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(Photo: Jake Chessum) |
What do you do?
I design jeans for Ralph Lauren. Personally, though, I like vintage jeans. It’s really hard
to make them look authentic these days. You have people wearing jeans with too much stretch and jeans with a weird white stripe down the center, which I think looks really awful. Ideally, people should get rigid, unwashed jeans and wear them in themselves.
How do you describe your style?
Right now I’m really into a mix
of fifties with a little bit of the Native American–esque.
I saw that movie The New World,
and the beaded bags and fringes were interesting. That will be cool for spring—like, feathers. My last look was more
Art Deco, very decadent, a lot of metallics, and
dark, dark colors.
Do you have favorite designers?
For men, Hedi Slimane. For women, I liked
the latest Marc Jacobs show.
And I like Lanvin,
and Rochas.
Ralph is a good
fit for me because he’s interested
in heritage.
Where did you get this outfit?
I made the black dress
as a weekend project. I don’t really shop, I just
go to fabric stores—my favorite is
Mood on West 37th. The boots are vintage: I got them at Atomic Passion.
Why is vintage such a big trend?
It’s so much more well made, I think. You can mix it with something new,
and it has a story behind it. I have garments with stains on them,
and sometimes they’re, like, bloodstains, and you’re like, What happened here?
It’s so personal, especially with jeans. How
they’re worn says
a lot about whether the owner was
a farmer or he worked in a factory.
What do your jeans say?
Well,
I never wash them, so maybe they
say that I’m
a ragamuffin.
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