Seer
ISSUE ONE
Seer
THEGLOBALEDITION
Seer from the editor
ADAM ADAMzhang zhang AURELIA AURELIAreubens reubens THOM THOMwellington wellington SYEIRA SYEIRAjal jal RAVEEN RAVEENsingh singh ELSA ELSAhenriksen henriksen MARIAFE MARIAFEraoul raoul JACKSON JACKSONan an KISERIAN KISERIANsimu simu
Our aim in launching the magazine was to put forward our projections of what we believe the future may hold. But we are the new kids in town so the decision was made to take to the streets and engage with people from all corners of the globe to try and find our bearings. The framework we are intending to investigate is that of our future realities, with particular emphasis on the fashion, art, design, music and literary fields. As we began to piece together the first issue it naturally became centred around fashion and the design industry. As we engaged and interacted with an increasingly varied selection of people fashion and dress became the key factor that immediately defined and segregated. The people we encountered and selected as candidates for our ‘future projections’ survey were a decicisvely younger demographic, men and women aged from between fifteen to thirty-three. This decision was made because we here at Seer thave identified that these people will soon become the leaders and trailblazers for today. As the interviews were collated and we gained more of a global perspective we, subconsciously - I think - adopted an amalgamated position on the issue that is our fashion future. The voice of all the Seer editors and contributors as well as that of all the young people from around the globe echos through this primary issue. The future of fashion has decidedly taken a turn to the individual. As accessibility and variety continue to increase and the epidemic of globalization and a sort of style homogenization inclines we will see people turning back to the hand-crafted, the customised, the quaint, personalised and unique. As the realms of the globe that remain un-teinted by the infectious e-commerce and online retail grow scarce a type of global sensibility is being re-ignited. And as every action has a reaction I believe the people will react by looking to themselves, their family, their surroundings to once again locate their own sense of style and dress. Personal choice will become the only way to create understanding among the myriad of choices that seems to waver in a pixelated haze around our tech-savvy heads. Fashion is destined to become personal once more. Enjoy the issue, -R
meet the future.
ADAM ZHANG, 27. VISUAL MEDIA ARTIST, LIVES IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND LEAH.
Adam
DESCRIBE IN A FEW WORDS YOUR PERSONAL STYLE? CASUAL, UTILITY, WITH A MIX OF DIFFERENT PRINTS. I REALLY LIKE PRINTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU MIX THEM. DO YOU CHOOSE YOUR OWN CLOTHES? MOSTLY I DO, SOMETIMES MY GIRLFRIEND WILL PICK A SHIRT OUT FOR ME AT A FLEA MARKET OR SOMETHING, BUT OTHERWISE I CHOOSE ALL MY OWN CLOTHES. OH, BESIDES A FEW OLD SWEATERS THAT BELONGED TO MY DAD, I GUESS MUM WOULD HAVE CHOSEN THEM. WHAT INFLUENCES/INFORMS WHAT YOU WEAR? DEFINITELY MY FRIENDS AND PEOPLE AROUND MY WORKPLACE. I GUESS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE A SUBCONSCIOUS THING BUT I THINK WHEN YOU ARE SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE WHO YOU LIKE AND HAVE SIMILAR INTERESTS TOO YOU CAN’T HELP BUT LET YOU STYLE GRAVITATE TOWARDS A SIMILAR OVERALL LOOK. ALSO ART, I’M REALLY INTO SOME OF THE OLD ABSTRACT ARTISTS LIKE WASSILY KANDINSKY AND POLLOCK AND ALL THAT. I THINK THAT’S WHY I ALWAYS FIND MYSELF WEARING PRINTS. AND LOTS OF COLOUR. HAVE YOUR INFLUENCES CHANGED? OF COURSE. BUT YOU MEAN LIKE AS AN ADULT? I SUPPOSE SO, I WENT THROUGH a BIT OF A SKATER/GROMMET PHASE, EMBARRASSINGLY. BUT THAT WAS MOSTLY DUE TO THE MUSIC I WAS INTO AT THE TIME. YEAH I GUESS MY TASTE