What lies beneath
So we celebrated summer by asking music-fuelled designers John Varvatos and Romain Kremer to spill their current stereo sequences.
Now, wrapping our playlist series, it’s Italo Zucchelli’s turn. The Calvin Klein Collection head has put together a suburban set inspired by our Summer/Fall 13 issue (he was our 50 Questions guest this time round).
Zucchelli’s take on suburbia is brilliantly weird. From the theme to Twin Peaks (one of the best movie scores ever) to Antony covering Beyoncé’s Crazy in Love; industrial pioneers Throbbing Gristle (a nod to out-of-town manufacture?); Haddaway, the sound of a thousand provincial nightclubs; plus a slice of restlessness through Steven Patrick Morrissey. To be honest, we’d expect nothing less clever or eclectic: this man uses impossible material like Mylar in his collections, a ‘fabric’ that only comes in gold or silver and cannot be sewn. Zucchelli found a way to dye it and piece together as tailoring.
“I like modern electronic, evocative [music],” the New Yorker-via-Italy, explains. “Music for me is like a piece of furniture in an environment, as important as a bed in an apartment. I wake up and immediately I put music on, and we have music on in the office all day long.” Follow his lead and click play.
Twin Peaks Theme by Angelo Badalamenti
Sigourney Weaver by John Grant
Hot on the Heels of Love by Throbbing Gristle
What is Love by Haddaway
Blue Velvet by Lana Del Rey
Everyday is Like Sunday by Morrissey
Crazy in Love by Antony and The Johnsons
Being Boring by Pet Shop Boys
Professional Widow (Armand’s Star Trunk Funkin’ Mix) by Tori Amos
Check out John Varvatos and Romain Kremer‘s summer playlists
Above image: still from Twin Peaks