Alex Lauritzen

 — student and designer
Black, Designer, Glasses, Leather, Men, New York City, Vintage
"Too many people reminisce over the '60s, '70s, and '80s. They had their time, but I feel like we need to start creating our own path. I'm sick of the newest trend being from the past. I feel like people should start dressing for the now." Alex Lauritzen

I have been thinking lately that there is a slim difference between performance art and people walking out of their homes everyday in something that they feel deeply expresses their individuality. The end result is the same – the juxtaposition of unique ideas creates a conversation, hopefully opens minds, and challenges the very mind-numbing status quo. Alex may feel like a “cartoon” when he goes back to is hometown in Utah, but I interviewed someone for this site yesterday who said it well: “dressing [for yourself] is no different than eating in its spiritual and healing powers.” There’s a lot of bringing history into the now in Alex’s fertile repertoire, like the gorgeous rendition of Prada’s Viking-mace oxford (with artistic spikes galore), the nineteenth-century Turkish fez he designed in half leather and fur, the vinyl leggings with 1970s denim cut-offs, and the mesh plastic collar that gives him both an ancient and futuristic priestly vibe. Why go to the Home Shopping Network for cubic zirconia when you can wear a statement piece like your dog’s collar?

If you like Alex, you might also enjoy Nikki Moose or Emmanuel Limon.

  • Jenn

    He’s as cute as a button, but I must say– I had friends who dressed like this in the ’80s (LES). Sigh. One is doomed to repeat the past…but at least he has the right attitude!

  • Kristen

    Ha some place called the hobby lobby lol- so cute

  • Antonio

    I so agree:
    “Too many people reminisce over the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s. They had their time, but I feel like we need to start creating our own path. I’m sick of the newest trend being from the past. I feel like people should start dressing for the now.”
    Check out: http://www.myspace.com/leverita

  • Emmanuel

    I like how he can do the whole black look and still look very refreshing. ex: the shoes!

    p.s the music above is great

  • Fay Leshner

    my comment to those who down the renewal of the past:

    Trends are created through the collective conscious in response to the social climate at the time . Society goes in waves, so it is not surprising that people feel like expressing themselves in fashions that were done before. This generation has become a free for all, I don’t think we have found our voice (aesthetic). Many things are unsure, socially, politically…etc
    This is an age of over liberation, nothing is sacred, nothing is taboo, making the challenge even greater to make a statement. I tip my hat to anyone who wears their story on their sleeves; even if those sleeves were once worn by bowie…

  • VC

    The subjects of this fashion study should really give the whole DIY studding fixation a rest. Either that or you should stop featuring them, it’s incredibly boring. 2 cents.

  • kat

    i couldn’t agree more with his last sentence: “i get sick of things really fast and thats why i think i like fashion so much… its always changing its always evolving and its always interesting to me”.

    xx

  • KEOSHA

    REFRESHING!

  • http://www.facebook.com/karen.acopian Karen Acopian

    really like the one book, studded

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