today. now. here.

okay! paneling! i mentioned it quickly before with rodarte. i believe it is the thing. the thing that is now. super contemporary. the thing that when they look back, will be the thing of this time. in the way that the 70's is bell-bottoms, disco, hippie. and so on. sure, sure, there are lots of other things happening, and there is always a recycling and resurfacing of styles and hemlines and themes... but.

paneling. a little bit judo uniform. a little bit stiff and futurey. a little bit piecemeal and scavenged. the 'cool kids' of design (proenza schouler, mary katranzou, rodarte, and so on...). do you know what i am talking about? are you with me? coming maybe from chinese military costumes a-la terracota warriors? the breastplates of medieval knights? anyway. here is some, too! with jeremy laing.

{jeremy laing spring 2013, photos courtesy of jeremy laing by way of style.com}