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Geordon Nicol

IN THIS FEATURE: Geordon Fashion Focus Details

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What’s your favorite thing about the mural?

GN: THE WALL WAS BLANK. I COULDN’T STAND LOOKING AT IT, SO VANILLA. JACK GREER IS A GRAFFITI ARTIST. HE CUSTOM DESIGNED MY VANS. I TOLD HIM TO COME OVER, DO WHATEVER. I HAVE A FASCINATION WITH SKULLS. I LIKE THE MARY, THE HEART. THE SIOUXSIE EYES ARE MY FAVORITE. SHE’S WATCHING OVER.

Who are your style muses?

GN: NO ONE I MODEL MYSELF AFTER, BY ANY MEANS. STYLE WISE, PEOPLE WHO ARE INCREDIBLE… I LOVE ANNA PIAGGI AND IRIS BARREL APFEL,OLDER SOCIALITES. JOHNNY THUNDERS. THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO HIM. THE STOVE PIPE PANTS, VINTAGE TEES, HATS, RAG TAG. THE OTHER’S ALL SUITS. AND SIOUXSIE SUE’S TRANSFORMATIONS. EXTREME PUNK ROCK, NATIVE AMERICAN, AND WHEN SHE WORE ONLY SUITS.

Who are your favorite designers?

GN: I USED TO BUY A LOT OF HELMUT LANG AND CLOAK. THOSE DESIGNERS I LIKED WENT OUT OF BUSINESS. I’VE GOT ALEXANDER HERCHCOVITCH, SURFACE TO AIR, OBESITY AND SPEED SHIRTS, RAF SIMONS, AND A DIOR SUIT. I’M A TEE SHIRT AND JEANS KIND OF GUY. GREG HAS ALL THE OTHER STUFF. MY LOOK IS SUBTLER.

Favorite Jeans?

GN: CHEAP MONDAYS AND TRASH & VAUDEVILLE. ONLY SKINNY JEANS. THEY FIT WELL. AND WE GET THEM FOR FREE. I’M VERY LAZY. ANYTHING THAT’S FREE, I WILL NOT COMPLAIN.

Your pink jeans are from H&M.

GN: SILENCE.

Favorite shoes?

GN: I LOVE MY YSL BOOTS. THE REST OF THE BOOTS ARE TRASH & VAUDEVILLE. ALL THE SNEAKERS ARE DIOR OR HELMUT LANG.

If you could bring back one era what would it be?

GN: LATE SEVENTIES, EARLY EIGHTIES. PUNK. THE MOST INTERESTING PERIOD OF FASHION, BOTH HIGH END AND LOW END. THE STUDIO 54 AND HALSTON TO TRASH & VAUDEVILLE. ALL THE PANTS THERE ARE BASED ON THE RAMONES. THEY USED TO GET THEM AT THE STORE, STILL ON ST. MARKS PLACE.

What’s with the scarves hanging on the walls?

GN: THERE ARE THREE. THE DIOR BLACK AND WHITE, ZALDY IN BLACK, AND MCQUEEN, BLUE WITH SKULLS. I DON’T WEAR SCARVES, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU’LL NEED ONE.