Sherwin Tjia!
- Dressed in Black: We’ve named this blog column in honour of the tune by The Shangri-Las cuz it’s a little moody sounding…like us! Check out other entries in this series by clicking on the Style & Fashion category. Now without any further ado, our twelfth interviewee, Sherwin Tjia!
In 5 words or less, describe your style:
Day drab. Night drag.
Describe two items in your closet that you love:
Perfect little black dress. Imperfect outlandish gold sequined dress.
Fashion trend you swore you would not partake in but have fallen victim to:
Green communist-style Che Guevera hat.
If you had to get a knuckle tattoo, what would it read?
On my right knuckle, it would read, LOVE. And on my left knuckle, it would read LY.
What do you listen to when getting ready to go out/stay in?
I like mashups.
Biggest fashion pet peeve?
Overpowering perfume in enclosed spaces.
Your favourite style icon?
I don’t really follow fashion – I’m very sorry. Sometimes I’ll see something in a window that I like. For example, last year I saw a jacket made out of the skins of plush animals which I thought was very charming. Last week I saw in a store window some winners of a fashion contest and there was this one dress that was festooned with these little bunches of scrunched-up fabric that was very pretty. I remember that dead swan dress that Bjork wore to some awards show as astonishing. But in terms of one person who wears things that I consistently find impressive, it’s very difficult. I suspect that I am looking for someone who approaches fashion the way Dr. Suess approached drawing, with a zany playfulness that approaches more costuming than fashion, really. But their entire collections would be completely impractical for any season but Halloween, or people who don’t mind overwhelming attention.
Favourite shoppes?
The Bay. Jacob. Le Chateau. Bedo. Tristan.
Your best vintage find/DIY fashion project?
Not sure.
What do you see yourself wearing in 5 years?
In all honesty, likely the same thing I’m wearing now.
About
- Sherwin Tjia didn’t submit a bio about himself, and that might be because he is a very busy person. He is known for so many different and lovely things! You might be familiar with some of his projects such as Slowdance Night, The Honeysuckle Strip Spelling Bee, his graphic novel The Hipless Boy (get it at Drawn & Quarterly) or his volume of pseudo-haikus, The World is a Heart Breaker or his comic strip book Pedigree Girls. You may even be wearing one of his hugely popular scrabble pins or listening to his CDR project, Listen to My Friends Masturbate. Sherwin also collaborates with too many people to name here but we will mention that he has designed all of the covers for Lickety Split smut zine so far and designed the cover art for our Big City E.P.
UPDATE:
Everyone should check out Sherwin’s next event, ARCADE CHOIR:
Forty singers stand in the middle of a room. They are not professional singers, though some of them might be. They all have iPods, and on every single one of those iPods is the Arcade Fire album “Funeral”. At a signal, they all press play and, the album loud in their ears, start to sing the opening strains of the first song of the album.
Now this singing won’t be very pretty. They’re singing not only the words, but the instruments as well. People are encouraged to hum, howl, beatbox, make any noise that will translate the songs to the audience better.
Not everyone will know all the words. The people in the choir will have listened to the album plenty of times, but not very carefully. They know how the song goes, but won’t necessarily know the lyrics. Or know them correctly.
Because the music in their ears is so loud, they won’t be able to hear themselves, their neighbours, or the sound of all of them collectively. This might result in some very bad singing, but the choir is encouraged to sing their hearts out, the way one does when you’re in the shower and only singing for the joy of it.
They sing the first five songs, then break for an intermission. (Singing is sweaty, thirsty work.) Then they come back and finish the album off.
It could be beautiful, or it could be a disaster. Or it could be a beautiful disaster.
3997 Boul. St-Laurent
(just south of Duluth, it’s the black door with the flames painted on it)
Montreal, QC
Sunday, December 6th, 2009.
9-11 PM
$5 at the door
PLEASE NOTE: This event is an independent event and is NOT affiliated with, NOR has it been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by the Arcade Fire, nor any of its labels. This event doesn’t want to lead consumers to believe that there is an association with the Arcade Fire nor that this crazy event is approved or endorsed by the Arcade Fire, in any fashion whatsoever. WE ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE ARCADE FIRE! WE ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE ARCADE FIRE! WE ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE ARCADE FIRE! (THOUGH WE FIND THEIR MUSIC CHARMING.)
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