PLEASURES pays homage to Sonic Youth with new collection

PLEASURES has all the time been miles forward in terms of discovering methods of authentically fusing the worlds of style and different music. From Blur, to New Order, to Korn—the Los Angeles model has introduced us contemporary gear from our favourite iconic bands spanning each genres and many years. And this month, we’re in for a really particular deal with, one of the legendary names of the American Underground: Sonic Youth.

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In the present day, PLEASURES is dropping 38 objects, together with each clothes and ephemera, impressed by all eras of Sonic Youth. And this collaboration is something however your common Washing Machine reprint tee. This capsule is about designs as a lot as it’s about deep cuts—that includes band member images, album art work, and archives.

If anybody can take a well-loved reference and re-tell the story in a brand new and thrilling method, it is PLEASURES. For the capsule, the model speaks to the truth that whereas Sonic Youth’s lasting relevance and the notable inspiration they’ve had on music and musicians goes with out saying—their creative eye has all the time confirmed equally admirable and iconic.

With this drop, their beloved album artwork, created by the likes of famed artists Raymond Pettibon and Mike Kelley, is making its means off of temper boards and onto a artistic, refreshing array of clothes and collectibles we’re all clamoring to get.

Regarding the influence Sonic Youth has had on tradition as a complete, PLEASURES co-founder Alex James places it effectively, “Sonic Youth was my introduction to each factor that’s cool. Their avant garde sound blended with a DIY no fucks perspective have solidified them as international icons in pop tradition historical past.”

Pay your respects to different royalty and seize your very personal ‘Soiled’ Bunny, by trying out this assortment dropping in two elements on July 7, 2023, and July 21, 2023, at 10:00 AM PST on pleasuresnow.com and thru different international retailers.

Pictures by: Nikki Nixon & Quinn Dunziellas

Fashions: JINU and Robby