INDIRA WEARS_ MENS SEERSUCKER BLAZER_ CALVIN KLEIN_ INA / VINTAGE T-SHIRT_ ARROW_ RITUAL VINTAGE / BRAIDED LEATHER BELT_ 1980S_ STYLIST’S OWN / PATCHED DENIM JEANS_ WRANGLER_ SIDESHOW VINTAGE / LEATHER AND RUBBER-SOLE LACE-UPS_ PRADA_ INA

DE(NI)MOCRACY

PHOTOGRAPHY_ JON ERVIN 

STYLING_ GABRIELLE MARCECA

DE(NI)MOCRACY

NOUN | DE - NI - MOC - RA - CY | DE-N M-’MÄ-KR -SĒ

A PHILOSOPHY IN WHICH THE SUPREME POWER OF EXPRESSION IS VESTED IN THE PEOPLE AND EXERCISED BY THEM DIRECTLY THROUGH THE FREEDOM OF CHOICE AMONG ALL STYLES, COLORS, AND FITS OF VINTAGE DENIM.

A. JEANS FOR ALL PEOPLE, EQUALLY.
B. A RIGHT TO DENIM THAT MAINTAINS ITS SHAPE AND QUALITY.
C. A SHARED AGREEMENT THAT DENIM GETS BETTER WITH AGE.
D. AN IDEA AS EVERLASTING AS A PAIR OF JEANS.

INDIRA WEARS_ MENS WOOL SUIT JACKET_ HUGO BOSS_ 1980S_ ETSY / BUTTON-FRONT COTTON SHIRT_ RALPH LAUREN_ INA / DENIM JEANS_ LEVI’S_ ETSY / MENS WOOL SUIT TROUSERS_ HUGO BOSS_ 1980S_ ETSY / PATENT LEATHER PENNY LOAFERS_ CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN_ INA

“JEANS REPRESENT DEMOCRACY IN FASHION.” — GIORGIO ARMANI

INDIRA WEARS_ STRETCH COTTON CUTOUT TOP_ HELMUT LANG_ STYLIST’S OWN / BLACK DENIM_ LEVI’S_ RITUAL VINTAGE / PATENT LEATHER PENNY LOAFERS_ CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN_ INA

“I WISH I HAD INVENTED BLUE JEANS. THEY HAVE EXPRESSION, MODESTY, SEX APPEAL, SIMPLICITY — ALL I HOPE FOR IN MY CLOTHES.” — YVES SAINT LAURENT

INDIRA WEARS_ MENS SEERSUCKER BLAZER_ CALVIN KLEIN_ INA / VINTAGE T-SHIRT_ ARROW_ RITUAL VINTAGE / BRAIDED LEATHER BELT_ 1980S_ STYLIST’S OWN / PATCHED DENIM JEANS_ WRANGLER_ SIDESHOW VINTAGE / LEATHER AND RUBBER-SOLE LACE-UPS_ PRADA_ INA

INDIRA WEARS_ MENS SEERSUCKER BLAZER_ CALVIN KLEIN_ INA / VINTAGE T-SHIRT_ ARROW_ RITUAL VINTAGE / BRAIDED LEATHER BELT_ 1980S_ STYLIST’S OWN / PATCHED DENIM JEANS_ WRANGLER_ SIDESHOW VINTAGE / LEATHER AND RUBBER-SOLE LACE-UPS_ PRADA_ INA

"THERE IS NOTHING MORE REMINISCENT OF THE AMERICAN DREAM THAN JEANS AND A WHITE TEE— A DREAM OF OPPORTUNITY, INDIVIDUALITY, FREEDOM, AND THE EMBODIMENT OF ONE LIVING THEIR TRUTH." — EDWARD ENNINFUL

INDIRA WEARS_ MENS WOOL SUIT JACKET_ HUGO BOSS_ 1980S_ ETSY / BUTTON-FRONT COTTON SHIRT_ RALPH LAUREN_ INA / DENIM JEANS_ LEVI’S_ ETSY / MENS WOOL SUIT TROUSERS_ HUGO BOSS_ 1980S_ ETSY / PATENT LEATHER PENNY LOAFERS_ CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN_ INA

MODEL_ INDIRA SCOTT

HAIR_ JOEY GEORGE

MAKEUP_ KIKI GIFFORD

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