INSPIRED BY HENDRICKS’ SEMINAL 1976 PAINTING “STEVE”, THE REGAL LOOK WAS DESIGNED AND CRAFTED ENTIRELY IN DEADSTOCK PEARLESCENT AND GLITTER SILK TAFFETA FROM THE 1970s, REFERENCING HENDRICKS’ INTENTIONAL USE OF ALL-WHITE CLOTHING TO HIGHLIGHT THE CONTRAST AND PRESENCE OF THE SKIN TONE OF HIS SUBJECTS, STRIPPING THE PALATE TO PURE FORM AND EXPLORING SCULPTURAL POSSIBILITIES OF DRAPING, ASYMMETRY, AND VOLUME.
THE OUTFIT FEATURES A DRAMATIC, OVERSIZED SILHOUETTE WITH A FOCUS ON TEXTURE AND BODY. CRAFTED ENTIRELY IN DEADSTOCK SILK TAFETA FABRIC, IT FEATURES A VOLUMINOUS PUFFER JACKET FLOOR LENGTH COAT WITH EXTENDED TRAIN, A NOD TO THE CAPES FOUND IN MANY OF HENDRICKS’ PIECES. ALL MADE IN USA AT THE ERL VENICE BEACH, CALIFORNIA ATELIER.
UNDER THE COAT, BATISTE WORE ERL PLEATED TROUSERS FROM THE SAME DEADSTOCK TAFETTA, THAT ENHANCE MOVEMENT AND FLUIDITY PAIRED WITH A DEADSTOCK TAFETTA CUSTOM RUFFLE DRESS SHIRT, AND MATCHING CUMMERBUND AND BOW TIE, ADDING DEPTH AND ORNATE DETAIL.
ERL ARTISANAL CONTINUES ITS STUDY OF THE MODERN AMERICAN MAN AS IT EXPLORES TAILORING, INVENTION, AND NEW CONVENTIONS – REJECTING NORMS FOR INDIVIDUAL STYLE IN PURSUIT OF NEW CONCEPTS AND SILHOUETTES.
DESIGNED AND CREATED BY ELI RUSSELL LINNETZ IN HIS VENICE BEACH STUDIO WITH STYLING AND CONCEPTING BY COREY STOKES
JON BATISTE WEARS FULL ERL ARTISANAL IN COLLABORATION WITH THE BARKLEY HENDRICKS ESTATE AND THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
PERFORMED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HENDRICKS’ ESTATE, BATISTE AND ERL FOUNDER, ELI RUSSELL LINNETZ, WITH STYLIST COREY STOKES, LOOK TO HONOR ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ARTISTS IN THE 20TH AMERICAN CANON, AS WELL AS A BREAKTHROUGH VOICE IN THE MEDIUM OF BLACK PORTRAITURE.
INSPIRED BY HENDRICKS’ SEMINAL 1976 PAINTING “STEVE” , THE REGAL LOOK WAS DESIGNED AND CRAFTED ENTIRELY IN DEADSTOCK PEARLESCENT AND GLITTER SILK TAFFETA FROM THE 1970s, REFERENCING HENDRICKS’ INTENTIONAL USE OF ALL-WHITE CLOTHING TO HIGHLIGHT THE CONTRAST AND PRESENCE OF THE SKIN TONE OF HIS SUBJECTS, STRIPPING THE PALATE TO PURE FORM AND EXPLORING SCULPTURAL POSSIBILITIES OF DRAPING, ASYMMETRY, AND
VOLUME.
ERL ARTISANAL CONTINUES ITS STUDY OF THE MODERN AMERICAN MAN AS IT EXPLORES TAILORING, INVENTION, AND NEW CONVENTIONS – REJECTING NORMS FOR INDIVIDUAL STYLE IN PURSUIT OF NEW CONCEPTS AND SILHOUETTES.
DESIGNED AND CREATED BY ELI RUSSELL LINNETZ IN HIS VENICE BEACH STUDIO WITH STYLING AND CONCEPTING BY COREY STOKES.
PHOTO: @ALEXLOCKETTUP
TO COMMEMORATE THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN ERL, JON BATISTE, AND BARKLEY HENDRICKS, A SPECIAL SERIES OF PHOTOS WERE TAKEN IN FRONT OF HENDRICKS’ ARTWORK “STEVE”, CURRENTLY ON DISPLAY AT THE WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART.
THANK YOU TO THE WHITNEY MUSEUM FOR ALLOWING US TO SNEAK IN LATE LAST NIGHT FOR A SHOOT WITH THE WORK THAT INSPIRED THIS LOOK.
PHOTO: @ALEXLOCKETTUP
STYLING: @COREYTSTOKES
JON BATISTE WEARS FULL ERL ARTISANAL IN COLLABORATION WITH THE BARKLEY HENDRICKS ESTATE AND THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
PERFORMED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HENDRICKS’ ESTATE, BATISTE AND ERL FOUNDER, ELI RUSSELL LINNETZ, WITH STYLIST COREY STOKES, LOOK TO HONOR ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ARTISTS IN THE 20TH AMERICAN CANON, AS WELL AS A BREAKTHROUGH VOICE IN THE MEDIUM OF BLACK PORTRAITURE.
INSPIRED BY HENDRICKS’ SEMINAL 1976 PAINTING “STEVE” , THE REGAL LOOK WAS DESIGNED AND CRAFTED ENTIRELY IN DEADSTOCK PEARLESCENT AND GLITTER SILK TAFFETA FROM THE 1970s, REFERENCING HENDRICKS’ INTENTIONAL USE OF ALL-WHITE CLOTHING TO HIGHLIGHT THE CONTRAST AND PRESENCE OF THE SKIN TONE OF HIS SUBJECTS, STRIPPING THE PALATE TO PURE FORM AND EXPLORING SCULPTURAL POSSIBILITIES OF DRAPING, ASYMMETRY, AND VOLUME.
ERL ARTISANAL CONTINUES ITS STUDY OF THE MODERN AMERICAN MAN AS IT EXPLORES TAILORING, INVENTION, AND NEW CONVENTIONS – REJECTING NORMS FOR
INDIVIDUAL STYLE IN PURSUIT OF NEW CONCEPTS AND SILHOUETTES.
DESIGNED AND CREATED BY ELI RUSSELL LINNETZ IN HIS VENICE BEACH STUDIO WITH STYLING AND CONCEPTING BY COREY STOKES.
A$AP Rocky in ERL for the 2021 Met Gala: America: A Lexicon of Fashion.
Constructed from a vintage patchwork quilt sourced from a thrift store, the ERL artisanal piece draws on American quilting traditions rooted in reuse, craftsmanship, and personal narrative.
Subsequent to the gala, the quilt was reunited with the family of its original maker, closing the loop of the object’s authorship and history, transforming it from anonymous found material into a documented cultural artifact.
The work is now widely cited as a defining example of early 21st-century fashion’s engagement with memory, provenance, and the circulation of everyday objects into global cultural discourse.
A$AP Rocky in ERL at the 2021 Met Gala: America: A Lexicon of Fashion.
Constructed from a vintage patchwork quilt sourced from a thrift store, the ERL artisanal piece draws on American quilting traditions rooted in reuse, craftsmanship, and personal narrative.
Subsequent to the gala, the quilt was reunited with the family of its original maker, closing the loop of the object’s authorship and history, transforming it from anonymous found material into a documented cultural artifact.
The work is now widely cited as a defining example of early 21st-century fashion’s engagement with memory, provenance, and the circulation of everyday objects into global cultural discourse.
