Phoenix Rising
LEXI WEARS_ ‘FLUORESCENT APOCALYPSE COAT’_ REPURPOSED SAFETY JACKETS_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION / VINYL BRA_ GEORGIA ALICE_ SS2018_ ALBRIGHT FASHION LIBRARY / ‘RECONSTRUCT PANTS’_ UPCYCLED FROM MILITARY WEAR_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION / BOXERS_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / CUSTOM SNEAKERS (WORN THROUGHOUT)_ UPCYCLED FROM NIKE X UNDERCOVER EPIC REACT SNEAKERS_ KEV THE WORLD X HORACE PAGE_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION
LEXI WEARS_ HOODED RAINCOAT_ RECYCLED PLASTIC BAGS AND TAPE_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / ‘ORANGE EMERGENCY TACTICAL VEST’_ UPCYCLED FROM INFLATABLE LIFE VESTS_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION / ‘THE SCILLA PSI SONICS JACKET’_ UPCYCLED FROM 1996 FRENCH POLICE WINDBREAKER, SPYKE LEATHER MOTORCYCLE RACING SUIT, AND MARINE SERRE ZIPPER_ DURAN LANTINK_ SSAW2021 / ‘TOXIC MASCULINITY ENGLAND TEE’_ UPCYCLED FROM FOOTBALL JERSEYS_ KEV THE WORLD / BOXERS_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / TROUSERS_ UPCYCLED FROM BACKPACKS AND DENIM_ T.B.O.S._ SS2020
LEXI WEARS_ ‘ORANGE EMERGENCY TACTICAL VEST’_ UPCYCLED FROM INFLATABLE LIFE VESTS_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION / JUTE VEST_ UPCYCLED FROM HESSIAN SACKS (USING TECHNIQUE PROPOSED BY ARTIST IBRAHIM MAHAMA)_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION / HOODED RAINCOAT_ RECYCLED PLASTIC BAGS AND TAPE_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / ‘TRANSFORMABLE BAG JACKET’_ UPCYCLED FROM MILITARY WEAR_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION / JUTE TROUSERS_ UPCYCLED FROM HESSIAN SACKS (USING TECHNIQUE PROPOSED BY ARTIST IBRAHIM MAHAMA)_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION
LEXI WEARS_ HOODIE_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / ‘TARPAULIN COAT’_ UPCYCLED TARP (DONATED FROM LOCAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY)_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION / MESH BRA_ GUCCI_ FW2013_ ALBRIGHT FASHION LIBRARY / BELT_ UPCYCLED FROM NYLON CORD AND CARABINER_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / ‘FALLEN BLINDS POSTBAG TROUSERS’_ UPCYCLED FROM ROYAL MAIL POSTAL BAGS_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION
LEXI WEARS_ HOODED RAINCOAT_ RECYCLED PLASTIC BAGS AND TAPE_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / ‘THE VANGUARD ANORAK’_ UPCYCLED FROM DEADSTOCK NYLON_ SASKIA LENAERTS_ THE ‘DISARMED’ COLLECTION / ‘THE NO-MAN’S LAND VEST’_ UPCYCLED FROM MILITARY ARCTIC SLEEPING BAG AND BRITISH POLICE JACKET_ SASKIA LENAERTS_ THE ‘DISARMED’ COLLECTION / ‘MEGASIZED KUTCH BAG’_ UPCYCLED FROM DECONSTRUCTED GARMENTS AND ACCESSORIES_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION / BODYSUIT_ JEAN PAUL GAULTIER_ CIRCA 2000_ ALBRIGHT FASHION LIBRARY / BRA_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / ‘RECONSTRUCT PANTS’_ UPCYCLED FROM MILITARY WEAR_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION
LEXI WEARS_ ‘RECONSTRUCTED TRANSFORMABLE BAG JACKET’_ UPCYCLED FROM MILITARY WEAR_ KEV THE WORLD / LATEX BRA_ SAINT LAURENT_ ALBRIGHT FASHION LIBRARY / ‘KOMATSU QUILTED WORKWEAR TROUSERS’_ CUSTOMIZED WITH MATERIAL CREATED BY KOMATSU SEIREN_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION
LEXI WEARS_ HOODED RAINCOAT_ RECYCLED PLASTIC BAGS AND TAPE_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / ‘ORANGE EMERGENCY TACTICAL VEST’_ UPCYCLED FROM INFLATABLE LIFE VESTS_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION / ‘THE SCILLA PSI SONICS JACKET’_ UPCYCLED FROM 1996 FRENCH POLICE WINDBREAKER, SPYKE LEATHER MOTORCYCLE RACING SUIT, AND MARINE SERRE ZIPPER_ DURAN LANTINK_ SSAW2021 / ‘TOXIC MASCULINITY ENGLAND TEE’_ UPCYCLED FROM FOOTBALL JERSEYS_ KEV THE WORLD / BOXERS_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / TROUSERS_ UPCYCLED FROM BACKPACKS AND DENIM_ T.B.O.S._ SS2020
