We arent meeting to talk about the launch of a new fragrance (maybe someday!)
And it wasnt until I spoke with Tim at Christmas time last year that we started again.
But I still feel a lingering sense of injustice.
Photo: Courtesy of Duckie Brown
How was it possible that such a dazzling display of imagination and iconoclasm swerved fashions gatekeepers?
The Duckies call this image Elephant Boy.
That for me was always going to be the opening of the book, says Cox.
The Duckies call this image “Elephant Boy.” “That for me was always going to be the opening of the book,” says Cox. “It’s been on my desk since it was shot in 2006.”
It’s been on my desk since it was shot in 2006.
(Full disclosure: I myself contributed a short text to the book).
We knew what we were getting into by then, says Silver with a chuckle.
One of Cox’s sketches made during Covid for a collection that was never produced.
We did 17 pieces, and we went around and showed it to different people.
The first few seasons were very quiet, we didnt have a show until 2003 or 2004.
Short pieces of text, varied in tone and concept are sprinkled throughout the books 344 pages.
One of Cox’s collaged sketches.
Theres also a 5,000-word conversation with the Duckies at a dinner.
What you wont find is runway images.
Runway pictures are never interesting, says Silver.
One of Cox’s sketchbooks.
They dont share samples for magazines and they dont lend to celebrities.
One of Cox’s sketches made during Covid for a collection that was never produced.
One of Coxs collaged sketches.
Duckie Brown’s Steven Cox and Daniel Silver.
The fear of sketching was so overwhelming for me.
The designers want the book to be seen by young people and fashion students all over the world.
For Cox, going through the pages of the final book was an overwhelming experience.
I was very overwhelmed by everything, he recalls.
Still though, it wasnt all tears.
Getting to smell the books 344 sheets?
That was fucking fantastic.
One of Coxs sketchbooks.
Duckie Browns Steven Cox and Daniel Silver.
