I have worn suits for 30 years; I have a massive love of the classic men’s tailoring. Kim called, and six months later we’re a few days away from a runway show in Miami. CLICK HERE TO READ THE OCTOBER 2020 ISSUE! 110.3k Followers, 559 Following, 3,281 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from shawn stüssy (@shawnstussy) You can read the entire article here, but you'll need access to a New York Public Library card. I had the logo screen-printed on T-shirts and sweatshirts, but it had nothing to do with producing clothes.

The silhouettes of the Fall 2020 collection celebrate the ultra-creative influence of counter-cultures and sportswear matched by excellence in savoir-faire, ranging from tailoring to the transmission of precious crafts. Cool, this is happening at this level of play, go for it man”. ", Epilogue: According to WWD's Kim-Van Dang, Shawn cancelled a New York business trip to surf. Natural and stress-free is a good explanation, I guess. You have a lot of things in common with Kim: a passion for tailoring, a love of Japan…. A combination of inspirations and eras, where the art of detail specific to Dior shines. I was trying to promote the boards. With Kim Jones tapping Stüssy – its founder Shawn Stussy in particular – for Dior’s Pre- Fall 2020 Menswear collection, it decidedly indicates the continuance of streetwear’s infiltration of fashion. In the late 1979, I scribbled my name on the boards. He inquired if he could give a buddy my number. SHAWN STUSSY INTERVIEW. Shawn Stussy im großen GQ Style Interview über Surfen, Lampenfieber und sein Verhältnis zu Geld. As soon as you sell heavily to majors, it's all over. A couple of my buddies and I used to go to the Army-Navy surplus stores and buy size 40 khakis and cut them off way up at the knees. If you haven't read it, consider this a blessing. Our Stars in Dior, took in the Dior Fall 2020 men's show by Kim Jones dressed in striking looks by the Creative Director of men's collections. Everybody used to say, 'Those are fly! He seems to me to be doing it for the right reasons, he does not need to be all up in it for his own ego, no need to be the star of the show – I like that vibe a lot! The retro-psychedelic decor for the show presented in Miami on December 3rd mirrored the collection: an ode to boundless artistic freedom. It felt so natural and simple in my talks with Kim that I said to myself “Why not? We both have a huge love of the Japanese scene, design, art and lots of other things. Absolutely! Can you tell us about your drawings for this collaboration? The absolute top of the pyramid of our game, I feel…”.

A giant wave curled over the catwalk, based on a design by Shawn Stussy*, the iconoclastic artist and designer Kim Jones invited to collaborate on the Fall 2020 men’s show. A fashion company also has its own set of things to deal with that need to be considered carefully, I feel. I had the logo screen-printed on T-shirts and sweatshirts, but it had nothing to do with producing clothes. This is not an ordinary collaboration between two companies, it is a collaboration with me, personally, as an artist contributing to a bigger project with a very cool company in my eyes. When I asked who, he replied Kim Jones… I knew the name as we both come from the same circle of buddies, but from different eras. To me, Dior holds a very rare and unique place in the world. The House of Dior is renowned for its tailoring savoir-faire, which Kim Jones celebrates and reinvents with every show. Shawn Stussy and his partner Frank Sinatra Jr. (not related to the famous singer), started Stussy in the 1980s. Men’s Folio Malaysia Male Model Search 2019: Join Now! The couturier demonstrated his willingness to cross borders and explore new worlds, such as the American continent. When I walked away from this game 20 years ago, Kim was just coming up. An artist at the crossroads of countercultures and the creative world of surfing, Shawn Stussy* was invited by Kim Jones to collaborate on the Fall 2020 fashion show.

By Men's Folio Malaysia ; June 22, 2020 . By the '90s the two had made a name for themselves, first by … Youth, vitality, the spirit of the new. An artist at the crossroads of countercultures and the creative world of surfing, Shawn Stussy* was invited by Kim Jones to collaborate on the Fall 2020 fashion show. Such were the founding principles of the New Look Christian Dior designed in 1947, a new perspective on fashion and the world, a post-war renaissance.

