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imomusI have two shows -- Momus music concerts -- coming up at the end of January, beginning of February. There's a show in Utrecht, Holland on Saturday January 26th (Kikker Theatre, Kleine zaal, €8, 9pm, reservations) and a show in Lund, Sweden on February 1st (Indigo@Blekingska nationen, 10pm). That means I'll be missing both digital kulturfest the Transmediale and Berlin Fashion Week. But I have a consolation, at least for missing fashion week: on the way to Sweden I'll be spending time in Copenhagen -- one of the few European cities I've actually never been to -- and Copenhagen is home to one of the few fashion designers I like: Henrik Vibskov.
I'm not really much of a fashionista; I like the street fashion stuff people put together for themselves, especially in Japan. I'm distantly interested in nu-ugly nu-ravewear's toxic optimism, and I like the work of certain friends -- Hikaru Furuhashi's Neckarves (she gave me a Nickarf Neckarf when I was in New York), for example. But it's pretty rare for me to like a "designer". If I had to name some I like I'd probably mention Cosmic Wonder, Makin Jan Ma of Jan Family, Bless... and, recently, Henrik Vibskov. I actually covet his €320 Helsinki Blanket, a sort of acid-Aztec poncho hanging on the rail at Berlin's Best Shop.
Henrik Vibskov -- like Makin Jan Ma, and like my girlfriend -- is a graduate of St Martin's in London. He's 34 now, and rides an excellent grocer's bicycle (I almost bought one like that, but it was as expensive as the Helsinki Blanket!)
around Copenhagen, where he has a workshop and shop. He's a handsome fellow and he makes handsome clothes. Some of the scarves in his Men's Spring / Summer 2008 collection Fantabulous Bicycle Music Factory look a bit like Hikaru's neckarves!
I'll need to play a few more concerts before I can afford €320 for a Helsinki Blanket. So I'll probably just buy a garish secondhand tramp blanket for €2, hang it up in the garden to get rid of the sour smell, then pretend it's a Henrik Vibskov. But I'd like to thank the handsome grocery bicyclist of Copenhagen for being an inspiration.
I'm not really much of a fashionista; I like the street fashion stuff people put together for themselves, especially in Japan. I'm distantly interested in nu-ugly nu-ravewear's toxic optimism, and I like the work of certain friends -- Hikaru Furuhashi's Neckarves (she gave me a Nickarf Neckarf when I was in New York), for example. But it's pretty rare for me to like a "designer". If I had to name some I like I'd probably mention Cosmic Wonder, Makin Jan Ma of Jan Family, Bless... and, recently, Henrik Vibskov. I actually covet his €320 Helsinki Blanket, a sort of acid-Aztec poncho hanging on the rail at Berlin's Best Shop. Henrik Vibskov -- like Makin Jan Ma, and like my girlfriend -- is a graduate of St Martin's in London. He's 34 now, and rides an excellent grocer's bicycle (I almost bought one like that, but it was as expensive as the Helsinki Blanket!)
around Copenhagen, where he has a workshop and shop. He's a handsome fellow and he makes handsome clothes. Some of the scarves in his Men's Spring / Summer 2008 collection Fantabulous Bicycle Music Factory look a bit like Hikaru's neckarves!I'll need to play a few more concerts before I can afford €320 for a Helsinki Blanket. So I'll probably just buy a garish secondhand tramp blanket for €2, hang it up in the garden to get rid of the sour smell, then pretend it's a Henrik Vibskov. But I'd like to thank the handsome grocery bicyclist of Copenhagen for being an inspiration.
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Date: 2008-01-04 11:06 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-01-04 11:17 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-01-04 11:50 am (UTC)South of Sweden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sk%C3%A5ne_County) to be more exact. Did you know that many swedes thinks we should give back Skåne to Denmark?
Thesis, antithesis, synthesis
Date: 2008-01-04 11:52 am (UTC)Does this make any sense?
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Date: 2008-01-04 11:53 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-01-04 12:13 pm (UTC)Unless it gets a mouth and speaks, making the whole operation of moving skåne to Denmark an ethical question.