IN MUSIC HAS ALSO BEEN A BIG INFLUENCE ON MY STYLE, WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT AS MY STYLE HAS CHANGED IT ALL CORRELATES WITH THE TYPE OF MUSIC I’VE BEEN INTO AT THE TIME. DO YOU PAY ATTENTION TO FASHION? NOT REALLY. OR AT LEAST I TRY NOT TO. I SEE ALL THESE KIDS ON THE STREETS AND AT THE SAME CLUBS AND THEY ALL JUST SEEM SO WRAPPED UP IN FASHION. THEY LOOK LIKE THEY’RE IN PAIN SOMETIMES THEY ARE SO WARY OF ONLOOKERS AND YEAH, I DON’T KNOW. I DON’T REALLY HAVE TIME FOR FASHION. DO THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU PAY ATTENTION TO FASHION? AND TRENDS? WELL OBVIOUSLY THEY DO. A LOT OF THEM DO, BUT FEWER THAN YOU MAY THINK. A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO YOU THINK ARE BUYING INTO TREND ARE JUST BUYING WHATEVER THEY SEE FIRST, THEY DON’T CARE THAT MUCH. BUT THE STORES THESE DAYS ARE ALL SO SIMILAR THAT THESE KIDS ARE BUYING SHIT THAT MAKES THEM ACCIDENTALLY OR AT LEAST UNINTENTIONALLY TRENDY, OR ON-TREND OR WHATEVER YOU CALL IT. BUT ONCE STORES START TO GO BACK TO BEING LIKE MORE PERSONAL, MORE UNIQUE AND THERE ARE LESS PEOPLE SHOPPING AT H&M, THEN YOU’LL SEE FEWER TREND OBSESSED PEOPLE. HOW DO YOU THINK PEOPLE WILL RESPOND TO FASHION IN THE FUTURE? SAY THE NEXT 50 YEARS? I CAN SEE FASHION SLOWING DOWN, BUT IT WOULD BE IGNORANT TO THINK THAT WITH ALL THESE HUGE CHAIN STORES AND ONLINE SHOPPING THAT FASHION WASN’T JUST GOING TO GET FASTER. TO BE HONEST I’M NO EXPERT, I HAVEN’T GOT A CLUE.
‘They all just seem so wrapped up in fashion.’
LAZY OAF DENIM CHAMBRAY SHIRT, TEE AND PRINTED SHIRT. TIMBERLAND BOOTS.
Adam Zhang.
WASSILY KANDINSKY’S SEVERAL CIRCLES c.1926
ADAM & LEAH’S BEDROOM
AUERELIA REUBENS, 24. SILVERSMITH AND SINGER. LIVES IN IRELAND (MOSTLY) IN HER CARAVAN
Aurelia
DESCRIBE IN A FEW WORDS YOUR PERSONAL STYLE? OH THATS A TOUGH ONE INNIT? I SUPPOSE I WOULD SAY ECLECTIC, LOTS OF LAYERS, AND LOTS OF JEWELLERY AND HATS AND THAT. MOSTLY LONG SHIRTS AND SKIRTS. DO YOU CHOOSE YOUR OWN CLOTHES? YES. MOST OF MY CLOTHES I MAKE SO I CHOOSE EVERY DETAIL ON THEM BUT WHAT I DON’T I USUALLY PICK UP AT THE MARKETS OR MAYBE I’LL TRADE WITH SOMEONE FOR SOMETHING. BUT YEAH I CHOOSE IT. WHAT INFLUENCES/INFORMS WHAT YOU WEAR? NATURE, MARKETS, COLOURS I SEE OUTSIDE. FABRICS AND BEADS THAT I FIND OR SEE. PATTERNS THAT I REMEMBER FROM MY CHILDHOOD. JUST EVERYTHING AROUND ME INFLUENCES ME. ALSO I HAVE TO WEAR THINGS THAT WON’T GET IN MY WAY DURING THE DAY, I CAN’T WEAR ANYTHING TOO TIGHT OR SHORT OR ANYTHING. I HAVE TO KEEP WARM TOO. HAVE YOUR INFLUENCES CHANGED? OF COURSE. I HAVE LIVED EVERYWHERE AND BEEN ANYWHERE I COULD FROM WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG. I NEVER HAD ANY CONSTANT PERSON OR PLACE. I NEVER KNEW MY PARENTS, OR NOT THAT I CAN REMEMBER SO I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN INFLUENCED BY PLACES RATHER THAN PEOPLE. AND WHEN THE PLACES CHANGE THIS IS REFLECTED IN MY STYLE TOO. DO YOU PAY ATTENTION TO FASHION? I HAVE NEVER BEEN EXPOSED TO FASHION OR HAD THE TIME TO PAY ATTENTION. I WEAR WHAT I CAN AND WHAT I FEEL LIKE. NO ONE THAT I SEE ONE A DAILY BASIS CARES ABOUT FASHION, SO WHY WOULD I? I AM HAPPY WITH THE WAY I LOOK WITHOUT FASHION. DO THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU PAY ATTENTION TO FASHION? AND TRENDS? NO, NOT REALLY. NOT THE PEOPLE I KNOW AT LEAST. SOMETIMES WE SEE PEOPLE IN THEIR CARES OR IN TOWNS THAT I AM GUESSING PAY ATTENTION TO FASHION BUT I DON’T REALLY KNOW. HOW DO YOU THINK PEOPLE WILL RESPOND TO FASHION IN THE FUTURE? SAY THE NEXT 50 YEARS? I THINK PEOPLE WILL START TO SEE HOW POINTLESS IT IS. WE ARE HAPPY, I AM HAPPY WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT ALL THAT STUFF. WHY WOULD SOMEONE ADD SOMETHING EXTRA TO THEIR LIFE TO WORRY ABOUT? JUST CUT IT OUT AND THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED. PLUS YOU’D HAVE MORE MONEY.
