AMOR PROHIBIDO

February 15, 2024

Pensamientos reprimidos que con tanta presión formaron una piedra en un diamante, se encuentran hoy como un espejo haciendo que voltees primero a verte a ti, símbolos eternos que aveces acompañan. eres parte de esto y tienes que encontrarte aquí, si lo prohibido a sido solo la forma de darte placer. así se muestra lo que no se debe de ocultar, el sol pegando en la piel, sin miedo a ser quemado cargando con lo que es, lo que nunca se debe de olvidar. si estos sentimientos no los puedes sentir ahora, te doy una semilla que puedas sembrar, tardará lo que tenga que tardar porque así es. cuando ya haya crecido esa flor vuelve, y enséñame las cosas aveces no se sienten tan rápido y tienes que esperar para poder comprender que aveces los ojos nos mienten y la belleza se esconde te prometo que muchas veces mis sueños solo te los contaré a ti ajeno a esto las realidades que casi no se cuentan, esas que los demás piensan que solo son piedras.

Text BRUJO LATINO
Starring BACO ADOLESCENTE, BLEINER ARROYAVE, BRIAN FONTANA @ mmrunway

Photography by DAVID MESA
Styling by JAVIER BARRERA
Photo Assistance by MICHELLE A. HERRERA
Production BRIAN FONTANA

Repressed thoughts that with so much pressure formed a stone into a diamond, they meet today like a mirror making you turn first to see yourself, eternal symbols that sometimes accompany you are part of this and you have to find yourself here if the forbidden has only been the way to give you pleasure, this is how what should not be hidden is shown, the sun hitting the skin, without fear of being burned carrying what is, what should never be forgotten. If you can't feel these feelings now, I give you a seed that you can sow, it will take as long as it has to because that's how it is. When that flower has grown it comes back and shows me things. Sometimes they don't feel so fast and you have to wait to understand that sometimes our eyes lie to us and beauty hides. I promise you that many times I will only tell my dreams to you, oblivious to this are the realities that are hardly told, those that others think are just stones.

DRESS by GIPSY, BALACLAVA by MARCO JUTH, BAG by ICEBLADE

CAP by ARLETTE, T-SHIRT, SKIRT & BELT by WAREHOUSE RENTAL

HOODIE by GIPSY, ARMOR by BARRGAN, JEANS by Y-PROJECT, SHOES by MARGIELA

CAP by ARLETTE, UNDERWEAR by MOSCHINO, ARMOR by BARRAGAN, JEANS by Y-PROJECT, SKIRT and BELT by WAREHOUSE RENTAL

BALACLAVA by MARCO JUTH, DRESS by GIPSY, BAG by ICEBLADE, SHOES stylist's own

CAP by ARLETTE, T-SHIRT, SKIRT & BELT by WAREHOUSE RENTAL

JEANS by Y-PROJECT, ARMOR by BARRAGAN x ICEBLADE

HOODIE by WAREHOUSE RENTAL, SHOES by MARGIELA (left); CAP by PALIDA STUDIOS, TOP by BARRAGAN, SKIRT by TANAMACHI, SHOES by MARGIELA, PANTS by WHR (middle); TOP PALICATE by SANCHEZ-KANE, WHITE SHIRT by TANAMACHI, BASEBALL SHIRT as SKIRT by THE PACK, SHOES by CRUDA (right)

ARMOR by BARRAGAN x ICEBLADE

WHITE SHIRT by TANAMACHI, PALIACATE TOP by SANCHEZ-KANE (left), TOP by BARRAGAN (right)

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Interview by @abbydillingham
Creative Direction @ferrrariboi
Styling @ferrrariboi
Photography @billiejstringer
HMU @at0_1ee
Models @temisaama @cakarefe
Assistants @halbutlerr @timsoliman

I'm really fascinated by how you brought this character to life, when did Jeff first appear to you?

It's kind of funny how this whole thing started. So I actually used to live in New York, years back. And one day, when I went thrift shopping, I found this worker's shirt, and it said Jeff on it. I think it was like someone's work shirt. And I thought that was super cool, so I bought it, and that sort of became my alter ego. And I kind of just started using that as my name for dating sites, all sorts of online shit. So it was very random.

I love that. Can you take me through a classic day in the life of Jeff? What is he doing? Where is he going? Who is he hanging out with?

I don't think there is a classic day in his life, because it's always different, like he's always doing things on a whim, you know. He just wakes up and he would do whatever the fuck he wants. It's all quite random. And I sort of like that. The fact that he doesn't stick to a routine, because I feel like that's how it's supposed to be for him, because he's not tied to anything. He's not confined, like he has no limits, so he kind of just, like, does everything and anything he wants, whenever, wherever.

Yeah, totally. And I read that a lot of the inspiration for Jeff came from your grandfather. How do you feel like Jeff embodies him?

Actually, initially, I feel like I didn't even see it. But as I was making the collection I sort of saw my grandpa's shadow within the collection. And I feel like it's because, like my grandfather himself, he used to be this super careless, fearless and free soul who never gave a fuck about what anyone else said. And he was always sort of in his own little bubble kind of thing. He had no friends, I think he didn't mind that. You know, that's just like part of his personality, he didn't care. So I think this collection was also sort of an attempt to revive his spirit through this alter ego that I've created.

For sure, I love that. I think especially when you're designing something, sometimes you don’t even see the inspiration until it's done. And it's really cool, because it's kind of subconscious.

You use a variety of materials, did you use any in the beginning that you thought would be a small detail that ended up being kind of central to the collection?

Yeah, actually, I think the first piece that I made for this collection was the hat. So that was kind of like, where the whole thing started. Because, like the hat, it kind of was a representation of repetitions. And I was like, oh so it's something that he keeps doing over and over again, like a mistake that he keeps making over and over again. This whole collection is basically Jeff's attempt to look posh or glamorous, but with things that he found. It's a bit like how as a kid, you would gel your hair back to look like you were older or wrap blankets around you to make a gown kind of thing. The whole thing is meant to be playful and really just random.

Yeah, especially like the childhood spirit of just working with whatever you have at home or in your parents closet and just making it happen.

Yeah, totally.

So you pulled some influence from streetwear culture and 1920s opulence. Does that era in particular inspire you at all? Would you say it inspires Jeff?

I think it's not about clothes from that era or details. It's mostly about the spirit and like, what people know that era as. It’s the glam and the lavish lifestyle.. And I think that's how Jeff is, that's how I want Jeff to be. He doesn't care about what other people think, he just wants to show off as much as he can. He just wants to put himself out there and be seen. Like he's just a walking spotlight.

Yes! I see that for him. It's kind of this balance between unconventional and conventional. And I guess my last question would be, how do you feel like, we all can be more like Jeff? How can we be inspired by him?

I think, really just go easy on yourself and allow yourself to make mistakes, because I feel like that's what I’ve struggled with for the longest time, because when I make things, I feel like I'm too much of a perfectionist, and I have a little bit of OCD when it comes to my work

Yeah, don't we all.

Yeah and, because of that, I've actually suffered a lot throughout my creative process over the years, because I can always do one thing 10 times just to make it perfect. But I feel like at the end of the day it's kind of pointless, because in the end, you're really just gonna see the overall image. And I think that's how it works with styling as well. Like, when I was working with other stylists, they didn't care that much about that one little fold in the skirt. You know, they care more about the overall image on the screen. And also, because, like on set, everything moves so fast, you can't just be fixated on one little detail. So, yeah just chill (laughs), like chillax.

Literally (laughs) just relax. I feel like everyone just needs to relax.

Yeah (laughs), everyone needs to chillax.