Matthieu Nicol, whose singular new monograph is called “Fashion Army,” isn’t especially engrossed in the military.
Of the nearly 15,000 he found in the online archive, “Fashion Army” re-contextualizes an edit of 350, featuring images of non-models from various military branches posing in uniform.
Courtesy Matthieu Nicol/SPBH/MACKThe catalog-style images were produced for reasons unknown.
Courtesy Matthieu Nicol/SPBH/MACK"Fashion Army" explores how military style has influenced different subcultures for decades.
Military research always has civilian applications.” Courtesy Matthieu Nicol/SPBH/MACKThe correlation between the images here and wider fashion trends is explicit, too.
Persons:
Harris, Walz, Chappell Roan’s, Matthieu Nicol, ” isn’t, ”, Rencontres d’Arles, Army ”, SPBH, MACK, Nicol’s, Angelo Flaccavento, “, Nicol, they’ve, ” Nicol, Louis Vuitton, Pharrell Williams, Helmut Lang’s, Chalamet, ” Flaccavento, Williams, Nigo, Juergen Teller, Martin Margiela
Organizations:
CNN, DNC, Army, SPBH, Army’s Natick Soldier Systems Center, US Army’s Natick Soldier Systems Center, US Army, Vuitton, Wonka, Billionaire Boys Club, C.P ., U.S . Army, “
Locations:
Boston, Vietnam, —, Marfa, Las Vegas, Stone