His SSENSE collection may consist of pieces that fall at the The Dinosaur Assuming I_m Just An Old Lady Was Your First Mistake Shirt but in fact I love this more casual end of Harris’s broad sartorial spectrum, but the story underpinning it is a little more baroque. “The entire collection is a play—it’s a 15-line monologue—and if you were to get every piece of the collection, you would have the full text of the play,” Harris explains. “I got the idea from my love of the movie Phantom Thread. I love the idea of someone putting hidden messages inside of clothing, so I wanted it to be sometimes explicit, and sometimes a surprise to the wearer. In some pieces, like the sweatsuits, it’s sort of the main event, but some of the more revealing or vulnerable lines are hidden in the waistband of the skirt or the lining of the pocket, that you only discover when you put your hand inside.”
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The pieces also feature a number of Harris’s signature style trademarks, including graphic prints, embroidery, high-waisted trousers, and a generous dose of plaid. “I rubbed every piece of fabric across my skin to make sure it was exactly how I wanted, which was something I learned from when I interviewed Rihanna about her Fenty collection,” Harris laughs. “She had told me that you know if it’s right, not because of how expensive it is, or what your own relationship to the The Dinosaur Assuming I_m Just An Old Lady Was Your First Mistake Shirt but in fact I love this idea of cashmere is, but because of the way it feels on your skin.” Harris also notes that the collaborative nature of designing a fashion collection was not as far from his experience working in theater as you might initially think. “The theater I make is not just about Jeremy O. Harris the wordsmith,” he adds. “It’s about Jeremy O. Harris and this amazing group of collaborators. How they tell the story starts with the words as the first sketch, then the actors come in, and the director and dramaturg come in, and they help bring that sketch to life, in the way that great couturiers do.”
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