this is the coolest thing i've seen in a damn long while -- i might
buy some of this stuff if it wasn't so expensive.. i wonder how many
imitators youve spawned this way =)
On 9/26/05, quantazelle@quantazelle.com <quantazelle@quantazelle.com> wrote:
quoted 91 lines }> > Do people into IDM dress a certain way? What type
> }> > Do people into IDM dress a certain way? What type
> }> of shoes do they wear?
> }> > Do they like other music too, or would that not be
> }> core enough?
> }> >
> }>
> }> I wish there were funky IDM fashions!!!
> }>
> }> Just imagine the possibilities:
> }> -Fractal footwear for glitch queens
> }> -Sci-fi hologram-chemises for Autechre freaks
> }> -Globule gloves for rivetheads
> }> -Crystalline coifs for Higher Intelligence Agents
>
> Well, as for the accessory-part...I started a jewelry-line inspired by my
> brief circuit-bending foray a few years back called Zelle (re:
> "Quantazelle's jewelry"), featuring things like Capacitor Necklaces, Diode
> Bracelets, and Cat5-cable necklaces & bracelets (which are a hit over at
> Thinkgeek). I wear my own stuff all the time and friends of mine who are
> DJs / electronic musicians / programmers have been really into the MIDI
> Cuffs and the Cat5 Bracelets. You can check it out at
> http://www.zellestyle.com/catalog and http://www.fractalspin.com.
>
> As for clothing-fashion, I've noticed at IDMish / minimal-techno /
> glitchy-etc shows in Chicago & Detroit that the "style" has a spectrum. At
> one end it overlaps with the indierawk-hipster thing [Energie?, Adidas,
> Gstar,--maybe pick up BPM, XLR8R, Urb, etc and check it out], or the "hip
> graphic designer" casual-swankness [French Connection, Diesel, J.Lindeberg]
> thing, with the occasional industrial holdover, and then the
> somwhere-in-between-those with edgier brands (that I personally dig) like
> Nucleostar, Illig, Lithium, Geek Boutique, and some of the grown-up skater
> brands like Hurley & Volcom. And then there's always the anti/fashion of
> white / black tshirt & jeans [ugh, American App.]. Oh and there is a higher
> male-ratio, but you are all probably aware of that already.
>
> My personal style (not representative of all the females) involves more
> sleek, edgy Canadian-design stuff [Kitchen Orange, Snug, Bodybag, Fiction]
> in black or gray (big fan of Mudshark Streetwear in Toronto). As for shoes
> I heart Diesel & Rocket Dog.
>
> So there ya go--not necessarily the definitive fashion guide, but it's what
> I've noticed, anyway.
>
> -liz
>
> Liz McLean Knight
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