My bff in highschool loved drawing fashion artwork much along these lines. Lots of severe hair, big angles, and Mondrian-esque colourways.
― I checked Snoops , and it is for real (Trayce), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 06:09 (nine years ago) link
xpost i wish more men would dress like that today. out with fedoras, in with lime green ties.
― mitt fleekwood (get bent), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 06:10 (nine years ago) link
feel like this is an aesthetic that looks way better in staged shoots with good lighting on film than in life or on cloudy days or shot on video or against the background of everyday banal spaces or w/e. like i'm sure me or my mom had some like tacky t-shirts that took on aspects of this (certainly there was some fido dido in the house) but it never would have actually looked cool like this stuff. i mean this is sort of true of all fashion ever, but maybe specifically about putting so many chips on the big, bold, slammin' colors - one cloud passes over the sun and they're turned back into ordinary cloth somehow.
it also looks way, way better to me in 2014 than i think the same exact photos would have looked to me in 2000. dunno if that means current looks are kinda bringing back aspects of this, or if i just have a better grip on (or at least an image of) the political and social cultures that went along with some of this stuff. i mean it seems to me now that the positivity in keith haring, or in, i dunno, 3 feet high and rising, is not just some naive facebook share let's-get-happy thing but a conscious and grounded choice to be positive in the face of some shit, and to talk about getting bills passed and awareness raised and so on. this might be distorted too but i think as a youth i just associated all of it with some lame thumbs-up motivational poster bullshit. and now it reminds me much more of friends trying to carve out (with a different aesthetic, considerably more lo-fi and grittier but stiill) zones of positivity and welcoming-ness and fuck-yeahness. not that any of this has much to do with the sale of high-end garments but..yeah.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 06:15 (nine years ago) link
shout out to j. geils band for rocking a kind of memphis group/geometric aesthetic in 1981:
http://jgeilsband.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Freeze-Frame_Geils_LP.jpg
― mitt fleekwood (get bent), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 06:18 (nine years ago) link
some lame thumbs-up motivational poster bullshit.
fair enough, but today's motivational poster bullshit is way way way less cool than this. i will take a hundred day glo spuds mackenzies over some niagara falls "keep calm and carry on" image macro puke.
― mitt fleekwood (get bent), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 06:21 (nine years ago) link
but yeah, at the human level, positivity is brave when you're coming at it from an oppositional/outsider stance. it's easy to say "fuck everything" and wear black like a '77 punk or batcaver, but to be colorful and proud when others want you to be ashamed of who you are -- that really ticks people off. of course this style trickled down to the normals too, but the ones who created it and really owned it were the artist freaks.
― mitt fleekwood (get bent), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 06:28 (nine years ago) link
sort of feel like haring's work is always the most interesting example of this "style" whenever i see it.
― languagelessness (mattresslessness), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 06:43 (nine years ago) link
like that james rizzi thing above makes me ill it's so bad
― languagelessness (mattresslessness), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 06:44 (nine years ago) link
maybe my viewpt is colored by haring's extra-artistic work as if it's possible to separate the two. anyway this style or look is variegated with the occasional high point i think.
― languagelessness (mattresslessness), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 06:53 (nine years ago) link
http://images5.fanpop.com/image/photos/25800000/Clarissa-Explains-It-All-clarissa-explains-it-all-25894514-658-444.png
― (extremely quan voice) My Lifestyle (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 07:05 (nine years ago) link
i think it was trayce who namechecked mondrian -- that mondrian/color block look was huge then.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7545/15703961773_a1faecec08_o.png
― mitt fleekwood (get bent), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 07:10 (nine years ago) link
more color block:
http://cdn-s3-2.wanelo.com/product/image/1371899/x354.jpg
― mitt fleekwood (get bent), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 07:16 (nine years ago) link
http://www.guiltypeople.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/trapperkeeper.jpg
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 07:18 (nine years ago) link
i think i actually had that trapper keeper!
― mitt fleekwood (get bent), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 07:19 (nine years ago) link
https://noclimate.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/tumblr_l0s20npi9k1qzna4vo1_500.jpg
― soref, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 07:46 (nine years ago) link
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WXSoHY9esRM/TO81XRNgSVI/AAAAAAAAA4I/cH4O_K7gG6A/s1600/Snakefinger_KillTheGreatRaven_RRWIL7907.jpg
― soref, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 07:55 (nine years ago) link
http://images.complex.com/complex/image/upload/t_article_image/tuieqlh6cuyxpz9pw2mu.jpg
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 07:55 (nine years ago) link
that's like the venice beach skater version.
― mitt fleekwood (get bent), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 07:57 (nine years ago) link
https://forgottenadvertisements.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/macho-man-slim-jim.jpg
― salthigh, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 08:04 (nine years ago) link
yeah def. this style always felt more Californian to me when it was occurring, as if MALIBU in neon pink letters should be thrown in somewhere on any ad using it. I guess it's the bright colors.xp
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 08:05 (nine years ago) link
http://mirror80.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Malibu-Musk1.jpg
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 08:06 (nine years ago) link
http://imagecache2.allposters.com/IMAGES/AWI/AW2024.jpg
― mitt fleekwood (get bent), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 08:09 (nine years ago) link
yeah def. this style always felt more Californian to me when it was occurring, as if MALIBU in neon pink letters should be thrown in somewhere on any ad using it. I guess it's the bright colors.
there's probably an eighties beach boys album in this motif.
