Are we the first Asian magazine to interview Hood By Air’s, Shayne Oliver? I believe so!
SPITGAN #1/PAGE DESIGN. HOOD BY AIR
大氣騰飛/HOOD BY AIR. SHAYNE OLIVER
採訪/INTERVIEW :SPITZ
撰文/CN :Serruria
聽過Hood By Air沒有?沒有聽過名字你也一定會見過他們的設計,因為饒舌歌界時裝人ASAP Rocky身上經常有Hood By Air的設計出沒。隨著越來越多的暴光率,品牌已經躋身前線。除了ASAP Rocky帶來的名氣,Hood By Air更能引起我們Spitgan興趣的是,他們對於街頭服的進取發展方向。品牌並不是又一個大量生產hoodies或只是印上圖案的T-shirts,設計裡卻處處注重衣服形態、剪裁和物料,取向就像其他已經成名的設計師如 Walter Van Beirendonck, J.W. Anderson等。
幸運真的會突然降臨,那你猜我們在上海的YOHO Street Convention裡碰見誰?正確, 就是Hood By Air的設計師Shayne Oliver。當時在閒逛的Shayne在人群裡特別突出,擅於辭令又為人大方的Shayne友善地接受我們Spitgan突如其來的訪問。以下Spitgan會為你報導當時的對話,千萬不要錯過。
Hood By Air, you’ve heard of them? Well if not you’ve probably seen their work. Rap-fashionista, ASAP Rocky has been really repping them hard, so surely you’ve seen it on young’n. If not you’ve probably seen it in his wake. Fashion bibles have jumped on the train as it gains steam, bringing the brand itself to the forefront. Besides the notoriety that ASAP Rocky and co. have brought the brand, Hood By Air really piqued SPITGAN’s interest with its progressive approach to streetwear. This wasn’t another brand of hoodies and T’s with some graphics, clearly. This was a brand pushing at silhouettes, cuts and materials a la some other upstarts in the fashion world like Walter Van Beirendonck, J.W. Anderson and ilk.
So as luck would have it, who do we run into in Shanghai at the YOHO street convention? Yep, yep, Shayne Oliver, Hood By Air, roaming around, and clearly standing out. Well-spoken and chill, Shayne was real cool to give us an off the cuff interview, and chop it up with SPITGAN for a few. Check it out.
(English continued after Chinese)
SPITGAN – 品牌是甚麼時候開始的?
SHAYNE OLIVER – 2008年。但之後我們停下了兩年半,到2012春夏才再開始。原因是如果我們要達到自訂的作品要求,我們需要挺多的準備。我們不希望被生產程序或不良品質煩擾,所以我們便等到各方面也成熟再重新推出設計,這樣我們就有充裕的時間去重新評估品牌的大方向和思考到底我們的品牌是甚麼。
SG – 工作上會有週期性的壓力嗎?好多跟Spitgan聊過的設計師都表示面對生產流程時會有壓力,尤其是當市場有越來越多不同系列推出。
S – 我沒有感覺過這種壓力,至少不是在設計感或構思系列時。唯一的壓力可能來自分送衣服到不同的店子,或組織一下衣服系列,讓買家知道自己買入的是甚麼。
SG – 這是不是現在行業的現實?你會說,對於年輕的設計師,如果要有大發展就必需要有商業的知識嗎?
S – 對啊,我的意思是說對於商業,你一定要比以往認識更多。你想想,每一年有多少設計師一同競爭設計的工作空缺,好多商業社會裡的人都分不清誰是誰。所以自然地,作為一個設計師你也可能要有一定的商業精明頭腦去應對。
SG – Hood By Air是不是從一開始就有Hip Hop的支持者?或是品牌是被他們影響?