Styleforum Blog - an Interview with Siki Im

[LA Guy]

You ased for it, so we gave it to you: Interview with Siki Im Please discuss on this thread.

 

[Rompson]

I think his name is Siki Im ...

 

[pickpackpockpuck]

Just going to plant this here. I managed to get a list of Siki Im stockists, in case anyone is interested:

ALLOTMENT, LEEDS
AMERICAN RAG, LOS ANGELES
ANCHORET, BEIJING
ANMA, JEDDAH
ANTONIOLI, MILAN
BEAMS, TOKYO
BLACKBIRD, SEATTLE
BLXXKK, TOKYO
ESTINATION, TOKYO
LANE CRAWFORD, HONG KONG
LOCAL 35/ MACHUS, PORTLAND
MAAS, SAN FRANCISCO
MSK, SEOUL
PATRON OF THE NEW, NEW YORK
PROJECT AEGIS, SHANGHAI
PROJECT NO. 8, NEW YORK
OWEN, NEW YORK
RA 13, ANTWERP
RESTIR, TOKYO
SUSPENSION POINT, MONTREAL
VICTIM, VALENCIA
1ST LOOK MARKET, SEOUL

 

[Parker]

Nice interview. After PickPack posted the spring Siki Im collection in the waywn thread, I spend a good part of the weekend checking out his past stuff. Some really cool things. I like that he keeps a minimalist filter over everything even though the underlying themes change with each collection. And I def. get a bit of the early HL vibe. His promo videos are also quite cool.
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[pickpackpockpuck]

The tailoring in particular seems very HL to me. I can also definitely see Siki appealing to the Yohji contingent on here, as well as to people into Damir (is that basically just Shah? haha). A tunic and a blazer is very Middle Eastern, like he says, but if you make it all black in luxe fabrics and add voluminous pants it becomes something you could imagine Yohji doing. The popcorn prints in his FW12 show also recall, for me, that tongue-in-cheek vibe that Yohji's anime sweaters have. I like that he did some stuff that was not so serious.

Random fact: the footwear in his FW12 show is Guidi.