses blew off and slammed against the wall....READ MORE |
 BEATS AND RHYMES
So, you're throwing a little end-of-summer party and you want everything to be just right. You spent all day yesterday cleaning your shit (cot damn, you really should scrub the floor behind your toilet more often), stocked your fridge with nothing but green bo...READ MORE |
 RETARDO T-SHIRTS
Will Lemon Makes Clothes With His Left Hand
Will Lemon is not just another post-hippie Californian with half-closed eyes, comfy pants, and a "whatever, man" attitude. He is the avatar of a gentle Pacific breeze that has come to the East Coast bearing a suitcase full of T-shirts, jackets, totes, and band...READ MORE |
 DEAR DIARY
Entry: November 1991
November 1991
Dear Diary,
Halloween was amazing. I had the best time. There was no shit or Nair or anything. On Beverly Hills Scott (David Silver's friend) died. He shot himself accidentally with a gun. Mia and I were crying. My nose is st...READ MORE |
 THE AMERICAN TOFFS
Harmon Shows Fops What Dandy Really Means
The New York indie fashion scene had one of its few-and-far-between historical moments in the late 90s, when designers were as ubiquitous in the Meatpacking District as tranny whores and slaughtered cows. Two of the luminaries of that time, a couple of designe...READ MORE |
 ELECTRIC INDEPENDENCE
From the fashion hub where a slap in the face is as common as a kiss on both cheeks, gay Paris producer Fred Bigot has been dropping albums, singles, and remixes on more shit-hot labels than any electro one-hit wonders have a right to. Now his latest album, 21...READ MORE |
 THE TIT FAIRY
Ooh La La Keeps Nude Dancers Well Dressed
Right now, Ooh La La is the most talked-about range of pole-dancing wear in the British sex industry.
Based in Camden, London, founder and head designer Michelle Ochnachie has unrelentingly pumped out bikinis, garter belts, and tube tops since 1995, w...READ MORE |
 VICE FASHION - THE BUNNY RANCH
If you served in the recent liberation of Iraq and you can get a ride to Carson City, Nevada, really fast, you can have sex for free with a legal hooker. The Midnite Bunny Ranch, America's most storied lawful whorehouse, is offering something called the "T&A 5...READ MORE |
 PERFUME PIRATES
Raping and Pillaging the Scent of Dog Shit
When you splash on your expensive designer fragrance before you hit the town, does it make you feel irresistible? Invincible? A tiny bit better? You probably like to think that one squirt of scent transforms you into a supermodel with perfect feet and tiny por...READ MORE |
 DEEP IN THE WOODS
Thorn's Jewels Are Twigs and Dead Squirrels
When photographer Andrea Gentl took on India d'Arthany Adams as her assistant a few years ago, the two found that they shared one of those twins-separated-at-birth peculiarities. As kids, they were both totally obsessed with collecting the little treasures the...READ MORE |
 GAMES
Wario Ware, Inc.: Mega Microgame$
WARIO WARE, INC.: MEGA MICROGAME$
What’s up with all the shit games out there right now? All the new releases are either movie licenses, sequels to games that don’t need them, or this year’s version of a sports game you’ve played a gazillion times ...READ MORE |
 KING OF BLING
Gabriel Jacobs Is the New Jacob
Since the beginning of time, if you were a rapper who wanted jewelry, you had to go see Jacob the Jeweler. Dude had the whole industry ditch Rolexes in favor of his signature multicolored watch, which was in fact the ugliest thing since Master P sneakers....READ MORE |
 LITERARY
Book Reviews - The Fashion Issue
Juergen Teller: Zwei Schäuferle mit Klofl und eine Kinderportion Schnitzel mit Pommes Frites, Witness Iraq: A War Journal February–April 2003, The Berlin Years...READ MORE |
 THE HIGH END OF HARLEM
Santana's Town is Only a Block Away
Cam'ron caused a huge commotion in the rap world when he started wearing head-to-toe pink outfits. Turns out his entire Diplomats crew are couture revolutionaries. Killa Cam rocks graffiti- painted Tims, and Diplomat general Jim Jones stays covered in (mostly ...READ MORE |
 MY AMERICA
Fashion! Hooray! Clothing and Accessories! The wealthy people get odd hats and chinos (the work pants of yore), and the poor people get gold teeth and $200 sneakers. I don't even know what fashion is exactly, but I'm all for it. I live in New York, where I mov...READ MORE |
 IT WOZ A STITCH UP, GUVN'R!
Additional Are Filthy Parasites
There I was, patiently waiting to plug in my iBook at a party in Berlin, and, ahem, "rock da house with my DJ skillz," when suddenly the guerrilla stitchers from Additional pounced. "Can we customize your eye patch?" they asked....READ MORE |
 QUITE CONTRARY
Mary Ping Takes On Gucci and Wins
Queens-born designer Mary Ping recently took every Bottega Veneta, Dior, Hermès, Balenciaga, Gucci, and Chanel handbag she could find and tore them apart piece by piece.
