PLEASURES has all the time been miles forward with regards to discovering methods of authentically fusing the worlds of vogue and various music. From Blur, to New Order, to Korn—the Los Angeles model has introduced us contemporary gear from our favourite iconic bands spanning each genres and many years. And this month, we’re in for a really particular deal with, some of the legendary names of the American Underground: Sonic Youth.
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As we speak, PLEASURES is dropping 38 objects, together with each clothes and ephemera, impressed by all eras of Sonic Youth. And this collaboration is something however your common Washing Machine reprint tee. This capsule is about designs as a lot as it’s about deep cuts—that includes band member pictures, album art work, and archives.
If anybody can take a well-loved reference and re-tell the story in a brand new and thrilling method, it is PLEASURES. For the capsule, the model speaks to the truth that whereas Sonic Youth’s lasting relevance and the notable inspiration they’ve had on music and musicians goes with out saying—their creative eye has all the time confirmed equally admirable and iconic.
With this drop, their beloved album artwork, created by the likes of famed artists Raymond Pettibon and Mike Kelley, is making its approach off of temper boards and onto a artistic, refreshing array of clothes and collectibles we’re all clamoring to get.
Regarding the influence Sonic Youth has had on tradition as an entire, PLEASURES co-founder Alex James places it nicely, “Sonic Youth was my introduction to each factor that’s cool. Their avant garde sound blended with a DIY no fucks angle have solidified them as world icons in pop tradition historical past.”
Pay your respects to various royalty and seize your very personal ‘Soiled’ Bunny, by trying out this assortment dropping in two elements on July 7, 2023, and July 21, 2023, at 10:00 AM PST on pleasuresnow.com and thru different world retailers.
Pictures by: Nikki Nixon & Quinn Dunziellas
Fashions: JINU and Robby
