Tags
American hobo, autumn/winter 2013, hobo chic, hobo history, Junya Watanabe, menswear, patchwork garments
The American hobo was a man without roots.
Never residing too long in any one location.
Happy to find work, committing just long enough
to earn rail fare to the next destination-
wherever that may be.
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A hobo lead an itinerant existence:
living each day as it comes,
fixed only on the present.
The past a distant memory,
the future in the distant and not foreseeable.
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With just the clothes worn
and a small parcel containing all possessions
the hobo travelled light –
free to move from town to town
as suited.
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(image from motherjones.com):
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For Paris Fashion Week, menswear a/w 2013
designer Junya Watanabe
captured the spirit of
hobo life:
travel
freedom
adventurous
raffish
self-reliant
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Mr. Watanabe layered patchwork pieces
and accessorised with wool felt bowler hats.
(No suitcases necessary, wearing all on one’s back.)
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Junya Watanabe
a/w 2013
The Collection
(images from fashionising):
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