Gabber: How Fashion Turned Hardcore

Shaved heads, wrap-around Oakleys, neon tracksuits, Alpha Industries bombers and Nike trainers. This is the story of how hardcore changed contemporary fashion for decades to come. In this episode, Mahoro Seward, i-D’s Senior Fashion Features Editor, speaks to Ari Versluis , the photographer behind Exactitudes, the emblematic image series that first typified the gabber look and brought it to the world, and a former gabber himself. Lis Rutten , an Amsterdam-based casting director and former model, discusses for the gabber look has influenced fashion’s masculine ideal, while Henrike Naumann , a German artist who has explored gabber culture extensively in their work, unpacks its enduring legacy, both in the arts and on the ground. Host: Mahoro Seward Scripting: Mahoro Seward, Amelia Phillips Research: Eleanor Gribbin Research Assistance: Alexia Marmara Art Direction: Calum Glenday and Aleksandra Talacha Producer: Amelia Phillips Audio Producer: Robin Leeburn Production: Podmasters Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Gabber: How Fashion Turned Hardcore is an episode from Fash-ON Fash-OFF.

This episode is 30:55 long.

This episode was published on Dec 15, 2023.

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