GOD SAVE THE TEEN
Emily Deyn and Aliyah Hussain rave against the machine.
In the land of youth culture, there are many slashes.
You have Kate Bosworth or Mischa Barton, the model-slash-actress. You have Mary Kate or Sienna, the actress-slash-designer You have actual Slash, the guy from Guns 'N Roses. And now, you have Aliyah Hussain and Emily Deyn, the artists / models / DJs / designers that don't really care about rules. Or titles, for that matter.
The duo met at Machester Metropolitan University in the UK, and started making... stuff. Anything creative was on-limits, from a silkscreen pattern to an art film, a wire sculpture, or a "silent" rave in an ancient building.
Last year, Emily took an internship with NYLON, where she quickly saw that art usually needs some commerce behind it. Back in Manchester, she and Aliyah made their first t-shirts for the collective, with a silkscreen print of Queen Elizabeth superimposed with a photograph of sunglasses and a Marilyn Monroe grin.
"The shirts are part of an ongoing project called 'Long may she reign' about British patriotism and our lovely Queen Liz," explains Aliyah. "By updating her image... we are trying to reaffirm her status as the queen of cool, and not just Gran Bretagna."
"Remember," adds Emily, "Our monarch is the original ganster!"
The shirts debuted backstage at Anna Sui last month, where Emily's sister Agyness (yes, that Agyness) modeled the design. Now they're finally for sale, with profits going to fund the next Hussain Deyn project.
But what will it be? "Still thinking about it," admitted Emily when she visited our office last week, "But we have to finish school, too!"
Add another slash onto their label: "college senior."
--FARAN KRENTCIL
Get the shirts at the HussainDeyn blog.
You have Kate Bosworth or Mischa Barton, the model-slash-actress. You have Mary Kate or Sienna, the actress-slash-designer You have actual Slash, the guy from Guns 'N Roses. And now, you have Aliyah Hussain and Emily Deyn, the artists / models / DJs / designers that don't really care about rules. Or titles, for that matter.
The duo met at Machester Metropolitan University in the UK, and started making... stuff. Anything creative was on-limits, from a silkscreen pattern to an art film, a wire sculpture, or a "silent" rave in an ancient building.
Last year, Emily took an internship with NYLON, where she quickly saw that art usually needs some commerce behind it. Back in Manchester, she and Aliyah made their first t-shirts for the collective, with a silkscreen print of Queen Elizabeth superimposed with a photograph of sunglasses and a Marilyn Monroe grin.
"The shirts are part of an ongoing project called 'Long may she reign' about British patriotism and our lovely Queen Liz," explains Aliyah. "By updating her image... we are trying to reaffirm her status as the queen of cool, and not just Gran Bretagna."
"Remember," adds Emily, "Our monarch is the original ganster!"
The shirts debuted backstage at Anna Sui last month, where Emily's sister Agyness (yes, that Agyness) modeled the design. Now they're finally for sale, with profits going to fund the next Hussain Deyn project.
But what will it be? "Still thinking about it," admitted Emily when she visited our office last week, "But we have to finish school, too!"
Add another slash onto their label: "college senior."
--FARAN KRENTCIL
Get the shirts at the HussainDeyn blog.
This story was published on March 5, 2009.
CONTENT RATING:
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Amy M
03/06/2009
Love it. Love them. Totally ossum xo <3
kristin
03/06/2009
very nice, im excited to see what comes of them. the photos are great; love em...if i could print my own fabric, thatd be amazing. just you wait nylon, i may be the new intern. ..im 23 with no college education..but i can keep dreaming.
kristin
03/06/2009
hahahahahahahahahahahahah! love agnyness deyns androgynous style and i see that her sister also has a funky flair.
tian.
03/06/2009
i love agyness deyn! totally stoked. they both are fabulous.
CHRISTINA
03/06/2009
r u kidding me thats my girl right emily...she is the queen of street....long live my queen emily xoxoxoxo
rachel
03/06/2009
maybe if i saw more pictures of saw pictures of what the shirts actually looked like instead of a bunch of random pictures that have almost nothing to do with the t shirts, then maybe i would be able to tell you.
Rachel
03/06/2009
I love it!
And I love Emily's tattoo of the 'crowned rose'.
Rachel
03/06/2009
I love it!
And I love Emily's tattoo of the 'crowned rose'.
Raquel Lola
03/06/2009
Im so proud to share a bed with u two ladies.mad love sistas, all the love and kisses from the mill.xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
P0PNZ
03/06/2009
love these girl! so much fun. winners of my blogs god star award. well the first winners of the award, but winners none the less!
P0PNZ
03/06/2009
love these girl! so much fun. winners of my blogs god star award. well the first winners of the award, but winners none the less!
Ally
03/07/2009
Maybe if I have a fmaous sibling who's a supermdodel, I could get an interneship with you and some freebie ad space for my work.
It's not helping those who struggle to achieve. All it does is prove that a name gets you everywhere these days.
Pete
03/07/2009
I have one of these t-shirts also but mine is an original from back in the 70's.
Kat
03/07/2009
I believe in the romantic notion of the 'artists struggle' as being part of the creative process.
jessie
03/12/2009
haahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
this has got to be a joke.
cuntscab
03/12/2009
they're both cuntscabs. big cunts, with big, weeping cuntscabs on their big, sweaty cunts. also their t-shirts? more like t-shits.hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahaha
cunts.
Phil
03/21/2009
Trannie & Dykie modelling their new collection for Littlewoods!
Frankie Bee
03/22/2009
Aww bless cuntscab he's probably about 14 and mate-less :) and how does kat know you guys haven't struggled??! ...she doesn't does she? no she she doesn't, she's just jelous and bitter 'cause her paintings are wank yoooooo.
keep it o.g guys.
big love x x x
tranny deyn
03/28/2009
GOD! my sisters a big star in the porn industry pfft and they still won't market those shirts of her giving out one of her famous eiffel tower heads printed in silk screen like she has just cos she's got a sister who's a model not a porn star???!!! eff this and eff thoser two tranny saddam and fake tacky chavvy agyness, You better watchout for my t-shirts they'll out do yours anytime.
ps love from lola bangkok's sister mwah!
Leah
03/29/2009
I have met both these girls on only several occasion and they were so nasty, bitchy, spiteful and rude. You may call me jealous but I don't care, their work has no fundamental aim and lacks solid research or evidence. Art is meant to be thought provoking and even though these t-shirts do that, it is however only the thought of how rubbish they truly are. Calling the Queen the original gangster is the most stupid, idiotic, unfunny, distasteful, cheap and trashy thing I've ever heard. Why can't they see that they are making high fashion look so trashy, they look more like chavs than punks. They just want to appear cool and make pretty art work but that sort of work is forgotten about in an hour......just like fashion.
Emily Hollins
06/22/2009
I WANT FAME@EMILYHOLLINS.COM
FAKE - GENERIC - PEOPLE
+ PRESS A BUTTON ON A CAMERA.
+ PRINT TSHIRTS.COM
NOTHING YOU HAVE DONE HAS SHOWN ANY CREATIVITY.
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