FINALLY, A FASHION WEEK EVENT FOR METALHEADS

Fashion Week has begun! Designers, buyers, celebutantes, journos, and wannabes have descended upon New York City to see what beauteous items the industry plans to bestow upon the world this coming Spring. And while this blogger was unsuccessful in scoring press credentials for event — losing yet another opportunity to practice The Mystery Method on an Olsen twin — there’s one event that anyone who digs metal, tattoos, and art can go without having to know (or blow) someone.

Shirts & Destroy is one of my favorite clothing companies. They make really well done and affordable t-shirts (among other things) designed by artists/tattooists such as Florian Bertmer, Thomas Hooper, Seldon Hunt, and Chris O’Donnell, all of whom have a keen metal aesthetic. In collaboration with those designers, the brand also produces shirts for awesome bands like Agoraphobic Nosebleed, All Pigs Must Die, Integrity, and Tombs. Put it this way: Shirts & Destroy are about a million steps up from that Affliction and Tapout shit your cousin rocks. And now, after years of being exclusively online, they’re opening a physical store in Brooklyn, NY.

Located at 293 Manhattan Avenue, the shop opens its doors to the public on Friday September 9th. That evening, however, Shirts & Destroy are celebrating its grand opening with an art exhibition at the nearby Cotton Candy Machine (a space that recently hosted a Melvins pre-show party / poster premiere) featuring work from some of their designers, including the aforementioned Messrs. Hooper and Hunt. It kicks off at 7PM and open to the in-the-know public.

Who says Fashion Week is reserved for the elite?

-GS