‘I wear what i can and what i feel like.’
THIS NEXT BLOUSE, AURELIA’S OWN EARRINGS, CARTER’S HAT, ISHKA SKIRT
Aurelia reubens.
RATHFEALE MARKET
AURELIA’S CARAVAN
THOM WELLINGTON, 21. JOURNALISM STUDENT AND BARTENDER. LIVES IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA.
Thom
DESCRIBE IN A FEW WORDS YOUR PERSONAL STYLE? I WOULDN’T SAY I HAD A STYLE AS SUCH, I JUST CHOOSE PIECES THAT APPEAL. I DON’ HAVE A LOOK. IF I HAD TO PRECIS MY WARDROBE I GUESS I WOULD CALL IT ‘SHARP’. BUT WITH A SLIGHTLY DECONSTRUCTED SILHOUETTE. DO YOU CHOOSE YOUR OWN CLOTHES? YEAH. UNLESS MY GIRLFRIEND COMES WITH ME, LIKE IF WE GO TO CAMBERWELL MARKET OR SAVERS OR SOMETHING. I DON’T MIND BORROWING STUFF FROM MY DAD ASWELL, HE HAS AN ALMOST ARCHIVAL WARDROBE CONSISTING OF INTERESTING 70’S PIECES. WHAT INFLUENCES/INFORMS WHAT YOU WEAR? TO A CERTAIN EXTENT I’M NOT IMMUNE TO WHAT I SEE IN MAGAZINES AND ON BLOGS ETC. I LIKE PURPLE, WALLPAPER, MONOCLE AND DAZED ONLINE. I’M NOT BLIND TO STREET FASHION AND STALL WINDOWS EITHER. I THINK IN A CITY SUCH AS MELBOURNE YOU CANNOT HELP BUT ABSROB A CERTAIN AESTHETIC VIA A PROCESS OF OSMOSIS. BUT I AM NOT CERTAIN THIS IS A COMPLETELY CONSCIOUS PROCESS. HAVE YOUR INFLUENCES CHANGED? IN AS FAR AS MY ENVIRONMENT HAS CHANGED YES THAT HAS CHANGED. I HAVE FOUND SINCE MOVING OUT OF HOME I HAVE A MUCH MORE FRUGAL APPROACH TO DRESS. DO YOU PAY ATTENTION TO FASHION? WHAT IS FASHION? IF YOU MEAN WHAT IS ON THE RUNWAYS IN PARIS OR WHAT THE HACK SYNDICATES IN ZARA THEN NO. BUT I DO NOTICE WHAT PEOPLE ARE WEARING ON THE STREET AND ON STREET BLOGS ETC. DO THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU PAY ATTENTION TO FASHION? AND TRENDS? I LIVE IN MELBOURNE. THERE ARE PEOPLE RUNNING AROUND WHO ARE SLAVES TO FASHION. THEY WILL DROP 10 K ON A BAG. THEY WILL BUMP INTO THEIR FRIENDS ON THE STREET AND SEEM COMPLETELY UNPERPLEXED BY THE FACT THAT THEY ARE WEARING EXACTLY THE SAME THING. THEY ALL WANT THE FASHION LOOK. BUT TO ANSWER THE QUESTION YES. SOME PEOPLE PAY TOO MUCH ATTENTION TO FASHION. HOW DO YOU THINK PEOPLE WILL RESPOND TO FASHION IN THE FUTURE? SAY THE NEXT 50 YEARS? I THINK FASHION WILL BECOME MORE PERSONAL AS CHOICE BECOMES INCREASINGLY ACCESSIBLE TO ALL OF US THROUGH THE SWIFTLY MULTIPLYING SUCCESS OF E-COMMERCE. ALSO WE ARE BECOMING MORE ATTUNED WITH A TYPE OF GLOBAL SENSIBILITY. .
