As guests filed in, gate crashers and all (and there were lots), a group of soccer players-cum-models were running laps around the catwalk. Their coach hustling them on. Glistening brown bodies misting in sweat. It felt like an intrusion as we watched them huddle for a team pow wow. Dressed in Hummel athletic gear, a Danish athletic brand who partnered with Willy Chavarria to sponsor New York City soccer players with documented an undocumented citizenship, they walked with poise, as if the catwalk were a college track. Then the show began.
Albeit a hard transition, oversized streetwear enveloped the runway. As we went from the field to 1990. Baggy silhouettes in denim with low hanging pants and Timberland’s machismo’ed their way to the front. Sheer cut off tops sat on torsos and embroidered crosses ornamented backs.
The correlation between the opening act and the collection wasn’t seamless, but the message was clear. Representation is needed. Chavarria does not conform. His castings are not of the traditional sunken face, rocker body type either. His men are full-blooded, full-boned Chicano. And his clothes are intended for such. Willy Chavarria may not be around forever, but his platform is ready and his spotlight set.
Necessity Sense’s FW19 collection derives from East Asia’s late 80’s to early 90’s indie film era. A contrasting period defined by the city’s economic boom while the underworld rapidly evolves through tight streets of the concrete wilderness.
Thobeka Mbane created this story in exclusive for Fucking Young!, to explore the soft side of a black man, to break the stereotypes about what makes a man.
Calvin Klein continues with its #MyCalvins campaign for Fall/Winter 2019, this time featuring Diplo, Odell Beckham Jr., Jacob Elordi, Lay Zhang, and Matthew Noszka, shot by Daniel Jackson.
Once again, hummel joins forces with Mexican designer, Willy Chavarria, to present a second collaboration inspired by the #5683 – the overriding message of LOVE.
Take a look below at some of the best looks and cool people captured by the lens of Marc Medina during the SS2′ edition of CIFF, in exclusive for Fucking Young!
Photographer Claudia Maturana and stylist Carla Cristallini teamed up to create this video featuring models Dário Maturana, Joan Mahiques, and Luca Ateca, in exclusive for Fucking Young! Online.
Khodi Bregonje and Edoardo Hendrik Calabrese at 3mmodels shot and art-directed by Kristijan Vojinovic, and styled by Mirjam Breukers and Kristijan Vojinovic, in exclusive for Fucking Young! Online.
