PAIR XIV // Blonded Acid
Themes of distortion, duality and nostalgia were the main concepts I worked with, to represent the nonlinear path of memory and how hazy infatuation can feel. Inspired by Frank Ocean’s Blonde (2016) this pair highlights unrequited love whether it’s from a romantic lover or a lack of self-care. Subtly, I played with the lyric “These bitches want Nikes” and placed it on a pair of Nikes to contradict and prove Ocean’s point about materialism and a desire to express a fickle status.
(PAIR XIV // Blonded Acid, Honey, July 2018, Leather paint on Nike AF1s)