It is an astute observation: throughout the presentation of the impending SS2020 collections at Paris Manner Week, a multitude of big vogue properties debuted collections nodding to a variety of facets of rave and digital tradition. Versace paid homage to the late Prodigy frontman Keith Flint with styles donning spiked hair and a host of leather-based, denim and leopard print outfits. Raf Simons tipped his hat to rave society and specially to Belgium’s R&S Documents with an outfit featuring the revolutionary label’s emblem emblazoned on an oversized white t-shirt.
Though names acquainted to the digital entire world have routinely tiptoed on the outer edges of high manner – generally soundtracking and DJing at runway functions – it appears only now that the significant guards of iconic residences are starting to warmly welcome artists in, not only as muses, but also as designers in their have appropriate.
Chicago indigenous Honey Dijon is potentially home music’s most great supplying to consider on large vogue. Identified for her dual wielding of sharp technological mastery and also for her impossibly expansive breadth of musical knowledge gained from her New York upbringing, the parallels concerning her specialist tunes curation and her flavor for sophisticated and substantial manner simplicity feel unmistakable.
“Artwork, songs and trend was often intertwined for me. I don’t different innovative expression,” she states. “Gender non-conforming and non-binary clubbers are the types who generally [take] threats with clothes to categorical them selves in colorful and impactful means.”
Previously very well recognized as a favored selection DJ for substantial style homes like Dior and Burberry, Honey Dijon has now ascended to her very own part as a designer with the announcement that arrived previously this year of her impending collaboration line with Japanese label, Comme des Garçon. The co-designed model will be properly called Honey Fucking Dijon and will debut with a selection of t-shirts and luggage created exclusively for DJs.
“As a trans woman of color I’d in no way imagined that this would be doable,” Honey wrote in her article all around the announcement, which also bundled a thank you to President of Comme des Garçon International, Adrian Joffe. “Thank you for allowing me to depict my tradition, local community and love of home songs. I am really honoured.”