High Concept Men, High Country Fashion
DAVID APOLLO: Celebrity and kitchenware photographer; Three-button wool, abraded burlap and faux-orlon suit, $15,450 and “dirty” ramie and oilcloth shirt, $450. At Barron’s Ice Company. GORDY JERICHO: Fine-art and broken-furniture embosser; Eight-button disappearing pinstripe crushed-wool suit, $9,050. At Barchas-Willin. ELPASO JOHNSON: Backyard and high-school-athlete sketch artist; Four-button leather and corrugated paper jacket, $6,000 and nylon “Good Humor” pants, $1,250. At Sapp and Patsy. MANNY TOUCHANT: Vintage guitar and ketchup-bottle repair technician; Aged cashmere and celluloid pullover, $1,200, from Tommy Cafone. At Tommy Cafone. JUBAL OCTUBRE: Retail-outlet and velvet-animal planning analyst; Ink-stained cotton T-shirt, $450 and recycled-glass “midnight” jeans, $385. At Stroonz. BYRON VAN HAKKA: Vegetable and celebrity garbage-and-excrement photographer; Smashed cotton quarter-shirt, $605 and wool and rhinoceros-hide pants, $11,250. At Paco Coño. COLTRANE MARTINES: Horse-lover and movie-goer; Food-encrusted and fake rayon-blend sweater, $900. At Caponato USA. FRANKIE TEXAS: Frozen-custard designer and transgressive artist; Silk, penne, and potato skin sleeveless “surfer” shirt, $ 13,400. At Jacques LeBingo. FESTIS BENEDICTI: Illustrator and underwear collector; Steel-blend knit top with attached polystyrene tie, $410, by Popp Flikk. At Popp Flikk-Rafe Schnorrer. MOSS ROSES: Hamburger cuisinier and guitar admirer; Extruded fudge and linen polo shirt, $995. At Suck-Egg Mule. KIDWELL MAINWARING: Toilet detailer and loft appraiser; Cellophane sneakers, $550. At Heroickal Feets. MOZART DELANEY: Duck-blind furnisher and apple polisher; “Ham on rye” suit, $3,495 and aluminum-and-synthetic-hemp shirt, $650. Both from I.C. Assappe. At I.C. Assappe. JACK MELBA: Pet artist; Snap-front rotted denim jacket, $1,025 and urine-stained jeans, $674. Both from Jason Basura. At Jason Basura. ROBERT RINGLING: Publishing enthusiast and computer magazine buyer; Lemon-rind boots from So What? Cobblery, $2,750 and crimped stretch-porcelain sweater jacket, $4,000, from Zeppole. Both at Bygge Deele. SAMUEL URGENTE: Crayola artist; Zip-front “knish” jacket, $11,050. At Coney Island Mike’s. JINKS MIKADO: Slang collector and recipe verifier; Five-button tortured polyvinyl and “wet” swansdown jacket, $16,300. At Sabrett and Nathan.
[Photographed entirely in the Cordillera Mountains and in Jake’s Loma Prieta Bar-Bee-Kew, Shots and Beers, Day-Glo Bed-and-Breakfast, Hitler’s Place, and the Luxe-on-Luxe Inn. Photographs by BILLEE TUESDAY, HELMUT DIMME-BLANCO, and STEPAN BONGO.]