She then took a deep breath and quietly recrafted all of their signature bags in ...READ MORE |
 TIDBITS
A Monthly Look At Things We Love - The Fashion Issue
COKE PILLOWS
Remember Jennifer Lew, the artist/designer who makes pillows out of everything from pieces of toast with bunny faces to pieces of shit with no faces? Well, now she’s really “blown” our minds by making a series of cocaine pillows with m...READ MORE |
 BIRD-WATCHING BONERS
Indigo People Makes Nature Sexy Again
Indigo People sounds more like the name of a moon-worshipping hippie commune in Northern California than the current darling of the New York City fashion scene. The work of designer Siri Kuptamethee really exists somewhere in-between the two, indebted to both ...READ MORE |
 LONG LIVE DEATH
Japanese Street Fashion Won't Stop Dying
We know we've done this to death a thousand times over, but Japanese street fashion still cannot fit into our brains. What the fuck is with these people? These photos weren't shot at 3 a.m. after a Kuri Skull Yakamakooniro concert. They were shot totally unsty...READ MORE |
 THE VICE GUIDE TO FASCION
In 1922 Benito Mussolini discovered something incredible: He was better than every living being in the universe. Wearing a simple suit and tie like those freedom-loving pussies wasn't going to cut it. He needed an outfit--an amazing outfit that showed the worl...READ MORE |
 GEN. BUTT NAKED VS. THE TUPAC ARMY
West Africa Has Gone Mad and It Looks Fantastic!
With the recent and totally unexplained attention of the Bush administration on war-torn Liberia, the world's eyes are once again on the happy sands of West Africa. The scramble to make heads or tails of a situation that has neither heads nor tails has left us...READ MORE |
 I STILL CAN'T BUY VERSACE
The Day Lumidee Took Us Shopping
For some reason, critics are not feeling Lumidee. At press time, Entertainment Weekly had just destroyed her "dismal debut," calling her a "comically tone-deaf vocalist." And it's a shame, because what everybody fails to realize is that Lumidee is the new Lisa...READ MORE |
 THE NEW ELECTRO BARBARIANS
Silures Eat Human Flesh Off the Dance Floor
If you've been on a dance floor at any point in the last two years, you already worship Pascal Arbez-Nicolas's champagne techno style. He records under the name Vitalic, and his Poney EP for Gigolo (the searing anthem "La Rock 01," in particular) reduces milli...READ MORE |
 HIP TO BE SCARED
TV on the Radio Love Huey Lewis
"Kyp is like a walking emblem for hipsters. He just oozes color-coordination." So sayeth Tunde Adebimpe, founder of Brooklyn band TV On The Radio, of his group's newest member. Adebimpe is right, too. Kyp does indeed have a certain shy finesse. He knows that m...READ MORE |
 SWEAT ROCK
Frog Eyes Get a Soaker
Carey Mercer is the 27-year-old brain behind Frog Eyes, a band from Victoria, BC, that makes music composed of equal parts glam urgency and complete Tom Waits bat shit. Clothingwise, they don't jazz it up too much-they've got a Home Depot/your-cool-uncle thing...READ MORE |
 BUSHWHACKING
An Inmate Bemoans Pubic Fashion Trends
I didn't realise it until just the other day, but being in prison for years has made me the kind of filthy old man who used to give me the fear when I was younger (and un-incarcerated). I had this revelation when I was confronted with some very current pornogr...READ MORE |
 THE NEW OLD STYLE
The Stills Make Everybody Else Look Shabby
The current fashion for white guitar rock bands with names that begin with 'The' is to ham up that jaded old garage rock thing with the bad leather jackets, wristbands, ironic t-shirts and shit hair. I hate them so much I've learned to spot them from a mile aw...READ MORE |
 VICE AT GLASTONBURY
Starring Erol Alkan, Audio Bullies, Raf Daddy and Frank Tope.
Many thanks to all at the Lock Tavern and PlayStation 2. See you next year....READ MORE |
 VICE FASHION - NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH
When we first decided that we wanted to use Aboriginal people in our shoot, we had little idea how difficult it would be to find them. There are disturbingly few of our native people around - especially in Victoria. Eventually we made friends with this crew of...READ MORE |
 LUST AND FOUND
Fee Steals Weird Shit to Make You Pretty
I remember when I was seventeen, my friends and I would rock massively oversized pants and baggy overalls to help obscure the items which we lifted from the shelves of our local shops. That was never a good look. Luckily Fee Dunaway is making it possible for u...READ MORE |
 FANCEE PANTS
Bonnie is Putting Monsters in Your Closet
Bonnie Gillard will fulfil any request for one of her unique creations, so long as she believes you can handle it.
It is as though each of her pieces has been torn from the clutches of an overzealous five year old art student, with monsters for best f...READ MORE |
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