SEEKINGS Makes the Case for Nostalgia
Wish you could relive the raunchy, sweaty magic of the Indie Sleaze era? Look no further than SEEKINGS, the Los Angeles-based fashion label founded by Dior Homme and YEEZY alum Mark Seekings.
For drop two of the brand's third collection, SEEKINGS recruited icons of early 2000s indie rock: Julian Casablancas — frontman of The Strokes and The Voidz — and Gary, Ryan, and Ross Jarman of The Cribs.
Photographed by Christopher Petrus in New York City, the musicians look right at home in SEEKINGS' new offerings, which filter the grungy, grimy look of the noughties' rock scene — an aesthetic that has since become known as Indie Sleaze — through a contemporary lens.
The collection, which releases online on July 19 at 9 a.m. PT, expands on SEEKINGS' recently launched Leather Program, a selection of leather jeans and jackets made in Japan. The brand's signature slim-cut jean is now available in soft lambskin and python, indulgent materials that capture the hedonism of the early 2000s.
There are also T-shirts and sweatshirts printed with imagery inspired by '70s and '80s punks. Rendered in a custom "aged" ink, the graphics have the lived-in feel of vintage concert merchandise — as a press release elaborates, they "beckon to early one-off parking lot punk merch, and Glenn Danzig hand screen-printing early Misfits T-shirts in his basement."
Nostalgia is a powerful force, and SEEKINGS has managed to translate the free-wheeling energy of the early aughts into a collection that has us yearning for skinny jeans, fishnets, and smudgy eye makeup. Take us back!
