Style ikon: Ian Curtis
Style is about attitude. And this a/w I want Ian Curtis’ attitude (maybe due to the fact that with fall and winter comes the Ian Curtis-mood (i.e. depression). I want to match the dusky streets, I want to match the grey light, I want to stand in the middle of a rail road and smoke a cigarette daring the train to come hit me.
For me, inspiration comes from characters, surroundings, moods, eras. Music have the power to set a mood and Ian Curtis was a moody character. You might never have noticed what Ian Curtis wore, he is not the typical on-the-page-of-every-newspaper-style-section-it boy. But it’s not about the actual garments, it’s about the whole setting. When I dress up with Ian Curtis in mind, I don’t try to mimic his different outfits. I think about the dusky street, the grey light, the rail roads, the concrete, the sleet, the cold, the stiff fingers holding a cigarette. It’s all about those ugly things you’d rather ignore becoming the things you appreciate, the things that makes your world beautiful instead of boring. In the same way that factories can be beautiful in all of their harshness. In the same way you always go for the most outrageously hideous thing you spot in a second hand store, to laugh at first, but as it turns out is the coolest thing you’ll have in your closet. Ian Curtis embodies all of that, the unexpected, the paradox. He is odd looking, he dances weird, his lyrics and life story are immensely sad... That’s why you’re intrigued. That’s why he is more beautiful than a pageant queen. That’s why he is a more inspiring style ikon than Sienna Miller. That’s why I will dance to Joy Division and dress as their singer this fall.
But how do I dress then? Here comes the non-conceptual: I dream of a-line shaped jackets, straight, skinny (but not tight) trousers, low cut, slightly pointy docs, big loose sweaters and the cherry on top: the collar turned up. Yum.