‘I think fashion will become more personal as choice becomes increasingly accessible ’
SOSUME SHIRT AND TEES. TOM’S DAD’S BROGUES
Thom Wellington
TOM’S BEDROOM
DAZED DIGITAL
SYEIRA JAL, 33. SARI SEAMSTRESS AND GYPSY. LIVES IN ANJUNA, INDIA WITH HER FAMILY.
DESCRIBE IN A FEW WORDS YOUR PERSONAL STYLE? STYLE? I LIKE BRIGHT COLOUR. WE HAVE MORE COLOURS THAN YOU MISS. WE CAN WEAR MANY COLOURS TOGETHER. AND PRINTS. MANY PATTERNS. SOMETIMES I WILL WEAR THE PAISLEY AND THE FLOWERS TOGETHER. I LIKE PINK AND GOLD TOO. PINK IS BEST. DO YOU CHOOSE YOUR OWN CLOTHES? YES. WHEN I CAN. SOMETIMES I WEAR THE SARI I MAKE BUT OFTEN I WEAR OLDER CLOTHES THAT I HAVE FROM MY AUNTY WHO DIED. WHAT INFLUENCES/INFORMS WHAT YOU WEAR? WHAT DO YOU MEAN? HMM... I LIKE BOLLYWOOD. BUT MOSTLY I WEAR THE CLOTHES THAT I HAVE ALWAYS HAD. FROM MY MOTHER AND AUNTY. ONE DAY IF I AM VERY LUCKY I WOULD LIKE MAYBE A GOLD SARI. LIKE SEETA DEVI. HAVE YOUR INFLUENCES CHANGED? NO. NO CHANGE. DO YOU PAY ATTENTION TO FASHION? YES. SMALL YES. FOR MY SARI’S THAT I SELL. I BUY THE FABRIC THAT IS NEW, COLOUR NEW, PRINT NEW. I HAVE TO SEE IN NEWSPAPERS AND SOMETIMES IF I SEE TV I SEE WHAT THEY ARE WEARING AND THEN I TRY TO FIND SOMETHING LIKE THIS. MAKE SARI’S LIKE THIS. I LOOK AT THE OTHER SARI STORES TOO. THE NICE SARI STORES AND TRY TO DO THIS ASWELL. DO THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU PAY ATTENTION TO FASHION? AND TRENDS? SOMETIMES WE WILL FIND A MAGAZINE ON THE STREET. OR LOOK IN THE SHOPS AT THE NEW COLOURS. BUT WE DO NOT WEAR THE JEANS OR THEOTHER WESTERN CLOTHES. ALL THESE WOMEN DRESS LIKE MAN. WHY NOT DRESS LIKE WOMEN. WE HAVE ALL THE FUN, ALL THE COLOUR. HOW DO YOU THINK PEOPLE WILL RESPOND TO FASHION IN THE FUTURE? SAY THE NEXT 50 YEARS? I DON’T KNOW. SOME OF THESE YOUNG GIRLS WEAR THESE JEANS AND THESE SHORT SKIRTS BUT I THINK WE WILL STILL LIKE THE PRINT AND PATTERN. AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE WEARING BLACK. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS BLACK. I DO NOT THINK INDIA SHOULD BE BLACK, WE ARE COLOUR AND LIGHT. BUT I DON’T KNOW. INDIA CHANGES. ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE, NOTHING IS CERTAIN.
Syeira
‘India changes. Anything is possible, nothing is certain.’
ALL CLOTHING SYEIRA’S OWN
Syeira Jal.
ACTRESS SEETA DEVI
SYEIRA AND HER FAMILIY’S TENTS
RAVEEN SINGH, 17. HIGHSCHOOL STUDENT. LIVES IN LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND WITH PARENTS.