We started taking orders, and in 1985 I took on my partner, Frank. I was trying to promote the boards.” During this early period of his career, Stussy shaped surfboards in his studio during the day and at night boxed his T-shirts for sale in area surf shops. Kim and I have many things in common. You are an architect and a sculptor. Maybe a little mystery developed as I was out of touch with the world I had left. "Sure, we gross $30 million a year, but we've stayed at that level for the past three years. By the '90s the two had made a name for themselves, first by selling surfboards and soon expanding into T-shirts and workwear jackets. Music by: XIAO-NIAO – Forgotten. There are very few Streetwear brands that have enjoyed the same longevity and trajectory as Stussy. People know the name Stussy, but not so much about me or my trajectory actually, which is just fine with me. We're in a few major department stores, but mostly we're in boutiques. My mom made a pattern off of them. How would you describe the spirit of this collaboration? I left my company to raise my boys and moved to Hawaii and more or less disappeared from the bright lights of this world. Kim Jones Takes Shawn Stussy’s Artwork to “Couture Levels of Technique” in Dior’s Fall 2020 Collection. Our editorial content is not influenced by any commissions we receive. I always check my machine.". ", On designing surfboards and how those eventually led to clothing: Frank and I want our lives to work with our business, not be driven by it. Celebrities like Billy Idol, Bruce Weber, De La Soul, and Anjelica Huston  frequented Stussy's stores. Let us not be afraid of words and give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, without Shawn Stussy streetwear as we know it today would probably not exist. The Fall 2020 Dior men's collection stars an unprecedented pairing: Dior and Kim Jones teamed up with Jordan Brand to create a limited edition of the Air Jordan 1 sneaker, marking the first-ever collaboration between the iconic basketball brand and a Parisian haute couture house. While we were all expecting the long-awaited Dior and Jordan collab, instead, the brand has announced an entirely different Streetwear collab, with the retired designer Shawn Stussy!

We worked from a distance, as I did all my design work at my home in Hawaii. His story and visionary philosophy inspired Kim Jones, Artistic Director of Dior men’s collections, to build on this dialogue by presenting his Fall 2020 show in Miami, Florida. This story first appeared in the June/July 2020 issue of Men’s Folio Malaysia. With Kim Jones tapping Stüssy – its founder Shawn Stussy in particular – for Dior’s Pre- Fall 2020 Menswear collection, it decidedly indicates the continuance of streetwear’s infiltration of fashion. Dior exists in a very rarefied air to me. Sign-up for Complex Shop, our new eCommerce store fusing content and commerce. For more Throwback Thursday reading, just click here. It was seen as 'new wave,' anarchic.

The building site sits like this, the sun comes up here and sets there, the prevailing winds come from this direction, there are many things to consider. A multifaceted self-made man, he goes against the tide of trends and invents a new style, a contemporary affirmation of identity that transcends fashion in a multidisciplinary dialogue that runs from surfing to hip hop, and street art to skate culture. COMPLEX participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means COMPLEX gets paid commissions on purchases made through our links to retailer sites. Rarely is it a blank canvas that you can go nuts on, you need to consider where you’re coming from, in my opinion. The very top of the luxury pyramid, the undisputed king of the game. Interview: Shawn Stussy on collaboration of Dior Men Fall 2020 collection. In 1980 I started my mark when I went out on my own to build boards, the clothing part slowly followed in the mid-’80s. “To me, Dior holds a very rare and unique place in the world. Christian Dior X Shawn Stussy. I was, of course, familiar with the Louis Vuitton collaboration he had done with my friend James Jebbia from Supreme. The shape of the surfboard was really important to you, the work of the hand. For quite a few years I’ve been in contact with various companies to talk about project possibilities, and it just never felt right to me. © 2020 Complex Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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