Last year progressive fashion designer Jonathan Anderson announced plans to curate an exhibition and a 188-page book featuring never-before-seen images by Ian David Baker, the photographer who rose to fame in the 80s documenting queer youth subcultures in London. But it’s not just coffee tables that will get a boundary-pushing upgrade via the pair’s blossoming creative relationship. The designer has also released a clothing capsule with Baker, whose prints are featured on a selection of hoodies, T-shirts, scarves, sweaters, and blankets. Lensed in Baker’s signature raw, monochromatic style, the images depict Brit teens both in the intimacy of their own homes and marching for gay pride through the streets of London. It’s little wonder they caught the eye of the designer whose own challenges to traditional notions of masculinity are both nostalgic and ahead of their time.
The designer-curator describes the capsule as “a mix of my personal collection with his most iconic shots,” notes the New York Times. “I wanted his work to gain a new life,” Anderson said of bringing the images out of Baker’s archives and onto the bodies of today’s young tastemakers. The capsule is available for pre-order online, with prices ranging from $50 to $1,150. It’s slated to hit shelves IRL at Anderson’s new collaborative retail space J.W. Anderson Workshops on 23 March.
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Text Hannah Ongley
Images courtesy of Jonathan Anderson