“11BYBBS stares at the “Cholo” gangs attitude and aesthetic, alongside a focus on the marine imaginary to develop the SS16 collection.
Black, white and navy – understanding navy as a tone of black – is the chromatic choice according to the inspirational subjects. Holes are a common thread throughout the collection as an analogy to bullet holes textures, declined in variant techniques as laser, knitting or embroidery. Keeping the holes concept, grommets are applied on garments as a reference to marine uniforms.
Gold embroideries are elaborated as a deconstructed adaptation of marine dress trimmings, providing graphical metrical textures. A two middle finger artwork that stands as the 11 gang sign is printed and perforated as a classic positional graphic.
As every season the fabric research is deep and accurate, a feature on Japanese denim and indigo dyed fabrics, a mixture from extra light to rigid fabrics with an emphasis on contrasted textures.
Collaborations leaded by the bag collection with the german producer Ortlieb and the caps by the well known headwear brand New Era.” – Fuckingyoung.es
