Gregory DelliCarpini Jr of Oystercoloredvelvet.com partnered with CALVIN KLEIN COLLECTION and took the streets of Manhattan in pursuit of the masculine ideal. The collaborative video highlights a number of looks from the Fall 2014 collection of refined urban workwear.
Masculinity is an idea I’ve struggled rapping my head around since I
was a small boy. For me, having been raised by three women, the term
lacked a gender association and become more of a dreamy, amorous and
slightly unreal thought – like imagining what your life at twenty-six
years old would look like at the age thirteen.
It wasn’t until I
visited NYC as a young adult with my mother one fall weekend that I
first felt a sense of a masculine aesthetic. There it was, frozen in the
architecture of Manhattan. Rounded and sculptural forms intersecting
with bold linear shapes and exaggerated and very macho blocks stacked on
blocks. A turbulent welter of clouds covered the city and the buildings
stood out like glistening daggers penetrating the grey sky. A single
leaf quivered in the air the fell into the middle of the street. Then
some strange notion of dynamism came over me – masculinity is first and
foremost about craftsmanship.
Those who were of the masculine
alliance I imagined were something like androgynous comic book strip
heroes or resilient and macho sci-fi folks – perfectly assembled and
someone not to be fucked with. I picture their shoulders exaggerated,
legs covered in metallic draped materials, a pure sense of modernism – essentially completely clad in the Calvin Klein Collection Menswear Fall/ Winter 2014 collection.
Continuing
my exploration of engineered masculinity, I partnered with Calvin Klein
and selected key items from their fall range that best spoke to the
pursuit of the masculine ideal. I went back to NYC with visual artist Martin Loper
to spotlight this iconic urban workwear where both setting and satire
pay special attention to a flawless quilting of craftsmanship along with
revealing a vision of the future. Perhaps an imminent time where the
true understanding of masculinity lies.
Head to CalvinKlein.com for more on their fall line.
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