LEXI WEARS_ HOODED RAINCOAT_ RECYCLED PLASTIC BAGS AND TAPE_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / ‘ORANGE EMERGENCY TACTICAL VEST’_ UPCYCLED FROM INFLATABLE LIFE VESTS_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION / ‘THE SCILLA PSI SONICS JACKET’_ UPCYCLED FROM 1996 FRENCH POLICE WINDBREAKER, SPYKE LEATHER MOTORCYCLE RACING SUIT, AND MARINE SERRE ZIPPER_ DURAN LANTINK_ SSAW2021 / ‘TOXIC MASCULINITY ENGLAND TEE’_ UPCYCLED FROM FOOTBALL JERSEYS_ KEV THE WORLD / BOXERS_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / TROUSERS_ UPCYCLED FROM BACKPACKS AND DENIM_ T.B.O.S._ SS2020
LEXI WEARS_ ‘KOMATSU QUILTED MILITIA HAT’_ MADE FROM MATERIAL CREATED BY KOMATSU SEIREN_ KEV THE WORLD / COTTON RIBBED TANK_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / ‘TRIGGER FINGER’ GLOVES_ UPCYCLED FROM LEATHER OFFCUTS AND NYLON REMNANTS_ SASKIA LENAERTS_ THE ‘DISARMED’ COLLECTION
LEXI WEARS_ ‘FLUORESCENT APOCALYPSE COAT’_ REPURPOSED SAFETY JACKETS_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION / VINYL BRA_ GEORGIA ALICE_ SS2018_ ALBRIGHT FASHION LIBRARY / ‘RECONSTRUCT PANTS’_ UPCYCLED FROM MILITARY WEAR_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION / BOXERS_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / CUSTOM SNEAKERS (WORN THROUGHOUT)_ UPCYCLED FROM NIKE X UNDERCOVER EPIC REACT SNEAKERS_ KEV THE WORLD X HORACE PAGE_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION
LEXI WEARS_ HOODED RAINCOAT_ RECYCLED PLASTIC BAGS AND TAPE_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / ‘THE VANGUARD ANORAK’_ UPCYCLED FROM DEADSTOCK NYLON_ SASKIA LENAERTS_ THE ‘DISARMED’ COLLECTION / ‘THE NO-MAN’S LAND VEST’_ UPCYCLED FROM MILITARY ARCTIC SLEEPING BAG AND BRITISH POLICE JACKET_ SASKIA LENAERTS_ THE ‘DISARMED’ COLLECTION / BODYSUIT_ JEAN PAUL GAULTIER_ CIRCA 2000_ ALBRIGHT FASHION LIBRARY
LEXI WEARS_ ‘THE BROTH UVULA COAT’_ UPCYCLED FROM 1970S FRENCH MILITARY VEST, POLYESTER GMBH PARKA, 1980S PVC MILITARY RAINCOAT, AND GIVENCHY POLYESTER PARKA_ DURAN LANTINK_ SSAW2021 / ‘THE NO-MAN’S LAND VEST’_ UPCYCLED FROM MILITARY ARCTIC SLEEPING BAG AND BRITISH POLICE JACKET_ SASKIA LENAERTS_ THE ‘DISARMED’ COLLECTION / ‘UPCYCLED PATCHWORK SPORTS TOP’_ UPCYCLED FROM REPURPOSED SPORTS FABRICS_ KEV THE WORLD / HOODED RAINCOAT_ RECYCLED PLASTIC BAGS AND TAPE_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / TROUSERS_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE
LEXI WEARS_ ‘ORANGE EMERGENCY TACTICAL VEST’_ UPCYCLED FROM INFLATABLE LIFE VESTS_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION / JUTE VEST_ UPCYCLED FROM HESSIAN SACKS (USING TECHNIQUE PROPOSED BY ARTIST IBRAHIM MAHAMA)_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION / HOODED RAINCOAT_ RECYCLED PLASTIC BAGS AND TAPE_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / ‘TRANSFORMABLE BAG JACKET’_ UPCYCLED FROM MILITARY WEAR_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION / JUTE TROUSERS_ UPCYCLED FROM HESSIAN SACKS (USING TECHNIQUE PROPOSED BY ARTIST IBRAHIM MAHAMA)_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION
LEXI WEARS_ HOODED RAINCOAT_ RECYCLED PLASTIC BAGS AND TAPE_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / ‘ORANGE EMERGENCY TACTICAL VEST’_ UPCYCLED FROM INFLATABLE LIFE VESTS_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION / ‘THE SCILLA PSI SONICS JACKET’_ UPCYCLED FROM 1996 FRENCH POLICE WINDBREAKER, SPYKE LEATHER MOTORCYCLE RACING SUIT, AND MARINE SERRE ZIPPER_ DURAN LANTINK_ SSAW2021 / ‘TOXIC MASCULINITY ENGLAND TEE’_ UPCYCLED FROM FOOTBALL JERSEYS_ KEV THE WORLD
LEXI WEARS_ HOODED RAINCOAT_ RECYCLED PLASTIC BAGS AND TAPE_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / ‘ORANGE EMERGENCY TACTICAL VEST’_ UPCYCLED FROM INFLATABLE LIFE VESTS_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION / ‘THE SCILLA PSI SONICS JACKET’_ UPCYCLED FROM 1996 FRENCH POLICE WINDBREAKER, SPYKE LEATHER MOTORCYCLE RACING SUIT, AND MARINE SERRE ZIPPER_ DURAN LANTINK_ SSAW2021 / ‘TOXIC MASCULINITY ENGLAND TEE’_ UPCYCLED FROM FOOTBALL JERSEYS_ KEV THE WORLD / BOXERS_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / TROUSERS_ UPCYCLED FROM BACKPACKS AND DENIM_ T.B.O.S._ SS2020
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