I have a confession. I glanced at my phone in the office today and saw a message from MAO PR containing a video for the CHRISHABANA Spring 2012 Collection. I immediately thought, “Fantastic. I’m exhausted and I don’t really feel like writing this afternoon. I’ll just throw this video into a post and that will be my content update for today.”
Once I picked myself up off the floor and recovered from my mild brain aneurysm, I decided that this isn’t the type of thing you can just upload and say, “Oh, hey. These are accessories.”
Chris Habana is a New York-based designer who describes his identity as being shaped by both a childhood fascination for science-fiction and the 90s gay counter-culture of his early adulthood. His namesake collection debuted in 2004, created widespread buzz, and has since lived up to its edgy reputation.
His signature inverted cross flashes throughout the riotous concept video in an apocalyptic, yet tounge-in-cheek compilation, perhaps to poke fun at this year’s countless Armageddon prophecies.
But another look may reveal a Vicary-esque ‘Subliminal Seduction’ experiment, compelling us all to hurl ourselves into OAK NYC and purchase the entire collection.
Uh oh. Hide the credit card. I think it might be working...
