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WALKING DOWN ON LA CIENEGA, MY EARS ARE PRIVY TO OBSERVATION. A YOUNG BLONDE IS BITING HIS CLEMENTINE, DANGLING IT OFF HIS UNTOUCHED LIPS. SWEET NECTAR IS OOZING AND MAKING IT A PERFECT GLOSS. HE KEEPS ASKING ARE YOU SURE HE’S THE ONE TO HIS CONFIDANT. TOM IS TEXTING ME, HE KEEPS SAYING BRIANNA’S HAIR IS FLAT FOR STILLS. CAN YOU WORK ON IT? IS THE RETOUCHING BUDGET APPROVED? HE LEAVES ME ON READ…. ________________________________________________ NINE NOTE NIRVANA BY BRYCE ANDERSON ET MOI POUR PARACHUTE, GLENDALE SEPTEMBER 2025. LEIF JOHNSON PREFERS VELVET OVER THE TRADITIONAL SILK. ROBERT DORAN SOURCED THE VIOLIN. ASSISTANCE (FOR THE VIOLIN PLACEMENT ET STYLING) HANDLED BY CHAPO. @brvceanderson @__leif___ @robertdoran_ @parachutezine @chapochrist

BE DARKER, BE MORE SINISTER. DO AN INSIDE JOKE. USE MORE CIGARETTES, PUT MORE WOMENSWEAR ON LE MODEL HOMME, THROW A SMILE, A SHIMMER, A GLITTER. NO YOU NEED MORE SILK NOW. LOOK AT REBELLION, MAINTAIN SOME CLASSISM. HERITAGE HERITAGE WAS DRILLED INTO MY BRAIN BY A. BARBIERI. SHE WAS A MODEL YOU KNOW! COIFF THE HAIR, SLICK IT BACK. GET IT MESSY, RUN YOUR HANDS THROUGH IT. WANT THE SWEATY LOOK! SPEND 40 MINUTES AT EQUINOX OR MY BUDDY’S STUDIO ON FLATBUSH. PLEASE WEAR FUR, REAL FUR. IT’S MORE EROTIC THAT WAY. GET SOME SCISSORS, TRY TO CUT YOUR GOLDFISH. PRETEND TO DO A TESTINO SHOT. HE’S POPPING UP IN THE MOODBOARDS AGAIN.… ________________________________________________ TURN UP THE A.C. BY BRYCE ANDERSON ET MOI POUR PARACHUTE, GLENDALE SEPTEMBER 2025. RYAN FRIEDLING ET LEIF JOHNSON SAW THE KALEIDOSCOPE. PLUMES ET FLUFFING HANDLED BY ROBERT DORAN. ASSISTED BY CHAPO. @brvceanderson @parachutezine @__leif___ @robertdoran_ @chapochrist

HOW DOES ONE DESCRIBE FASHION TODAY? SUCCESS. FAILURE. THE SWEET SMELL OF HONEYDEW. WE ARE IN A RUT SHALL I DECLARE. MAGAZINES ARE SAYING TO GO FORTH ONE ROUTE, SOCIAL MEDIA ANOTHER. INFLUENCERS ARE BOUGHT. DO YOU WANT TO GET CAUGHT? PEOPLE CRAVE PERFECTION, SOME ACHIEVED IT. ACCOUNTABILITY THOUGH? WANT TO RELEASE EMOTIONS? HIDE THEM FURTHER? WHAT DOES CHATGPT, YOUR LICENSED THERAPIST SAY? DO 4 OUT 5 DENTISTS AGREE? QUALITY CONTROL IS A TERM LONG GONE FROM MASTHEADS, PROPOSITIONS ARE NOWHERE. CARE TO AGREE? SO WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? EMOTIONS FUEL THE MODE. IMPULSE DRIVES THE HEART. WANT TO TEAR SOMETHING APART? STEAL FROM THE RICH ET MIGHTY? CARE TO TAKE A FALL? LETS SMOKE A DRAG INSTEAD. IT ALWAYS IS INDEED A QUICK BAND-AID FOR SOME GLEE. ________________________________________________ TURN UP THE A.C. BY BRYCE ANDERSON ET MOI POUR PARACHUTE, GLENDALE SEPTEMBER 2025. JAHSAI SOMMERVILLE KNOWS THE ONLY SAFE PLACE IS THE DARK. LEIF JOHNSON PERFECTS THE PIERCING STARE. FUR RUGS ET THE WOODEN CHAIR SOURCED BY ROBERT DORAN. ASSISTED BY CHAPO. @brvceanderson @parachutezine @jahsai @__leif___ @robertdoran_ @chapochrist