DESCRIBE IN A FEW WORDS YOUR PERSONAL STYLE? I’M INTO SPORTS FASHION. I WEAR TRACKSUIT AND POLO, BUT NOT THE REALLY BAGGY TYPE. I LIKE NEAT, FITTED. I WEAR THESE WITH JEANS AND TRACKSUIT PANTS. I LIKE TO COLOUR CO-ORDINATE MY CLOTHING WITH MY SHOES. I WEAR A LOT OF SNEAKERS, NIKE IS MY FAVOURITE. DO YOU CHOOSE YOUR OWN CLOTHES? MOSTLY I DO. I LIKE TO BUY ONLINE. BUT SOMETIMES MY GRANDMOTHER ALSO LIKES TO BUY ME THINGS. WHAT INFLUENCES/INFORMS WHAT YOU WEAR? MY FRIENDS MOSTLY. SOMETIMES IF I LIKE SOMETHING I SEE ONE OF THE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WEARING IN THE NEWSPAPERS I ASK MY MOTHER TO BUY THIS FOR ME. YEAH, FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND OTHER SPORTSMAN INFLUENCE ME MOSTLY. HAVE YOUR INFLUENCES CHANGED? NO. NOT SINCE MY MOTHER CHOOSING MY CLOTHING. DO YOU PAY ATTENTION TO FASHION? A BIT. NOT REALLY. EXCEPT IF I SEE SOMETHING IN THE HIGHSTREET WINDOWS THAT I LIKE. IS THAT FOLLOWING FASHION? I DON’T KNOW. DO THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU PAY ATTENTION TO FASHION? AND TRENDS? THE GIRLS DO. THEY’RE ALL READING THE MAGAZINES AND COPYING WHAT THE POPSTARS AND CELEBRITIES ARE WEARING. THEY’RE ALWAYS SHOPPING. BUT MY MATES AND ME HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO. MY MOTHER STILL WEARS HER SARI. SO DO MOST OF HER FRIENDS. MY DAD - HE DOESN’T CARE. I WOULDN’T WEAR ANY REALLY OLD STUFF THOUGH. HOW DO YOU THINK PEOPLE WILL RESPOND TO FASHION IN THE FUTURE? SAY THE NEXT 50 YEARS? THERE’S MORE FASHION ALL THE TIME, ISN’T THERE? I THINK IT WILL CHANGE AND EVERYTHING. BUT I THINK MOST OF THE PEOPLE WILL STILL WHERE LIKE JEANS AND STUFF. CORPORATE PEOPLE WILL STILL BE WEARING SUITS AND STUFF. AND PARENTS WILL STILL BE WEARING SENSIBLE STUFF. BUT MAYBE PEOPLE WILL BECOME A BIT MORE SPECIAL TO THEMSELVES, LIKE UNIQUE YOU KNOW? I CUSTOMISE MY OWN HIGHTOPS, YOU KNOW, WITH SHARPIES AND THAT. MAYBE OTHER PEOPLES’ CLOTHES WILL BE CUSTOMISED TOO.
Raveen
There’s more fashion all the time, isn’t there?
ADIDAS JACKET AND LIVERPOOL FC BY ADIDAS TEE, NIKE SNEAKERS, FERRARI BEANIE
Raveen Singh
LIVERPOOL FC PLAYERS
RAVEEN’S BEDROOM
ELSA HENRIKSEN, 15. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT AND SHEEP FARMER. LIVES ON FARM IN TRERNDELAG, NORWAY
Elsa
DESCRIBE IN A FEW WORDS YOUR PERSONAL STYLE? I’M A VERY PRACTICAL GIRL. SO I WOULD SAY MAYBE GIRLY, NEAT AND FUN. AND FUNCTIONAL. DO YOU CHOOSE YOUR OWN CLOTHES? MOSTLY. SOMETIMES MY PARENTS WILL CHOOSE SOMETHING FOR MY BIRTHDAY OR AT CHRISTMAS TIME. WE GO TO OLSO TO SHOP A FEW TIMES A YEAR AND MY MOTHER COMES SHOPPING WITH ME THEN. SOMETIMES SHE WILL CHOOSE THINGS FOR ME. WHAT INFLUENCES/INFORMS WHAT YOU WEAR? I LIVE ON A FARM MOST OF MY FRIENDS LIVE ON FARMS OR IN THE SMALL TOWNS NEAR MY HOME. SO I LIKE MY CLOTHES TO BE WARM AND EASY TO WEAR. I WEAR JEANS A LOT AND KNITTED WOOLLEN SWEATER OF COURSE (LAUGHES). IF I AM JUST LIKE GOING TO MOVIES WITH MY FRIENDS I HAVE NICE BOOTS OR DRESS MAYBE, WITH