Photography Jade Danielle Smith
Fashion Nathan Henry
Words Margot R. Acero
Styling Assistant Livia Indigo
Featuring Joe Fender at Menace Model Management
A disquieted mind pines for solitude: a sacred glade in the thicket, or a citadel beneath the crest of chaos. One can reside in the mind, but only project outward. A pantomime existence. A forager of both truth and fantasy. The artifice? Become acquainted with both, to effectively distinguish between. The purpose? Lucidity– lucidity amidst the dense thicket and chaos of human volatility.
Straying from the conglomerate noise of the crowd, Joe (Menace Models) finds his voice in the quiet of the glade. A hand to cold stone. A weathered monument. A long lost narrative engraved. What was this place? What had been forgotten? Sunlight splinters and casts shadows– fragmented light and darkness. There was a soft hum of a symphony – but it was not the chant of popular ideology. Nostalgia implodes. The voice was mine.
Jade Danielle Smith creates a hazy dichotomy of sunlight-drenched serenity and invigorated motion. In flushed torrents of rapture, terrestrial frontiers are breached. An alliance of skeptic and dreamer. In agrarian tribute, and a spilling of spring into summer, fashion editor Nathan Henry selects tanned leather garments and woolen jumpers. Threads are dyed in vibrant shades, like a Michelangelo painting, but with the celestial stroke of the surrealist. Reawakened, in wide-eyed reverie.
Above Left: Joe wears Jacket by Bally, Top by Contemporary Wardrobe, Jumper by Marni from Matches Fashion and Trousers by Acne Studios
Above Right: Joe wears Cardigan and Jeans by Celine by Hedi Slimane by Hedi Slimane, Top by Contemporary Wardrobe and Shoes by Dr Martens
Above Left: Outfit as Before
Above Right: Joe wears Jacket by Stefan Cooke from Matches Fashion, Jumper by PS Paul Smith, Trousers by Mihara Yasuhiro and Shoes by Dr Martens
Above Left: Joe wears Blazer by Raf Simons X Fred Perry, Top by Contemporary Wardrobe, Trousers by Daniel W Fletcher and Shoes by Dr Martens
Above Right: Outfit as Before
Above: Joe wears Jacket by Contemporary Wardrobe, Top by Celine by Hedi Slimane and Trousers by Mihara Yasuhiro
Above Left: Joe wears Jumper by The Kooples, Top by More Joy, Trousers by Cortili Menswear and Shoes by Dr Martens
Above Right: Outfit as Before
Above Left: Joe wears Jumper by Raf Simons from Matches Fashion, Jacket by Mihara Yasuhiro, Trousers by Marni and Shoes by Dr Martens
Above Right: Outfit as Before
