THE NEW ILLITERATI I have been searching for a phrase that can describe the current FASHIONWORLD focus on synthetically manufacturing another series in the endless production of useless propaganda images. The phrase that best defines this year’s corporately engineered memes is: THE NEW ILLITERATI PETRA COLLINS GOSHA RUBCHINSKIY LILY-ROSE DEPP INDIA SALVOR Steve Oklyn • Mode
STEVE OKLYN TRIPTYCH Ils ont besoin de vous. Mais vous n’avez pas besoin d’eux. Tel est le message du TRIPTYCH. Et nous avons le droit d’ignorer la propagande qui créé l’illusion que ces 100 personnes sont importantes pour devenir un membre de la société contemporaine. Ce n’est que Steve Oklyn • Mode
ZEPHYR [STEVE OKLYN] Cette photo a été prise par William Eggleston en 1971. Il est temps de tuer les années 60, les années 70, les années 80, et les années 90. Je me suis réveillé ce matin, c’était Thanksgiving, en 2015. Je me lève dans ma ville natale, New York City. La Steve Oklyn • Mode
OPPOSE HISTORY [STEVE OKLYN] The editors of APAR.TV asked me to comment on the four Courtin-Clarins cousins, in particular Virginie Courtin-Clarins who has been referred to in the French press as an « agitateur d’idée. » As with all FASHIONWORLD propaganda, when your family’s companies spends millions of dollars on print advertising all Steve Oklyn • Mode
THE CALABASIAN CANDIDATE [STEVE OKLYN] It is my belief that Kanye West is a programmed cultural and now political virus. His path to global visibility was engineered. His handlers needed a moment to activate his ultimate program: the disruption of the American political process. The brainwashed operative needs a key word [phrase] to activate his Steve Oklyn • Mode
[ONE WORD] Berluti’s CLUB SWANN [STEVE OKLYN] In support of an idea proposed by Maurice Saatchi in a FT Op-Ed essay he authored and had published on June 22, 2006 titled: The strange death of modern advertising « In the beginning was the Word… You read on: …and the Word was God. No copywriter could put it better. Steve Oklyn • Ads