This is that guy who already had a beard and a car in the eighth grade and never really got over being such an outcast so today he reads books like Space, Time, and Spacetime all by himself on a piece of cement outside the admin building. Comments/Enlarge |
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Man is it a relief to see a woman show a touch of refinement instead of slutting it up all over the place. There's something about silk gloves where you just know you can take her to dinner with your parents and they won't spend the whole time thinking about all the rough, dirty, messy sex the two of you are getting up to.Comments/Enlarge |
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Leather jackets are the best way to ride out that 20-to-25 part of your life where you’re getting shitfaced almost every night. They’re good for fights, they don’t tear when you roll down stairs as a joke, and they make good blankets but, like cocaine, you have to give them up after 30. Comments/Enlarge |
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Full page photos: Richard Kern, Stylist: Gia Bahm, Stylist’s Assistant: Betsy Maher
T-Shirterchiefs
Graffiti writers did this first. When they weren’t covering their faces outlaw-style, they would pull the T-shirt they had around their face down into the neckerchief zone. It’s caught on majorly here in New York now. New variations are popping up daily.
l-r: KVK T-shirt, WOWCH T-shirt, APC jacket, Nom De Guerre jeans; United Bamboo T-shirt, Tsubi cardigan, Nom De Guerre hoodie, Energie jeans; Fox jacket, Morphine Generation T-shirt, Tsubi T-shirt, Diesel jeans
Clockwise from top left: Lafaillie T-shirt; Mishka T-shirt; American Apparel hoodie; Nike T-shirt; Brooklyn Industries sweater, C & C of California T-shirt, Meltin Pot button-up shirt; It tank top on dog
Mara Hoffman dress, Morphine Generation jean vest (photographed at American Apparel)
Briefcase Girls
British band the Peters set this one off with their cult hit “Go to Work.” Next thing you knew, Kate Moss was walking around Camden with one. Then it was in British Vogue and the rest is history...
Clockwise from top left: Kasil jeans; clothes model’s own; clothes model’s own; Fluevog boots; X-Girl jeans; Judi Rosen pants from The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
Steven Alan button-up shirt, Rachel Comey jacket, Paul Smith belt, Steven Alan pants, Nixon watch, Converse sneakers, vintage scarf
Scarfbands Blame Devendra Banhart! The nu-hippie thing is certainly reaching its crest, and this just might be the death rattle (if it didn’t look so good).
Clockwise from top left: Pony sneakers; KVK T-shirt and scarf; Paul Smith scarf, Name Value jacket, Levis jeans; Fox jacket, Planet Earth button-up shirt, Elwood T-shirt; Quiksilver jacket; KCDC T-shirt
American Apparel shorts, Opening Ceremony hoodie, United Bamboo jacket, APC socks and tote bag
Winter Shorts In the city during the winter, it isn’t like you’re running around outside all day. You go from house to cab to office to bar pretty quickly. Why not brave ten minutes of cold legs here and there for this en fuego new look?
Clockwise from top left: Judi Rosen shorts from The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly; Rockers hoodie, American Apparel shorts; Franklin Marshall hoodie, American Apparel shorts; Diesel watch, Meltin Pot shorts, Adidas bag, APC shirt; all vintage; Miss Dater gloves from The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
