Interview with Adam Kimmel

March 2010

studiohomme: Can you describe your outfit today?

Adam Kimmel: I am wearing a shirt from the latest collection Fall Winter 2010, my fiancée’s pyjamas underneath because I am running out of clean clothes, a vintage 501 Levis, Adam Kimmel boots and Cutler & Gross glasses.

sh: What are your favorite brands?

AK: Labels are not so important to me. I try to wear mostly my clothes. I also wear Levi’s from time to time and I’ve been wearing these Sportiva mountain boots for snowy winters.

sh: What are some of your essential accessories?

AK: Sunglasses of my own brand, my digital Panasonic camera that I always carry with me, my Iphone that I love (Icam is an amazing application), the Dodge Challenger that I am willing to get as I am a huge fan of American cars.

sh: Who are the people who inspire you?

AK: I have a true fascination for Georges Condo the American painter from New York. David Blaime, is also a great spring of inspiration: magician, performer, adventurer… and a good friend of mine.

sh: How did you meet Jim Krantz?

AK: I called him directly! For those pictures of the collection Spring Summer 2010 that you currently carry on studiohomme, I wanted to use the same photographer that Richard Prince has used before me: Jim Krants, the photographer of cult Marlboro’s advertizing campains. The shot took place in Utah, with a local casting except Rocky McDonald who is from New York.

sh: Which artists are you currently following?

AK: I follow the work of painter and sculptor Dan Colen part of New York’s avant-garde, Raymond Petitbon, illustrator, Georges Herems, father of American assemblage and Dennis Hoper as actor and photographer.

sh: What are some of your favorite studiohomme items?

AK: I am going to get a Pringle of Scotland black round neck cotton sweater and at least one Atomic T-shirt by Christopher Kane.