萬能俠/OTHERWISE. PHARRELL WILLIAMS

Pharrell_SG

訪問/INTERVIEW:SPITZ
撰文/CN:ESSY CHIU

來自美國維珍尼亞洲的超級巨星Pharell Williams,早在兒時便與好友Chad Hugo組成樂隊Neptunes,同時又與另一友人Shay Harley組成另一個組合N.E.R.D.,在1990年代出道時已開始引人注目。出道至今日,他已涉足至時裝、藝術、影視界,今年甚至變身成作家,與著名出版社Rizzoli推出名為《Places & Spaces I’ve Been》的書籍,誓要在出版界大展拳腳。我們與 Skateboard P(Williams的別名)做了一次專訪。

You don’t recognize this man? That rock your under must be comfortable, dark, and soundproof. Pharrell Williams mofo! His proficiency in producing the hits is perhaps only surpassed by his prolific output. I don’t have enough appendages to list of what he has done, and done successfully. Just to let you know we were able to sit down and chat with him as he was in Hong Kong to promote his book, ‘Places and Spaces I’ve Been’, from publisher, Rizzoli.

(English continued after the Chinese)

SPITGAN – Pharell你有其他較少人知道的別名嗎?
PHARRELL – Golden Bones、Megatron。

SG – 好,我們就由Nothing開始說起。(Nothing 是N.E.R.D.近期的音樂大牒)
P – Yes sir。這張大牒當中有3首歌其實我是頗討厭的,因為我覺得像是被置在一個主要音樂廠牌經常遇到的局面──電臺的人總想找一些適合在電臺播放的歌曲。但N.E.R.D.從來不是一個會配合電臺的樂隊,我們大部分時間都是在一些音樂節或現場演出。這是一張為樂迷度身訂做,而不是去配合電臺而妥協、變得商業化的大牒。除了那3首歌,當中有很多歌曲,像《Inside the Clouds》、《Help ME》、《God Blessed Us All》、《Life As A Fish》我都十分喜歡。

SG – 他們把你迫得很緊嗎?
P – 也不是,但已經令這張大牒留下一些污點。我仍覺得那是一張很具水準的大牒。特別是《Like a Fish》,當中可以看到你們的大躍進。我們知道所有事物都是一個迴圈。這是Hippies回歸的日子,是時候去表達自我。我們看到這個日子的來臨,對於能夠成為首幾個提倡者我感到十分驕傲。

SG – 你為Neptunes創作的第一首歌曲是什麼?
P – 與Blackstreet及Teddy Riley合作的《Tonight’s the Night》,那是我們的第一首佳作。

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毒品/HOUSE OF HOLLAND DENIM JACKET

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model : Lingzi Zhang
stylee : Charles Wong
photo : Nick D, precursorprints.com

老實說當第一次看到這品牌的襯衫的風格和他們對模特兒的譏諷,當時想這就是時尚。但對於真正的時尚是什麼?潮流?事實上時尚可能只是短暫的熱潮。可是Mr. Holland你告訴給我們這想法是錯。在這幾季的系列可見他的大躍進,即使在每一季可見他不同的前衛設計和大膽配色,但當中亦保留他平實的設計,如這件圓點花樣圖案牛仔外套,用一件普通的牛仔外套配上圓點花樣圖案,感覺玩味又不失耐穿度,一個很好的搭配。

Honestly, when I first saw this label, with those shirts and their cheeky quips about models, I thought this was a fad. Actually speaking on fads, aren’t trends now just fads? They’re definitely just as short in durability. Where was I? Ah yes. Well Mr. Holland you have definitely proved me wrong. Your collections have recently showed a lot of growth. From my hazy memory they still seem to jump all over the place even in one season’s collection, but some pretty solid stuff. This polka dot denim jacket still retains your fun. A nice little twist.

毒品/FENDI《INVITO PERICOLOSO》

微電影的熱潮席捲全球,不少品牌選擇這種方式演繹他們最新的系列及品牌形象。這次由老佛爺Karl Lagerfeld親身執導的微電影《INVITO PERICOLOSO》邀請了老佛爺的寵兒Cara Delevingne 和荷蘭名模Saskia de Brauw一同演出。由於這季Fendi主打是皮草,所以在電影中可以看到主角身穿這季Fendi不同款式的皮草。眾所周知老佛爺對攝影的熱愛和對時裝設計熱愛程度不相上下,看到這次拍攝的角度及音效營造了懸疑及神秘的感受,可見老佛爺對拍攝執導的技巧又更進一步。拍攝的同行小心!Karl Lagerfeld來了!

Looks like fashion is really starting to explore the possibilities of film now; excellent. Do you like scary movies? Suspense? None other than Karl Lagerfeld delivers a short film for the House of Fendi, playing with the emotions of horror and fear. To my knowledge the first fashion film I’ve seen exploring a darker narrative. The initial excitement of the film doesn’t carry though and by midpoint it clearly begins to lag. Perhaps there is a sequel or part deux?

SPITGAN!/ANNA WINTOUR X RUSSELL WESTBROOK

ANNAWESTBROOK

交集啊交集,過來看一下。時尚女王和籃球巧手在NYC SS14 Fashion Week並肩而坐。籃球界時裝人Amare的座位似乎落了在Russ手上。Spitgan告訴過你時裝和籃球有關連,看!你猜Anna衣櫃裡收藏著多少Jordan’s的絕版鞋子?

Well, well, well. Talk about convergence. Lookie here! High priestess of fashion and basketball wunderkind, front row NYC SS14 fashion week. Move over Amare, Russ looks like he took your seat. Told you basketball and fashion were linked. How many J’s do you think Anna has in her closet?

時裝櫥窗 // FASHION SHOWCASE FW13 :: 「后」台/BACKSTAGE

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針織圖案上衣/KNITED PATTERN TOP : MARIMEKKO
針織橫間半截裙/KNITTED STRIPED SKIRT : MAX MARA
淺啡色拼皮運動鞋/CAMEL COLOR LEATHER SNEAKERS : MAX MARA
玫瑰金顏色項鍊/ROSE GOLD COLOR NECKLACE : MARC JACOBS

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粉紅風衣長裙/PINK PATTERN DRESS : MIUMIU
鉚釘皮靴/STUD LEATHER BOOTS : VERSACE

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