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Date: 2008-01-04 12:50 pm (UTC)Nu-rave was just emo with neon-colours - there were also elements of "urban" hiphop/grime fashion, at least here in London. It was a superficial way of adding freshness to something old; change the pallete.
Stereotypical emo
Klaxons, not quite emo, not quite new rave, early days
full blown Nu rave.
Re: Thesis, antithesis, synthesis
Date: 2008-01-04 12:53 pm (UTC)Re: Thesis, antithesis, synthesis
Date: 2008-01-04 01:14 pm (UTC)Re: Thesis, antithesis, synthesis
Date: 2008-01-04 01:26 pm (UTC)This to me is nu-rave -- emo/indie foundations, neon/retro aesthetic.
Tokyo Bopper might be as random and haphazard as nu-rave in terms of composition but I dont see the nu-rave connection:
I think youre getting too caught up in the background images the owner of the entry draws on the images. Take away the yellow blog and the colourful stars and squiggles and what have you and theres nothing particularly nu-rave about it.
Re: Thesis, antithesis, synthesis
Date: 2008-01-04 02:14 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-01-04 03:31 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-01-04 03:38 pm (UTC)that is indeed, however, a very nice bike.
Re: Thesis, antithesis, synthesis
Date: 2008-01-04 03:42 pm (UTC)http://tokyobopper.no-blog.jp/photos/style_sample_3/0005.jpg
http://tokyobopper.no-blog.jp/photos/style_sample_3/0008.jpg
http://tokyobopper.no-blog.jp/photos/style_sample_6/0042.jpg
http://tokyobopper.no-blog.jp/photos/style_sample_5/0020.jpg
http://tokyobopper.no-blog.jp/photos/style_sample_4/0023.jpg
http://tokyobopper.no-blog.jp/photos/style_sample_4/0046.jpg
http://tokyobopper.no-blog.jp/photos/style_sample_4/0007.jpg
But, as Kineticfactory notes, in the Japanese version it's softened, and meets many other influences and flavours. The collision between folk-Tyrolian and Nu-Rave is my favourite of these hybrids, and Vibskov has that going on too with his Aztec folk blanket thing.
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Date: 2008-01-04 03:48 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-01-04 04:50 pm (UTC)Re: Thesis, antithesis, synthesis
Date: 2008-01-04 05:18 pm (UTC)Facets of American hiphop have undoubtedly been influenced by Nu-rave (Kayne West and Lil Mama, the most prominent examples):
The retro overtones, the slim-fit, the neon colors. Bape only really made its way into nu-rave through the Grime/hop hop nurave crossover.
The example you give:
You're mixing up bright colors with nu-rave. The examples you've given of tokyo bopper, I could find very similar styles in 90's issues of FRUiTS (which I have on my harddrive), and those happened long before nu rave. theyre not related. There is no "Japanese nu rave".
Nu-rave is more than just neon, otherwise "old rave" would be nu-rave too. Nu rave is indie/emo based (tight/slim fit, especially the trousers), retro influences (especially the retro sneakers/trainers), and neon colours.
Re: Thesis, antithesis, synthesis
Date: 2008-01-04 05:27 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-01-04 06:29 pm (UTC)Now I only have a few weeks to gather all the fans I made you!
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Date: 2008-01-04 06:31 pm (UTC)OH GOD WHAT WILL I WEAR???!
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Date: 2008-01-04 06:33 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-01-04 06:35 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-01-04 07:41 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-01-04 07:48 pm (UTC)Re: Thesis, antithesis, synthesis
Date: 2008-01-04 08:02 pm (UTC)"A Timeline History of Rave - 1988
January - Shoom adopts the a Smiley face logo from the for its flyers. The smiley face becomes the symbol of acid house."
If it's a fluke, why is this Tokyo Bopper girl wearing a smiley too (http://tokyobopper.no-blog.jp/photos/style_sample_3/0005.jpg)? And look at how your Nu-ravers often replace their shoelaces with more brightly-coloured ones that clash with the colour of the shoes. Also a Tokyo Bopper tic. But sure, it's not just Nu-Rave. That's just one flake in the kaleidoscope.