In a recent interview with Hero magazine, Murray Blewett, the grand keeper of the Vivienne Westwood's expansive archive for over 30 years, talked about what Worlds End meant for those who wore the collection the first go-around. “Some people didn’t know what to do with those clothes; they just didn’t have the right attitude. They would get it really wrong and they were trying to make an effort. You couldn’t just go in the shop, buy a T-shirt, and look cool.” He goes on to explain that the status inferred by wearing Worlds End pieces with the proper irreverence meant that you were an honorary member of a special club, with “entry to underground things.”
When I first learned that Opening Ceremony was reissuing a curated collection of iconic "Clothes for Heroes," created by Vivienne Westwood and her partner Malcolm McLaren for many years, I knew exactly who I wanted to see wear them: friends who act with a certain independence and authenticity in their choices and exhibit their own peculiar, aesthetic twist.
These pieces from the '70s and '80s, as Blewett addresses, stand as an example of when a distinct kind of status was achieved through clothing that was a little backwards. It wasn't about having lots of money, but rather that "special thing" worn with the right amount of incorrectness and, of course, personality. The DIY nature of the collection, the fact that the archival fabric was carried over from Westwood's Gold Label collections, artisan and handmade, and the independent ladies seen modeling in the slideshow above stand for that same sort of approach. There's no magazine that smartly addresses erotica? Start your own just as Sarah Nicole Prickett, seen modeling above, decided to do with Adult.
In support of a counterculture spirit and a commitment to sustainability, Opening Ceremony is proud to present a 20-piece, unisex collection of curated Worlds End pieces to unveil this Monday, February 9. It was always about making things anew from available resources, and this is also how we approached the shoot you'll see in the slideshow above: just a handful of British heritage clothes; three more-or-less American girls; the talented photographer Balarama Heller; and one day in wintry Manhattan on the 19th floor of an otherwise stuffy office building.
More about the girls...
Sarah Nicole Prickett is a writer and editor who launched Adult magazine of new erotics in 2013, and is now at work on its third issue. She is also a contributing editor for The New Inquiry and a regular contributor for publications such as Art Forum and the T Magazine. Seen in the slideshow above wearing the Do It Yourself top worn as a dress, Prickett makes it quite clear that she doesn’t care what you think.
Fabiola Alondra is a bookseller, art dealer, and "archeologist of the weird." Her first job was with
When I first learned that Opening Ceremony was reissuing a curated collection of iconic "Clothes for Heroes," created by Vivienne Westwood and her partner Malcolm McLaren for many years, I knew exactly who I wanted to see wear them: friends who act with a certain independence and authenticity in their choices and exhibit their own peculiar, aesthetic twist.
These pieces from the '70s and '80s, as Blewett addresses, stand as an example of when a distinct kind of status was achieved through clothing that was a little backwards. It wasn't about having lots of money, but rather that "special thing" worn with the right amount of incorrectness and, of course, personality. The DIY nature of the collection, the fact that the archival fabric was carried over from Westwood's Gold Label collections, artisan and handmade, and the independent ladies seen modeling in the slideshow above stand for that same sort of approach. There's no magazine that smartly addresses erotica? Start your own just as Sarah Nicole Prickett, seen modeling above, decided to do with Adult.
In support of a counterculture spirit and a commitment to sustainability, Opening Ceremony is proud to present a 20-piece, unisex collection of curated Worlds End pieces to unveil this Monday, February 9. It was always about making things anew from available resources, and this is also how we approached the shoot you'll see in the slideshow above: just a handful of British heritage clothes; three more-or-less American girls; the talented photographer Balarama Heller; and one day in wintry Manhattan on the 19th floor of an otherwise stuffy office building.
More about the girls...
Sarah Nicole Prickett is a writer and editor who launched Adult magazine of new erotics in 2013, and is now at work on its third issue. She is also a contributing editor for The New Inquiry and a regular contributor for publications such as Art Forum and the T Magazine. Seen in the slideshow above wearing the Do It Yourself top worn as a dress, Prickett makes it quite clear that she doesn’t care what you think.
Fabiola Alondra is a bookseller, art dealer, and "archeologist of the weird." Her first job was with