Episode description
Shaved heads, wrap-around Oakleys, neon tracksuits, Alpha Industries bombers and Nike trainers. This is the story of how hardcore changed contemporary fashion for decades to come.
In this episode, Mahoro Seward, i-D’s Senior Fashion Features Editor, speaks to Ari Versluis, the photographer behind Exactitudes, the emblematic image series that first typified the gabber look and brought it to the world, and a former gabber himself. Lis Rutten, an Amsterdam-based casting director and former model, discusses for the gabber look has influenced fashion’s masculine ideal, while Henrike Naumann, a German artist who has explored gabber culture extensively in their work, unpacks its enduring legacy, both in the arts and on the ground.
Host: Mahoro Seward
Scripting: Mahoro Seward, Amelia Phillips
Research: Eleanor Gribbin
Research Assistance: Alexia Marmara
Art Direction: Calum Glenday and Aleksandra Talacha
Producer: Amelia Phillips
Audio Producer: Robin Leeburn
Production: Podmasters
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