A Review
We can all agree how quickly things can feel in this day and age with swift news stories and ever so fast changing scopes on various media platforms. Many of times, making it difficult to sit down and unpack the true contents of that story. However in the realm of fashion that pace is slowed down to help reflect on the origins of how today is a reflection of yesterday. I casually went looking through HYPEBEAST, a contemporary fashion /streetwear blog for men and found an interesting article by Marc Wong discussing the current collection for Daily Paper, a menswear label best known for tying its designs to African heritage.
I first heard of Daily Paper when they did a collaboration with Puma in May of 2018. Incorporating elements of African patterning and color patterns with a more contemporary makeup. Their introspective outlook on fusing the two of these apparent abstract worlds drew me to discover more. Here they start a collaboration with Ghanaian artist David Alabo, where Alabo is said to derived his designs from his deconstructed conception of African culture in addition to its proximity to society as a whole.
The article here is short yet sweet as it gives insight onto the artist frame of mind; where he takes afrosurrealism and intertwines it with the culture of divinity using tarot cards to present them. The article profiles four out of the five design; The Magician, The High Priestess, The Empress and Emperor. While I enjoyed learning about the artistic vision of Alabo’s perspective, I wish there could’ve been more to the article. I hope there would be more visual aspects there to pull me in more. However, I understand that it wasn’t too much to expand on as it was more of an introductory article used to present new upcoming drop for the brand. Lastly, the collab has dropped and is in connection to the longer running line for Spring/Summer 2020.
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