― mitt fleekwood (get bent), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 08:11 (nine years ago) link
the malibu musk motif, not the geometric abstraction one. the latter might be too much for their fans.
all 80s UK boys' bedroom wallpaper was like a diluted trickle-down version of this, in 1985-89
― piscesx, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 08:40 (nine years ago) link
there's a fine line between high art/couture and everything is terrible found-footage instructional videos with some of this.
― mitt fleekwood (get bent), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 08:46 (nine years ago) link
i think the line is where the bold colors of the italian designers transition into the pastel pinks and blues of the mall.
― mitt fleekwood (get bent), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 08:48 (nine years ago) link
Mint chocolate chip
― breakfast josiah (los blue jeans), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 09:25 (nine years ago) link
https://www.google.com/search?q=flipsiders&gs_l=img
― breakfast josiah (los blue jeans), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 09:32 (nine years ago) link
I don't know if that works but it should be image search for flipsiders
― breakfast josiah (los blue jeans), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 09:33 (nine years ago) link
I'm not claiming that it is literally the same aesthetic but that is the vibe I'm catching
― breakfast josiah (los blue jeans), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 09:42 (nine years ago) link
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-V2U93Y5qf0M/U9FsKYoBWjI/AAAAAAAAAvc/BOfiCLHz4ls/s1600/05_love_and_Pride_LP.jpg
― Ottbot jr (NickB), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 10:01 (nine years ago) link
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515tWQrIrHL.jpg
― Ottbot jr (NickB), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 10:10 (nine years ago) link
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JKD5BZC4VY8/TSulGfl60bI/AAAAAAAAPX4/BwCJ39BGIHs/s1600/debarge.jpg
― Ottbot jr (NickB), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 10:11 (nine years ago) link
can't handle wide pants though -- ugh
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 11:59 (nine years ago) link
One thing in play with some of the examples above (the Takahashi made me think of this), maybe taking them further from paint splatter day glo into pastels and bits of geometric flair, is the Fifties revival closely associated with a more arch/ironic postmodernism, especially in furniture, industrial design, and interiors. Thinking here of Alessandro Mendini and/or Memphis Group, but in a way would also include the camp of John Waters or the B-52's. Pee Wee's Playhouse, too. All great IMO and in some cases excitingly transgressive but sometimes it's just rich people buying tacky shit because their designer said so. Anyway just seems like kind of a different track even though both definitely scream 80s.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 14:04 (nine years ago) link
Memphis Group furniture:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Memphis-Milano_Design_Collection.jpg
Coop Himmelb(l)au (no, really!) in this era, with Mendini overseeing:
http://bolidtbooster.com/uploads/mendini1.jpg
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 14:11 (nine years ago) link
https://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/13/A70-6729
― bit of a singles monster (Eazy), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 22:19 (nine years ago) link
Esprit: never forget.
http://gravelandgold.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Esprit-kids.jpg
― bit of a singles monster (Eazy), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 22:21 (nine years ago) link
I was thinking of Pee Wee's Playhouse too (iirc his kitchen Big Adventure is along these lines too?). Such a fun and interesting backdrop to take in as a kid while watching. Still reads as FRESH and MODERN to me after all this time, even while simultaneously retro/nostalgic.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 02:50 (nine years ago) link
http://img7.uploadhouse.com/fileuploads/19056/190569176537b54c54a03c9f5ef34eb6028df323.jpg
"Southland Tales" belongs in this thread, I think.
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 03:22 (nine years ago) link
(And now that I've made this claim I can't find a single image to support it. Nevermind.)
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 03:24 (nine years ago) link
― mitt fleekwood (get bent), Tuesday, January 20, 2015 2:46 AM (18 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
true
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 03:25 (nine years ago) link
I have a book on 80s fashion which includes this great Stephen Sprouse picture from 1984, but unfortunately I can't find it online in a proper size. It looks better in the book:
http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/87/0b/1d/870b1d2fdaf63668817c74098688d248.jpg
― jmm, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 03:31 (nine years ago) link
https://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/10690184_10152347840762688_5124805141478931697_n.jpg?oh=c69ba2f60511c636ddf8b305654676dc&oe=552600C0
― nickn, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 04:01 (nine years ago) link
ha ha
never seen Pee-Wee's Playhouse but the sets were designed by Gary Panter
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51IDNAZMKvL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg
http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1366990953l/635842.jpg
http://wiki.killuglyradio.com/images/e/e0/Studio_Tan.jpg
http://www.reglarwiglar.com/comicartists/comicjpgs/Panter/panterasshole.jpg
http://michelfiffe.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/RCHP2.jpg
http://www.spd.org/images/blog/gp.jpg
― bob seger's silver bullet gland (sic), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 11:08 (nine years ago) link
So my question is what is the NAME for this style? Very often I've wanted to describe something by saying, well, that it looked exactly like that Malibu Musk packaging or the frame around Elton John's "Jump Up!" sleeve. Pastel colors, unmoored geometric figures, squiggles. How to specify this in a few words?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 14:17 (nine years ago) link
loving this thread more that I can say. wish I still owned some clothes from this era, brands like Genarra & Williwear. 1984/85 was when I saw the light and started wearing colorful duds instead of regulation east village hipster all-black.
― in-house pickle program (m coleman), Thursday, 22 January 2015 01:59 (nine years ago) link
maybe relevant:
http://zone7style.blogspot.com/
https://printarchive.wordpress.com/
like i feel there might be an overlap of different aesthetics; some of the prints on the print archive site seem to be too rococo for this vibe.
― slugbuggy, Friday, 6 February 2015 02:19 (nine years ago) link