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David Byrne
musician
A sharply cut, single-color suit or co-ord in a saturated blue or orange, paired with matching low-top sneakers and a simple, unbranded chore-style jacket for getting around the city.
Their world
into
cyclinghikingphotographysneaker collectingchoreographylive musicperforming
shops for
bicyclesuit (historic)
How they dress
palette
bright orangecerulean bluegreyperiwinkle blueviolet (close to but not exactly blue)white
materials
canvas padding (stiffened)cotton or cotton blend
details
belt drivecerulean-blue outfit worn on TV appearance with Stephen Colbchore jacketcustom Budnitz single-speed bicycledesigned as an architectural piece, not fashionensemble by Veronica Leoni for Calvin Kleinexaggerated structureinspired by Kabuki/Noh theatre
wears
BudnitzVeronica Leoni for Calvin Klein
Photo © Raph_PH · CC BY 2.0 · source
Where this read came from
- David Byrne on the joy of performing and the dangers of AI - Los Angeles Times
- David Byrne’s Career of Earnest Alienation | The New Yorker
- David Byrne: Still Making Sense
- Watch David Byrne Perform “When We Are Singing” on Colbert | Pitchfork
- David Byrne Explains How the "Big Suit" He Wore in Stop Making Sense Was Inspired by Japanese Kabuki Theatre | Open Culture
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