Friday 01.22.16
1 Boy 2 T-shirts
ONETSHIRT: GENERATION X BY SILVIA PRADA
ONE.T.SHIRT is a fashion brand offering limited-edition T-shirts from collaborations with talented peeps.
For their latest edition, Spanish artist Silvia Prada created a series of portraits of “iconic Hollywood figures that have each shaped and marked GENERATION X in their defining years.”
Choose from Tom Cruise and Matt Dillon (both seen here on our model Thomas Gibbons) along with Drew Barrymore, Demi Moore, Johnny Depp, Lisa Bonet, Corey Haim, Winona Ryder and many more. onetshirt.eu
For more, click here to get a copy of the magazine…
Tuesday 09.29.15
Event: Fashion Underground: The World of Susanne Bartsch
If I was asked to describe Susanne Bartsch in one word it would be “enduring.” The woman has been on the New York nightlife scene longer than I’ve been alive. And she is still killing it. If this show (featuring 100’s of her outfits from the 1980’s to today) is anything to go by Susanne Bartsch has a wardrobe the size of the World Trade Center, and nothing in there is remotely boring. The show’s curator Valerie Steele had this to say about Susanne’s closet to the website Racked: “In the 80s and early 90s, there was a lot of this kind of excess of fashion, but it sort of disappeared. But Susanne is still waving the freak flag for that sort of thing, and I think a lot of people miss that...It’s a nice moment to remind people that there’s other aspects of fashion.” Yesss honey, it’s time the kids of NYC stepped up their game. Life’s too short to be dressed in all black, find some feathers and a bejeweled corset and a lime green alien jumpsuit and have some fun. It’s fashion, not brain surgery. Fashion Underground is on now until Dec 5th at FIT. Don’t miss it darrrrrrling!
Susanne in a corset by The Blonds, circa 2013. Photo by Marco Ovando. + Susanne and François Sagat in Switzerland hosting an AIDS benefit. Dress by Mathu and Zaldy, 2011. ©Patrick MettRaux and Lukas Beyeler.Susanne in a corset by The Blonds, circa 2013. Photo by Marco Ovando. + Susanne and François Sagat in Switzerland hosting an AIDS benefit. Dress by Mathu and Zaldy, 2011. ©Patrick MettRaux and Lukas Beyeler.
Thursday 09.10.15
Richard Haines Opening Reception
The artist's latest show 'A Room of One’s Own' is now on view at Daniel Cooney Fine Art in NYC
We’ve been fans of the artist Richard Haines’ work way before he got famous in the fashion industry — Seriously, he’s been on our radar long before he started drawing for the New York Times’ T magazine, and collaborating on T-shirts with Prada. We even posed naked for him because we liked his drawings that much (hopefully we can find that drawing and we can get it as a gift for Christmas). We both have artwork by him on our walls, Richard has been a great supporter of our newsletter, he even covered one of our newsletters (letter No.115) with illustrations (I am so gonna print that newsletter and frame it now that I think of it!).
We did a feature in our printed publication (GAYLETTER Issue 2) about his process and more specifically about drawing naked Brooklyn boys. Basically I don’t need to read a press release about this new show to recommend it.
The show is titled ‘A Room of One’s Own’ and it’s opening on September 10th at 6:00PM at Daniel Cooney Fine Art gallery in Chelsea. I can assure you the it’s gonna be filled with boys he’s drawn, fashion kids, friendly faces and lots of great art on the walls.
Here’s a preview of the show:
FREE, 6:00PM-8:00PM, Daniel Cooney Fine Art, 508-526 West 26th St. …
Monday 06.15.15
Tom of Finland x Finlayson: Fellows Apron
One of the Tom of Finland Foundation‘s recent ventures comes to the home with another collaboration with the textile manufacturer Finlayson. Known widely for his refined homoerotic fetish artwork, the Finnish artist’s cast of World War II characters featured everything from beefy aviators, to cozied up sailors who are all fully cocked and loaded. Launched in late 2014, the Tom of Finland x Finlayson collaboration doesn’t leave a room untouched. From the “Face to Face” duvet cover, to the “Fellows” apron, Tom of Finland’s World War II era boys are a timeless and perfect for your Summer wardrobe.
