Vice Style

There was a lot of surprised comment, post 911, that fashion hadn't changed to reflect the new worrying state of the world. Everyone was wrong. Fashion actually became a lot less anarchic. The original cover of the SS2002 issue of super-high end, massively influential menswear mag Arena Homme Plus, meant to be released a day or two after the attack, featured this photo of a bruised and bleeding Justin Timberlake set against a burning American flag. As if that wasn't already spookily prophetic enough, there was also a Raf Simons' feature inside the mag focusing on his militant themed collection, Woe Onto Those Who Spit On The Fear Generation...The Wind Will Blow It Back. It was accompanied by an interview that touched upon Islam and Palestine, which I'm sure would have gone down a storm on September 12th. The entire print run had to be pulped and those issues still in existence now fetch over a $100 on eBay.