EDELWEISS MAGAZINE – JULY 2009

JULY 2009

EDELWEISS MAGAZINE – JULY 2009</b>

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TELL ME A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE 'SAFE CONSERVATIVE TOWN' YOU CAME FROM. I'M THINKING OF 'SONGS FOR DRELLA' BY LOU REED & JOHN CALE ON ANDY WARHOL'S LIFE: 'THERE IS ONLY ONE GOOD USE FOR A SMALL TOWN: YOU HATE IT AND YOU'LL KNOW YOU HAVE TO LEAVE.' DOES THAT APPLY? 

TOTALLY APPLIES. I'M GRATEFUL I WAS GIVEN THAT MOTIVATION. 

REGARDING 'MINIMALIST GOTH': I ALWAYS HAD THE FEELING THAT SOMEHOW YOUR WORK IS MORE ON THE BRIGHT AND, ER.. FUN SIDE OF DARKNESS, RATHER THAN ON ITS GLOOMY SIDE. AM I WRONG? 

RIGHT? HOW COME NO ONE ELSE SEES THAT? 

THEY TAKE IT SO SERIOUSLY. 

THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT YOU THAT CONVEYS IMAGES OF 1900S DANDYISM, '70S EXCESS AND STELLAR FUTURISM. WHAT LAYERS OF TIME DO YOU LIKE TO TURN TO? 

LOVE THE '70S TRANSLATION OF THE '40S. MONSTER SHOES AND SHAVED EYEBROWS. 

YOUR PERSONAL LOOK REMINDS ME OF A MIX BETWEEN IGGY POP, A PIECE OF NATIVE AMERICAN ART AND A PORTRAIT CARVED IN THE ROCK LIKE ON MT. RUSHMORE. IS THE WAY YOU CREATE YOUR OWN APPEARANCE PART OF YOUR WORK AS A DESIGNER? OR IS IT SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT? 

I CREATED MYSELF AS CLINICALLY AS I CUT MY PATTERNS. 

HOW DO YOU FEEL IN PARIS? ALWAYS A STRANGER? ALMOST A FRENCHMAN?