STOCKINGS TO KEEP WARM. AND IF I WANT TO GO TO PARTY I COULD WEAR SKINNY JEAN OR SKIRT. HAVE YOUR INFLUENCES CHANGED? I LIKE TO SHOP ONLINE. IT’S SOMETHING TO DO IF IT’S TOO COLD AND DARK OUTSIDE TO GO INTO TOWN. I BUY FROM H&M, TOPSHOP AND ASOS. I GO ON FACEBOOK WITH MY FRIENDS AND SOMETIMES WE WILL UPLOAD PHOTO OF WHAT WE BUY ON INSTAGRAM. DO YOU PAY ATTENTION TO FASHION? YES. I SEE ALL THE NEW CLOTHES AT THE ONLINE STORES. I ALSO FLICK THROUGH THROUGH MAGAZINES AT THE SUPERMARKET. BUT I DON’T HAVE MANY NICE PLACES OR PARTIES TO WEAR FASHION. DO THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU PAY ATTENTION TO FASHION? AND TRENDS? SOME PEOPLE DO. MOST PEOPLE DON’T CARE VERY MUCH. MY FATHER AND BROTHERS DON’T CARE. THEY JUST WEAR THE SAME THINGS EVERY DAY, JEANS, T-SHIRT IN SUMMER, FLANNEL SHIRT IN WINTER, WOOLLEN JUMPERS HOODIES. MY BROTHERS WEAR GALOSHES AND WARM JACKETS. THE GIRLS CARE MORE. WE ALL SHOP ONLINE. HOW DO YOU THINK PEOPLE WILL RESPOND TO FASHION IN THE FUTURE? SAY THE NEXT 50 YEARS? WON’T IT DEPEND. WHERE YOU LIVE? MOST PEOPLE WILL HAVE INTERNET OR TV SO THEY WILL ALL BE ABLE TO SEE THE SAME FASHIONS BUT THEY WILL CHOOSE WHAT SUITS THEM AND WHERE THEY LIVE. THEY WILL CHOOSE ALSO TO SUIT THEIR CULTURE, I THINK THERE WILL BE ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF FASHIONS FOR ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE. IT MUST BECOME MORE PERSONAL I THINK.
‘I think there will be all different kinds of fashions for all kinds of people.’
BASSIKE GREY TEE, ACNE KNIT, ELSA’S OWN JEANS, DOC MARTEN’S BOOTS
Elsa Henriksen
ELSA’S FRIENDS
ELSA’S FARM
MARIAFE RAOUL, 17. HIGHSCHOOL STUDENT. LIVES IN SALVADOR, BRAZIL.
Mariafe
DESCRIBE IN A FEW WORDS YOUR PERSONAL STYLE? FUN, COLOURFUL, SEXY. WE LOVE SEXY IN BRAZIL. IF YOU’VE GOT IT FLAUNT IT YOU KNOW? EVERYONE WANTS TO BE A SUPERMODEL SO WE WEAR THE SHORT SKIRT AND MAYBE SOME CUTE STRAPLESS TOP OR DRESS. ALSO BIKINI, WE LOVE THE BEACH. I HAVE HUNDREDS OF PAIRS OF BIKINI. DO YOU CHOOSE YOUR OWN CLOTHES? YOU THINK I LET MY MOTHER CHOOSE FOR ME? WHAT INFLUENCES/INFORMS WHAT YOU WEAR? I LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE CELEBRITIES ARE WEARING. I LIKE KIM KARDASHIAN BUT SOME OF HER SKIRTS ARE TOO LONG. AND I DON’T LIKE JEANS. OR PANTS. OR ALL THE FUR. ITS TOO HOT FOR FUR IN SALVADOR. BUT OTHERWISE KIM KARDASHIAN IS SEXY. I DON’T LIKE THE GOSIIP GIRLS, THEY ARE SO BORING. BLAIR IS LIKE MY GRANDMOTHER HOW SHE DRESS! I LIKE ALL THE GIRLS IN HOLLYWOOD. HAVE YOUR INFLUENCES CHANGED? WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, LIKE MAYBE 14, I WANTED TO PLAY TENNIS SO I WAS IN LIKE THE NIKE AND ADIDAS SHORTS AND LITTLE DRESSES. BUT NOW I WEAR MORE FASHION SO LIKE NOW I’M MORE LIKE, HOW YOU SAY SOPHISTICATED AND SEXY. DO YOU PAY ATTENTION TO FASHION? OF COURSE, DOESN’T EVERYONE? I WOULD LOOK BAD AND LIKE I HAVE NO STYLE. BUT I WOULDN’T WEAR SOMETHING JUST BECAUSE IT IS IN FASHION. LIKE I WOULDN’T WEAR ALL THESE ‘CHUNKY