HENRY R.

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sweat Chridtopher Shannon ants Gosha Rubchinskyi

sweat Christopher Shannon tee and pants Gosha Rubchinskyi

sweat Fila by Gosha Rubchinskyi pants Gucci

sweat Kappa Kontroll pants Gucci

tracksuit jacket Adidas Originals

tee London Bollocks by Dave Baby pants Kappa Kontroll wristbands Fila by Gosha Rubchinskyi

HENRY R. @ BOOM MODELS

PHOTOS LORENZO MARCUCCI

STYLING RICCARDO SLAVIK

STILL ILL PRESENTS: GAY GOTH SCENE

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Inspired by the Gay Goth Scene video by The Hidden Cameras, the homonymous STILL ILL capsule collection tries a modern take on the original goth look by taking inspiration from horror movies like A Nightmare on Elm Street 2:Freddy’s Revenge and The Lost Boys , Gay Liberation slogans and vintage porn for a tongue in cheek mix of heavy metal lettering, slasher flicks, mesh and vinyl that celebrates teenage hormonal tension and fascination with darkness, with graphics that explore a nostalgic world of sexual awakenings and guilty pleasures, fetish and romance.

Photos & Styling : Riccardo Slavik @riccardoslavik

Model : Morris Pendlebury at Independent Management @morrispendlebury

All clothes STILL ILL @stillilluk except vinyl jeans and fake fur stylist’s own

all accessories stylist’s own

special thanks to Monica Pollara and Blanco Milano

GAY GOTH SCENE MIXTAPE

KENZO IN THE STREETS DOSTOEVSKIJ IN THE SHEETS

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Since joining the house in 2011, Carol Lim and Humberto Leon have brought it back to its original DNA with collections full of bold colors and vivid prints, an eye for sportswear and street style, artist collaborations and creative digital campaigns. Their collaboration with H&M is further proof of the way they push forward the legacy of the house with a knowledge of its history but an eye to the present and the future. An explosion of prints, colors and layers, the KENZO X H&M collection is a perfect example in how to bring a fashion house’s evolution to the general public. Launched in NY with a fashion show and event art directed by Jean Paul Goude which featured dancers, beatboxers, whistlers and musicians, the collection mixes jungle, sportswear and folk in a fun, energetic way.

Taking inspiration from Kenzo Takada’s mix & match attitude ( which originally wasn’t quite a choice as he had to source his fabrics from flea markets) The designer duo of Lim and Leon paired colorful animal prints, floral patterns and folkloric dresses, romantic ruffles and neoprene, bold colors and prints, some even on the same item as many are double-face.
“Kenzo, as a brand, has such a rich and fascinating history, it can be hard to determine what exactly we have changed, with our new collections, we hope that we have injected the brand with a youthful spirit and a sense of fun and cheekiness.’’ Leon has said a year after they started designing for the house, ‘’ But we also want to respect and preserve the traditions of the Kenzo house, such as the importance of prints and the sense of worldliness and travel that has been intrinsic to every collection in the history of Kenzo.” Their collaboration with H&M might not be the ideal wardrobe of the retiring flower, but it shows their impressive grasp on the delicate balance between modern attitude and brand heritage.

The KENZO x H&M collection will be available in over 250 H&M stores worldwide, as well as online, from November 3.

MODEL ALEXIEY AT WONDERWALL

PHOTOS & STYLING RICCARDO SLAVIK

ALL CLOTHING & ACCESSORIES KENZO X H&M EXCEPT SHOES H&M

WILD THING

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sweat STILL ILL

coat & pants RAF SIMONS top VIVIENNE WESTWARD

pants STILL ILL

top vintage pants ANGELOS FRENTZOS

Top ANGELOS FRENTZOS pants STILL ILL

top STILL ILL

top ANGELOS FRENTZOS, long sleeve & pants STILL ILL

denim STILL ILL vest ANGELOS FRENTZOS

pants ANGELOS FRENTZOS

sweat STILL ILL pants ANGELOS FRENTZOS

pants ANGELOS FRENTZOS

PHOTOS & STYLING RICCARDO SLAVIK

MODEL JD AT URBAN

FASHION BY STILL ILL, ANGELOS FRENTZOS, RAF SIMONS ( VINTAGE) VIVIENNE WESTWOOD ( VINTAGE)

