THE KINDLY ONES by DIS PATER A/W'17 HYERES FESTIVAL

In 2016 I entered the annual international fashion design competition: Hyères Festival in France. I wanted to create a men's streetwear collection that would represent me and all of my passions as not only a designer, but a person. Pluto is my ruling planet and I began looking into the terrain images that came back from the New Horizon satellite. The jagged landscape of the Tartarus Dorsa inspired me in color, texture, and I began creating a gang of otherworldly marauders called The Kindly Ones. They all took on code names of different iterations of Hades (Pluto in Roman mythology). The collection embodies bold masculine silhouettes, glamorized utility, and carnal energy while flirting with the concept of fetishism and homoerotic nature. An evolved Mad Max, so to speak. Each designer had to produce one look. I chose the leader of The Kindly Ones, Hades himself. The terrain inspired a custom print collaboration with Aimee Masser that embodied a hybrid of leopard, punk bleach out, and camouflage. Below shows the dossier for the look and the pages from the concept book including technical flats and details.

MOODBOARD + COLOR PALETTE

THE CONCEPT FOR THE LOOKBOOK WAS AS IF A GOVERNMENT AGENCY WAS SURVEILLING HADES IN AN ABANDONED WAREHOUSE AFTER ONE OF THE KINDLY ONES LAST TERROR ATTACK. AN ENLARGED IMAGE OF PLUTO HANGS HAPHAZARDLY ON THE WALL TO REMIND HIM OF HOME.

LOOK 1. IMAGE: ADAM GARDINER MUA: MARK DE LOS REYES MODEL: LUCA JAMAL

MILITARY ISSUED JUNGLE BOOTS WERE HAND PAINTED IN A DULL ROSE COLOR, CALLED HULL, TO CONNECT ALL OF THE WARM NEUTRALS IN THE OVERALL LOOK AND THE MODEL'S COMPLEXION.

LOOK 1. IMAGE: ADAM GARDINER MUA: MARK DE LOS REYES MODEL: LUCA JAMAL

THE BOMBER IS MADE FROM METALLIC JACQUARD FABRIC REMNANTS FROM ALICE + OLIVIA, A PATENT LEATHER LAMBSKIN, CUSTOM MADE LUREX YARN-DYED STRIPE RIB, AND OXIDIZED COPPER RiRi ZIPPERS.

BOMBER JACKET DETAILS. LOOK 1. IMAGE: ADAM GARDINER MUA: MARK DE LOS REYES MODEL: LUCA JAMAL

FASHION ILLUSTRATION OF LOOK 1.

DETAILS OF LOOK 1 + CHARACTER DESCRIPTION.

LOOK 1: BOMBER TECHNICAL FLAT/ DETAILS.

LOOK 1 LEATHER HARNESS TECHNICAL FLAT/ DETAILS.

LOOK 1 CROPPED TARTARUS DORSA PANT TECHNICAL FLAT/ DETAILS.

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