KNIT’ OR ‘BOYFRIEND JEANS’. WHO WANTS TO LOOK CHUNKY? AND MY BOYFRIEND HE CAN WEAR HIS OWN JEANS, HE WANTS TO SEE MY BODY. YOU CANNOT BE SEXY IN CHUNKY. AND PONCHOS! WHO WEARS A PONCHO! BESIDES IT IS SO HOT HERE. DO THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU PAY ATTENTION TO FASHION? AND TRENDS? SOME PEOPLE IF THEY HAVE THE MONEY. SOME PEOPLE, A LOT ARE TOO POOR. IF YOU LIVE IN THE SLUMS YOU SPEND YOUR MONEY ON FOOD AND MAYBE LIKE A PHONE? I DON’T KNOW. HOW DO YOU THINK PEOPLE WILL RESPOND TO FASHION IN THE FUTURE? SAY THE NEXT 50 YEARS? I THINK FASHION WILL CHANGE MORE QUICKLY BECAUSE EVERYONE WILL HAVE INTERNET. AND THEN EVERYONE WILL WANT TO LOOK LIKE THE MODELS. IN BRAZIL GIRLS WILL DO ANYTHING TO LOOK LIKE THE MODELS. CUT THEIR FACE OPEN, PUT IN THE FAKE BOOBS AND FAKE BEHIND. MAYBE FASHION WILL GET SEXIER BECAUSE SO MANY MORE GIRLS ARE GETTING THE FAKE BOOBS NOW. I DON’T KNOW.
'I think fashion will change more quickly because of the internet.'
HERVE LEGER DRESS, MARIAFE’S OWN BIKINI, CHRITOPHER KANE SKIRT, MARIAFE’S OWN SHOES
Mariafe Raoul
MARIAFE’S FRIENDS
MARIAFE’S BEDROOM
JACKSON (LI FENG) AN, 28. GRAPHIC DESIGNER. LIVES IN SHANGHAI, CHINA.
Jackson
DESCRIBE IN A FEW WORDS YOUR PERSONAL STYLE? I LIKE TO THINK OF MYSELF AS FASHION FORWARD. I CAN APPRECIATE THE BELGIANS AND THERE’S A LOT OF COOL STUFF COMING OUT OF JAPAN. BUT IF YOU KNOW WHERE TO LOOK HERE IN SHANGHAI YOU CAN FIND QUITE ORIGINAL AND UNIQUE GARMENTS. I’D SAY MY PERSONAL STYLE COMBINES THE DYNAMIC, SCULPTURAL SENSIBILITIES OF THE BELGIANS WITH A MODERN, ALMOST SATIRICAL TAKE ON TRADITIONAL ORIENTAL SILHOUETTE. DO YOU CHOOSE YOUR OWN CLOTHES? SURE. WHAT INFLUENCES/INFORMS WHAT YOU WEAR? MY LIFE. EVERYTHING I SEE. MY WORK. MY UNDERSTANDING OF HISTORY, MY ENGAGEMENT WITH GLOBAL SOCIETY, MY GRANDFATHERS WEDDING ROBES, MY FRIENDS. HAVE YOUR INFLUENCES CHANGED? AS MY INTERESTS CHANGE MY INFLUENCES CHANGE. AS THE WORLD CHANGES... YOU JUST HAVE TO COMPARE CHINA TODAY WITH CHINA A DECADE AGO AND IT’S OBVIOUS OUR FASHION INFLUENCES HERE IN CHINA HAVE CHANGED. OR DEVELOPED AT LEAST. DO YOU PAY ATTENTION TO FASHION? I WORK IN THE DESIGN INDUSTRY SO NATURALLY I AM FASCINATED WITH FASHION AT THE VERY LEAST. DO THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU PAY ATTENTION TO FASHION? AND TRENDS? IN MY COMMUNITY OF FRIENDS AND THE PLACE WHICH IN I WORK BUT IN THE WIDER COMMUNITY... IN MY CITY AND IN CHINA AT LARGE MANY PEOPLE WEAR WHAT THEIR PARENTS AND THEIR ANCESTORS FOR CENTURIES BEFORE THEM HAVE WORN. BUT YES THERE IS DEFINITELY A HUGE AMOUNT OF THE POPULATION THAT NOW HAS THE INCOME AND ACCESSIBILITY TO BECOME A BIG PART OF THE GLOBAL FASHION CONSUMER MARKET. HOW DO YOU THINK PEOPLE WILL RESPOND TO FASHION IN THE FUTURE? SAY THE NEXT 50 YEARS? I THINK IT WOULD BE IGNORANT NOT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT IT’S JUST GOING TO GET BIGGER AND FASTER. BUT I THINK MY MOTHERS GENERATION AND WILL STILL WEAR WHAT THEY ALWAYS HAVE.