Whether you’re grilling at a summer BBQ or making cocktails, the “Fellows” apron has you covered — literally. With Tom of Finland x Finlayson you’ll have no problem feeling sexy while entertaining or cooking. As you can see our boy Karon (pictured) wears it rather well, he can really work an apron.
Unlike your average apron, this one even comes with a zippered pouch, perfect for storing party supplies. I recommend you wear this apron shirtless, it’s easy to work up a sweat manning a B-B-Q!
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Thursday 06.11.15
Fashion: ELKEL POP UP SHOP
Elkel is opening another pop-up shop (June 11-21) on Orchard St. in New York City that you should all go check out. It’s the only store in the US that stocks one of GAYLETTER’s favorite brands, Julian Zigerli, plus they’re selling our magazine, so like, hashtag obsessed. Some of the other brands they carry include Dusty, Bleach Project, Ytinifninfinity, IndyAnna, TILLYandWILLIAM and many more. Here’s more info about the shop: “Tightly curated by founder Kelvin Goncalves, the selection is a sought after mix of local independent makers from all across the globe; Sweden, Indonesia, Germany, Brazil, Switzerland, Mexico, England and the U.S. From styles such as structured, cut-out, digitally printed tailored shirts, to surreal internet glitch tees, to angular mesh tanks, to tops that turn into chaps, the prices hit a diverse spectrum, much like the shoppers themselves.” Weird, hard-to-find, slutty fashion that anyone can afford is what I got from that quote. Basically my dream shop. Melt that bowl in your freezer holding your Discover card and buy some shit!
Thursday 05.14.15
Contemporary Fashion curated by Sam Gordon
With Cheryl Donegan, Richard Haines, and NADA x PAOM
Our friend Richard Haines is at it again tonight, hunty. The legendary fashion illustrator and one of our favorite bloggers (What I Saw Today) is serving it up with the New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) to present the work of multidisciplinary conceptual artist Cheryl Donegan in collaboration with Print All Over Me. This unique and totally immersive fashion/performance event celebrates the opening of NADAs new performance space at “Basketball City” on the East River piers by the Manhattan Bridge.
PAOM is an online community where pro and aspiring designers can upload digital designs and then profit from their eventual physical production, and Donegans collab with them is all about the idea of “being on the surface,” using a unique scanning and virtual body mapping process to turn digital fabric strips into wearable garments. The conceptual piece at the center of her approach explores “the quotidian, fluid relationship between the tactile world and the virtual one.” The best part is, Richard Haines will be drawing the models live as we watch, and that’s what makes this event a dont-miss. Runway show meets performance art with our fave fashion illustrator? Get to the east river piers, queen!
May 14th at 7:00PM at NADA’s new performance spot in “Basketball City”, 299 South St. NY, NY. …
Friday 04.17.15
Eating Out x Julian Zigerli SS15
GAYLETTER faves Daniel Pitout and Julian Zigerli collaborate on new fashion music video
It’s no secret that we have a very large crush on skater punk Daniel Pitout of grunge outfit Eating Out. We included an interview with him in the very first issue of GAYLETTER Magazine (which you can still read here), and continue to love just about everything he puts out. Now, he’s teamed up with another GAYLETTER fave, menswear designer Julian Zigerli, for a short film coinciding with the latter’s SS15 collection. Titled Life Is One of the Hardest, the film doubles as a music video for Eating Out’s song of the same name, written and recorded exclusively for the fashion collection. Scuzzy and catchy, “Life Is One of the Hardest” the song finds Pitout and the band channeling their characteristic blend of ‘90s punk and grunge to potent effect.
The video, meanwhile, casts Pitout as the most well-dressed delivery boy of all time, skating his way through town in a number of vibrant outfits from the SS15 collection before finally arriving to drop off food to a table of what appear to be very impatient model boys (it’s ok, we would be too if Pitout was our neighborhood dispatch). It’s a fun, colorful, stylish clip that’s basically a mash-up of our favorite things, so you have absolutely no excuse not to check it out (and cop choice items from Zigerli’s collection, while you’re at it):
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