SPECIAL THANKS TO ATOMIC BAR MILANO

An Afternoon With JD

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PHOTOS LORENZO MARCUCCI

STYLING RICCARDO SLAVIK

MODEL JD AT URBAN

ALL CLOTHES FROM STYLIT’S ARCHIVE EXCEPT CUSTOMIZED DENIM JACKET BY STILL ILL

HARDCORE95, STILL ILL FW 16/17

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PHOTOS LORENZO MARCUCCI

STYLING RICCARDO SLAVIK

Models Alex + Tommy @ FASHION, Jakub @ BOOM, Douglas @ NO LOGO

#hardcore95, works as the title, mood and a graphic for STILL ILL‘s FW 16/17 capsule collection. There’s a mid-90s general feel to the pieces and inspiration spans from Belgian gabbers and hardcore punk to the cult movie The Doom Generation, which turned 20 last year. A desire to mix the digital and a more manual approach translates into hand-drawn graffiti written directly on patterns, so they follow the shape of the garment and mix with the graphics, and a DIY section of hand-bleached denim with patches. Posters from the seminal Gregg Araki movie are also cut up and pasted into collages to create prints for tunics and tops, the lo-fi mood of ripped and glued paper heightened by the extreme enlargement of small low quality digital images. As a whole a rougher and tougher look that nods to Stephen Sprouse and his luxe-punk aesthetic but with a cheaper, grungier 90s feel and a touch of digital reappropriation.

The collection is already available for press at Maximilian Linz PR even though more customized pieces will be presented in a few weeks. This will be the last STILL ILL capsule to have a seasonal denomination and will be on sale online during MFW.

R.S.

OH ISN’T IT WILD?

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COAT AND ROPE TOP ANGELOS FRENTZOS, TANK AND SHORTS STILL ILL, HAT MODU DESIGNS

TSHIRT STILL ILL TOP ALBERTO ZAMBEZI SKIRT ANGELOS FRENTZOS

JACKET ANGELOS FRENTZOS TOP STILL ILL HEADDRESS DONIA ALLEGUE

VEST TOP AND SHORTS STILL ILL

TOP STILL ILL TSHIRT ANGELOS FRENTZOS HEADDRESS DONIA ALLEGUE

VEST AND TOP STILL ILL

TUNIC AND LEGGINGS STILL ILL

PONCHO NIKOLAS K TOP AND PANTS STILL ILL

COAT ANGELOS FRENTZOS

COAT ANGELOS FRENTZOS TOP AND LEGGINGS STILL ILL

TUNIC STILL ILL TOP ALBERTO ZAMBELLI

TOP STILL ILL

TUNIC STILL ILL MAXI TSHIRT ALBERTO ZAMBELLI

PHOTOS LORENZO MARCUCCI

STYLING RICCARDO SLAVIK

MODELS TURNER BRAVOUR ‹ MARTIN ALBAEK AT FASHION

STILL ILL’ SS16 collection, ‘Quentin Crisp at the Flaunt It Club’, inspired by a strange clip of the iconic Stately Homo/Resident Alien mixing with The Club Kids in NY, is a graphic romp through clubbing and gender. We decided to shoot it in an easy, silly, slightly 90s way, a bit of a domestic rave where all the drugs are good and people dress up throwing on random make up and a fast, fun, ensemble. Can Easy-Rave-Chic be the season’s hot look? Enjoy.

R.S.

Angelos Frentzos SS16 Uncovered Federation

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PHOTOS & STYLING RICCARDO SLAVIK

MODEL NICOLA B AT URBAN

ALL CLOTHES ANGELOS FRENTZOS SS 16

Uncovered Federation, Frentzos’ SS16 menswear collection, plays with familiar themes in ways that manage to be at the same time clever and romantic. Photographs of a vintage pilot’s overalls become an all-over print that enlarges the intricate lacing and details and mixes them with actual bondage straps in a virtual military straitjacket effect. Big patches with unfinished, raw, edges are attached with velcro straps, pants with uneven hems can be draped to the same length, straps and drawstrings make most pieces adjustable and give the wearer both comfort and power over the clothes. Even though they possess a certain aggressive energy there is a softness about these clothes, like the romance of a long battle. With fabrics that look distressed by desert winds, jackets that grow siamese-twin doubles left hanging upside down like the coat-tails of an ancient military coat, sweaters built around holes, rope waistcoats that look more like macramè than japanese bondage, if there is a sense of rebellion and upheaval about them, it’s most certainly a revolt into style.

R.S.

SAMORA CLUB: STILL ILL SS 16

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PHOTOS SHOT BY RICCARDO SLAVIK AT THE STILL ILL SS16 EVENT AT BLANCO, MILANO

MODELS MARCO TORRI AND SEAN AND JOAO AT URBAN

ALL CLOTHES STILL ILL SS16

STILL ILL SS 16 : SAMORA CLUB

Samora Club is a happy post-atomic resort, a tropical rave-y club inspired by the homonymous song by italian avant-garde electro duo Krisma. Its pools are fulll of frolicking naked boys and sharks, kids diving in the sparkling water. And what’s more tropical than the atomic bomb? Nothing says ‘summer fun’ like an atomic explosion… At night the club takes on a kaleidoscopic rave feeling thanks to the dark and colorful images by model/photographer Sean Tofts, which actually feature STILL ILL’s FW15 collection, thus creating a sort of russian-doll-of-prints effect. A certain lightness pervades Samora Club, be it in the printed organza & chiffon pieces or the use of emoticons and graphics straight out of a teenager’s iPhone 4. So come to Samora Club next Summer! It’s 50% off with this coupon!