‘I think it would be ignorant not to acknowledge the fact that it’s just going to get bigger and faster.’
RICK OWENS LEATHER OMBRE JACKET, LAZY OAF TEE, ADIDAS SHOES, RICK OWENS PANTS
Jackson Li Feng An
JACKSON’S GRANDFATHERS ROBE
JACKSON’S BEDROOM
KISERIAN SIMU, 28. BEADER AND MOTHER. LIVES IN SERENGETI, TANZANIA WITH HER MAASAI TRIBE
DESCRIBE IN A FEW WORDS YOUR PERSONAL STYLE? I MADE THESE BEADS MYSELF. IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE MEANING MISS? EACH ROPE OF BEADS IS DIFFERENT TO MY FRIENDS’ BEADING. THIS PATTERN HERE? THIS IS VERY DIFFICULT TO REMEMBER, THIS PATTERN. THIS PANEL HERE TOOK MANY DAYS TO BEAD. WITH MY CLOTHES I LIKE COLOUR. LOTS OF DIFFERENT COLOUR. DO YOU CHOOSE YOUR OWN CLOTHES? (LAUGHS) WHO ELSE WOULD DRESS ME? FUNNY... WHAT INFLUENCES/INFORMS WHAT YOU WEAR? IF IT IS HOT I WILL WEAR JUST THIS BLUE KANGE. IF IT IS COOLER I WILL WEAR THE MAA OVER. WHEN I AM WORKING IN THE FARM I WILL NOT WEAR ALL MY BEADS. PERHAPS JUST THIS SMALL BRACELET HERE. SOMETIMES IF WE ARE WALKING FAR WE MAKE SANDALS FROM THE TYRE AND LEATHERS. HAVE YOUR INFLUENCES CHANGED? THE SANDALS WHEN I WAS SMALL WERE MADE FROM OUR OWN COWS BUT NOW WE USE THE TYRES. THEY WEAR BETTER. ALSO THEY ARE MORE COMFORTABLE. ALSO WHEN I WAS SMALL I NOT ALLOWED TO WEAR SOME OF THESE NECKLACE. ONLY NOW I CAN WEAR ALL THESE. DO YOU PAY ATTENTION TO FASHION? NO. I AM NOT INFLUENCED BY WHAT THE PEOPLE IN THE CITIES WEAR. IT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO LOOK BETTER THAN MY FRIENDS (LAUGHS). DO THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU PAY ATTENTION TO FASHION? AND TRENDS? NO. NO. WHAT IS THE POINT. WE ARE HERE.THOSE OTHER PEOPLE ARE IN THEIR OWN PLACE. HOW DO YOU THINK PEOPLE WILL RESPOND TO FASHION IN THE FUTURE? SAY THE NEXT 50 YEARS? SAME. I THINK I DO NOT KNOW.
Kiserian
'No.�What�is�the� point.�We�are� here.Those�other� people�are�in�their� own�place.'
KISERIAN’S OWN STRIPED TUNIC, SHAWL AND NECKPIECE. BURBERRY PRORSUM BROWN SHIRT
Kiserian�Simo
KISERIAN’S FRIENDS AT CHURCH KISERIAN’S HUT
acknowledgments Adam Zhang Aurelia Reubens Thom Wellington Syeira Jal Raveen Singh Elsa Henriksen Mariafe Raoul Jackson An Kiserian Simu Translators Ming Lee Han Daljinder Ramasu Komaro Hoshiku Hanna Ibsen Mauro Gianini
Adios!
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