DO YOU THINK LIFE IS EASIER IF YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL? EVER WORRY ABOUT YOUR HEALTH? IS THERE TOXICITY SURROUNDING YOU? DOES MAKEUP DAMAGE THE SKIN? WHAT ARE TEN THINGS YOU HATE? WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT GOSSIP? DO YOU THINK AMERICAN MEN STAND A LITTLE IMPROVEMENT? GOT ANY INDULGENCES? DO YOU ANALYZE YOUR LOOKS? DO YOU LIKE TO LOOK SEXY? WHO IS GO-TO? WHAT DOES VREELAND MEAN TO YOU? ARE YOU A SOAP AND WATER WOMAN? WHAT IS YOUR APPROACH TO PROTEIN CONSUMPTION? TO LOVE? TO GRAPHIC MATERIALS READILY AVAILABLE ONLINE? HOW IS YOUR POSTURE? WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS WITH THE OBSESSION OF THE LE NECK? ________________________________________________ MY HUSTLER BY JOSEPH ECHENIQUE ET MOI POUR PARACHUTE, BROOKLYN DECEMBER 2025. HENRY RANK UNDERSTANDS THE PORTRAIT CAN REVEAL ALL. ORLANDO PITA PROPOSES STRAIGHTENED, ERECT LOCKS OF HAIR. CASTING BY NICO MAO. @josephechenique_ @henryrank_ @hairbyorlandopita @nico_mao @parachutezine

“HE [ANDY] GAVE ME THAT NAME, I WENT THROUGH A PERIOD OF PARANOIA ABOUT IT. I MEAN EVERYTIME I SAW THAT WORD [AMERICA] - AND IT’S EVERYWHERE - I RELATED IT TO MYSELF. THE COUNTRY’S PROBLEMS WERE MY PROBLEMS.” - P. AMERICA ________________________________________________ MY HUSTLER BY JOSEPH ECHENIQUE ET MOI POUR PARACHUTE, BROOKLYN DECEMBER 2025. HENRY RANK IS THE FACE, A TRUE CHAMELEON. ORLANDO PITA HANDLES THE COIFFURE. CASTING BY NICO MAO. @josephechenique_ @henryrank_ @hairbyorlandopita @nico_mao @parachutezine

“I FIGURED IF I TOOK SPEED, I WOULDN’T BE PARANOID - AND I ONLY SLEPT ABOUT TWICE OR THREE TIMES A YEAR. THAT WAS ENOUGH REST…” - P. AMERICA ________________________________________________ MY HUSTLER BY JOSEPH ECHENIQUE ET MOI POUR PARACHUTE, BROOKLYN DECEMBER 2025. HENRY RANK PLAYS THE MAN BEHIND THE MYTH. ORLANDO PITA WRAPS THE COIFFURE IN TRUSTY OLE LEATHER. CASTING BY NICO MAO. @josephechenique_ @henryrank_ @hairbyorlandopita @nico_mao @parachutezine

“I KNOW NO ONE CAN KICK ME OUT. THEY CAN IGNORE ME, HATE ME, WHATEVER, BUT I HAVE CREATED MY OWN NICHE. I HAVE MY OWN FOLLOWING, MY OWN PEOPLE, MY OWN LIFE.” - J. SCOTT, 2000 ________________________________________________ BREAK/BEAT/BREAK BY MARCUS MAM, FERNANDO DIAZ ET MOI FOR PARACHUTE, HOLLYWOOD NOVEMBER 2025 + MIAMI JANUARY 2026. IMAGE, ILLUSTRATION, ET KILLED FITTINGS CROSS POLLINATE. WHY? CAUSE I DECIDED SO. JACKSON OLLER CRAVES DECEPTION, VICTOR BARAJAS WANTS TO KNOW WHERE TO GET A VAMPIRE FACIAL. JOHNNIE SAPONG HANDLES THE COIFFURE, ONE FEATHER FLUFFLING ET THAT HEADGEAR. CASTING HANDLED BY SKY DIVISION. THE LARGEST KISSES AND HUGS TO JEREMY, MARCUS, PABLO ET KAZU FOR LETTING A BOY LIKE ME RUN WILD IN SUCH RICH POTENT HISTORY. ASSISTANCE BY CHAPO. @marcus_mam @jeremyscott @sapongjohnnie @parachutezine @jacksonoller @vics2sick @chapochrist @sky.division @nandodiaz

