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SS19 BABEL

MEN

CREDITS

  • MAKEUP: MAC COSMETICS AND SAMMY MOURABIT
  • HAIR: DUFFY (STREETERS)
  • PRODUCTION: LA MODE EN IMAGES
  • MUSIC: EXCLUSIVE MIX BY TOMMY CASH OF ‘PUSSY MONEY WEED’ (PRODUCED BY A.G. COOK)

NOTES

  • SS19 BABEL
  • TOWER OF BABEL
  • CONFUSION
  • TATLIN’S TOWER
  • STRUCTURE VS CONFUSION
  • CONSTRUCTIVISM VS CHAOS
  • SHARP SHOULDERED TAILORING IN SUMMER WOOLS OR WAXED LINEN WITH SLIM SHARPLY CREASED ARMS IN SHEER CRISP SILK GAZAR.
  • WASHED DENIM JACKETS — CROPPED, OR LONG WITH SHARP SHOULDER PADS.
  • FORK-CAPED TRENCHES IN LIGHT COTTON MOLESKIN.
  • SCAFFOLDED T-SHIRTS WORN OVER WASHED DENIM SKIRTS AND WASHED DENIM CUT-OFFS.
  • SNAP AWAY PANTS IN SILK GAZAR, NYLON SATIN, OR BRUTALIST SEQUINS.
  • HIKING BOOTS FROM SECOND COLLABORATION WITH GERMAN WELL-BEING FOOTWEAR BRAND BIRKENSTOCK… POPULARLY ASSOCIATED WITH 1960S AMERICAN LIBERALISM. BIRKENSTOCK LOGO SANDALS.
  • FRINGED AND STRAPPED CARGO BELTS WITH CONSTRUCTIVIST CHARMS AND HYDRA CLAW HOOKS.
  • HOODED MEGAPARKA PONCHOS ARE CUT IN SILK CREPE, SILK GAZAR AND BRUTALIST SEQUINS.
  • HOODED NYLON PONCHOS SHOWN ASSEMBLED INTO CONSTRUCTIVIST SHAPES ON RUNWAY, WILL BE SHIPPED IN COLLAPSED STATE TO STORES WITH A SET OF NUMBERED ALUMINUM POLES THAT CAN BE INSERTED IN GARMENT — AS A REMINDER OF WHAT COULD BE.
  • TOMMY CASH, THE ESTONIAN RAPPER, JOINS US ON THE RUNWAY… AND AS THE COMPOSER OF THE SOUNDTRACK — AN INSTRUMENTAL VERSION OF HIS SONG ‘PUSSY MONEY WEED’.

WOMEN

CREDITS

  • MAKEUP: DIANE KENDAL (JULIAN WATSON AGENCY)
  • HAIR: DUFFY (STREETERS)
  • PRODUCTION: LA MODE EN IMAGES
  • MUSIC: EXCLUSIVE MIX OF ‘TAKE MY HAND’ BY IC3PEAK

NOTES

  • TOWER OF BABEL
  • CONFUSION
  • TATLIN’S TOWER
  • LINES, GRIDS, DIAGRAMS… HEXES AND SPELLS LOOKING FOR ORDER AND REASON
  • A STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN — TORCHED.
  • HOPE, DREAD, SERENITY, NIHILISM, MY NEEDLE ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE QUIVERING BETWEEN THEM
  • SLEAZE
  • DIRTY FLAGS
  • BLACK SUMMER DENIM CUTOFFS AND CARGO BELTS WORN WITH SWIMSUIT BRA TOPS BY THE RIVER.
  • HIKING BOOTS FROM SECOND COLLABORATION WITH GERMAN WELLBEING FOOTWEAR BRAND BIRKENSTOCK… POPULARLY ASSOCIATED WITH 1960S AMERICAN LIBERALISM. BIRKENSTOCK LOGO SANDALS.
  • LACQUERED DENIMS IN CYCLAMEN, BLOOD, PEARL, AND BLACK RUBBER CUT INTO EXPLODING CROPPED PARKAS FOR MOUNTAIN WITCHES.
  • GLITTER QUEEN WRAP JKTS WITH FLOATING CURTAIN SLEEVES
  • TWISTED AND DRAPED TOPS AND SHORTS DRIPPING WITH RECYCLED RUBBER FRINGE… MATCHING CARGOBELTS AND QUIVER MEGACLUTCHES.
  • TUNICS, GOWNS, CLOAKS, AND ROBES IN LAYERED AND SHREDDED BRUTALIST LACE, PUNCTUATED WITH MEGASEQUINS.
  • SLIT AND SLASHED FLAG STRIPED RIGID SILK TUNICS AND GOWNS
  • SUNGLASSES MADE WITH ARTISANAL LAB MICROMEGA IN VENICE ITALY
  • EXCLUSIVE EXTENDED REMIX OF ‘TAKE MY HAND’ BY IC3PEAK — RUSSIAN WITCH HOUSE REVIVALISTS WHO PROTESTED MY USING AN UNAUTHORIZED SAMPLE FROM THEM FOR MY LAST SHOW.