Widely accepted to be the most downright fun NYFW show each season (with the best goody bags: Longchamp X Jeremy Scott weekender!), Jeremy Scott once again delivered massive doses of good-time vibes with a monster mash-up of Bad Brains punk meets rockabilly meets evil SpongeBob for A/W 2013. With good-bad grotesque cartoon motifs and classic JS sentiments including ‘Too Weird To Live’ and ‘Adults Suck Then You Are One’ emblazoned across sweaters, a killer soundtrack featuring Beastie Boys ‘Girls’, B52’s ‘Rock Lobster’ and Blondie’s ‘Rip Her To Shreds’ blared.
Ghoulish prints were wild and varied – some appearing as a demented Sponge-Bob Squarepants, others like Nightmare Before Christmas, paired with cool rockabilly checkerboard in crimson and lime, donned by models with mohawk-quiffs and green eye-liner. Major goat-hair made an appearance in turns as raspberry knee-high boots, a black gorilla-like suit and a dramatic yellow Pokemon-like onesie, complete with upper thigh cut-outs and a tail. Clearly, pragmatism isn’t Scott’s game – and while he’s made a successful career eschewing commercial constraints, woven into an awesomely punk-rocking ghoul parade were numerous bustiers, sculpted mini-dresses, pencil skirts and 50s tuxedo jackets that while eminently wearable, still promoted the anti-fashion JS trademark.