Rotten Metropolis Clothing- How does one define or express the output of creative energy?? To me there are many mediums of expression so I can never only limit myself to one. I have a growing desire to excel in all outlets that are being offered. Art is art is art, whether on canvas, paper, skin or clothing, it is all an expression of the creative drive within us all. You can take it a step further, you have the art of dancing and the martial arts( both these are arts of movement in essence). You have the art of writing the art of acting, the art of music and the art of life. So what is art? I can only define it as being an expression, a language of your choice, a playground of your creation, a temple of tradition, one that can grow with time, patience, hard work, focus and perseverance.
The beauty of collaboration- I could not do all of the things I love without any help. Without support and foundation all this would crumble. My girlfriend has been a major support in my life. A true warrior, and teacher (9th Grade) and one of the hardest workers I know. She wakes up at 6 and comes home at 9 all for the love of students. In a city where teachers are neglected and underpaid she gives 110%. On top of that she is the brains and brawn behind the Rotten Metropolis Clothing Line. All of the hoodies, jeans and jackets are hand sewn customized and cut by this woman. By the way her name is Melanie Sutherland. Heres her link- email her if you are interested in buying a pice from our collection-
melsu@earthlink.net
I do all the artwork that gets printed on the gear you can also contact me for orders or visit our myspace page for more info. Our website should be up and running by the summertime.
mrmetro7@yahoo.com
www.myspace.com/rottenmetropolis
The Photographer-We did this photo shoot on the rooftop of the photographers home. We threw a big ass party with food and drinks. The models were getting wasted before the shoot which wasn't a good thing. Our photographer was a lovely lady and talented individual. Her name is Samantha Casolari. I have respect, love, and admiration for the patience,time, and expertise she gave us and our models. I strongly advise anyone in need of a photographer to get at her, she is a shear joy to work with. Heres her link-
www.samanthacasolari.com
The Models-I purposely did not want to use just ordinary models for our first photo shoot, not that I don't respect what models do, it takes a extreme amount of patience and dedication to be a model, and you gotta look damn good doing it. However I wanted extraordinary people and average joes to be the models that represent this gear. I cant stand having an anorexic figure setting the standard for what is hip and beautiful. There is so much more involved with the representation of something we all stand for...love and unity..from top to bottom we have-Allison Lincoln-who is a product design manager and aikido practitioner. Below her we have Elfisk Mota who would prefer to be called Xavier, an incredible graphic designer and good friend of mine who also has a career as an exotic dancer. Continuing downward you will find Hermes Rosa-known to the scene as Bazill- a brother of mine and a good hearted brooklynite, he is also an incredible emcee who is working on a solo album, for those that love that ruff BK head bangin shit check him out on myspace- www.myspace.com/bazisill . Under Baz we have-Hsin Jung Lin- aka Sammi who is a designer/thinker/ and also an aikido practitioner (aikidoka). Moving on we have Kareem Barrett- an artist/radio DJ/figure model. All of these people were wonderful to work them and I can't thank them enough. You can see more models, pictures and designs on the myspace page. Oh and those are Bazills legs.
The Wall-The wall was done by myself and a homie of mine, Ian Newman (BIG ROCCO) he is an artist and musician who has recently released an album that you can purchase through itunes. He is also one of our models and is portrayed under Bazills legs. Heres his link-
www.myspace.com/theanglerise
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