“I MEAN, I’VE BEEN LIVING MY WHOLE LIFE IN THE YEAR 2000. HOW CAN WE BE SO CLOSE BUT THEN THINGS LOOK SO FAR AWAY FROM IT. PEOPLE ARE SHOWING THE SAME STUFF AND NO ONE IS GOING FURTHER.” - J. SCOTT, 1999 ________________________________________________ BREAK/BEAT (AN UN-AUTHORIZED ACCOUNT) BY FERNANDO DIAZ ET MOI, MIAMI JANUARY 2026. “IGOR” ET JUDE PAY THEIR RESPECTS AT THE HOLLYWOOD FOREVER CEMETERY. IS THAT FACTUAL? NO BUT THAT’S THE BEAUTY OF ILLUSTRATION, U CAN PLACE THEM ANYWHERE. @nandodiaz @parachutezine @jeremyscott

“I WAS LIKE AN ANOMALY, THE CHEERLEADERS REALLY LIKED ME COZ’ I HAD BENETTON CLOTHES. I WOULDN’T SPEND ANY OF MY LUNCH MONEY ON FOOD AT ALL. I’D SAVE EVERY PENNY SO I COULD BUY CLOTHES AT BENETTON. “ - J. SCOTT, 2007 ________________________________________________ BEAT/BREAK (AN AUTHORIZED ACCOUNT) BY MARCUS MAM ET MOI FOR PARACHUTE, HOLLYWOOD NOVEMBER 2025. VIGGO CHRISTENSEN ECHOES STABILITY, HE JUST HAD A GULP OF BOTTLED STILL WATER. CASTING HANDLED BY SKY DIVISION. THE LARGEST KISSES AND HUGS TO JEREMY, MARCUS, PABLO ET KAZU FOR LETTING A BOY LIKE ME RUN WILD IN SUCH RICH POTENT HISTORY. @marcus_mam @jeremyscott @parachutezine @vigqo @sky.division

“VOGUE MAY TURN IT’S BACK ON ME AND BAZAAR MIGHT DECIDE I’M DEMODÉ, BUT MY BEST FRIEND PABLO WILL ALWAYS LOVE ME FOR ME.” - J. SCOTT, 2000 ________________________________________________ BEAT/BREAK (AN AUTHORIZED ACCOUNT) BY MARCUS MAM ET MOI FOR PARACHUTE, HOLLYWOOD NOVEMBER 2025. JUDE CHARTIER HEARS DRAFT DODGING MIGHT BE EN VOGUE AGAIN, DON’T RAT HIM OUT HEHEHEHE. JOHNNIE SAPONG ADDS A TOUCH OF UMPH. CASTING HANDLED BY SKY DIVISION. ASSISTANCE BY CHAPO. THE LARGEST KISSES AND HUGE TO JEREMY, MARCUS, PABLO ET KAZU FOR LETTING A BOY LIKE ME RUN WILD IN SUCH RICH POTENT HISTORY. @marcus_mam @jeremyscott @parachutezine @jude.chartier @sapongjohnnie @sky.division @chapochrist

“I LOVE CHAMPAGNE, AND I LOVE FRUITY DRINKS - BUT MY VICE, IF ANYTHING, IS LA. I’M DYING TO MOVE TO LOS ANGELES, COMMUTE FROM LA TO PARIS! A HOUSE IN THE HILL, IT’S CHEAP GLAMOUR! I LOVE THE HISTORY OF IT. IT’S ALL ABOUT LA’S REBIRTH RIGHT NOW….” - J. SCOTT, 2000 ________________________________________________ BEAT/BREAK (AN AUTHORIZED ACCOUNT) BY MARCUS MAM ET MOI FOR PARACHUTE, HOLLYWOOD NOVEMBER 2025. DUNCAN YAIR SPENDS HIS AFTERNOONS AT WII SPA AND HIS EVENINGS AT THE SLAMMER. JOHNNIE SAPONG TOUSLED THE LOCKS. CASTING HANDLED BY SKY DIVISION. ASSISTANCE BY CHAPO. THE LARGEST KISSES AND HUGE TO JEREMY, MARCUS, PABLO ET KAZU FOR LETTING A BOY LIKE ME RUN WILD IN SUCH RICH POTENT HISTORY. @marcus_mam @jeremyscott @parachutezine @dunkindu @sapongjohnnie @sky.division @chapochrist

“YOU MUST BE MORE TROUBLED. YOU MUST SUFFER MORE. BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT IT MEANS TO LIVE. EVEN IF YOU FEEL MISERABLE AND DON’T WANT ANYONE TO SEE YOU, YOU HAVE TO GO ON.” -ANONYMOUS ________________________________________________ À TOUTE ALLURE BY GUANCHEN LIU ET MOI POUR PARACHUTE, BROOKLYN AUGUST 2025. RYDER BRILEY RETURNS BACK WHERE HE STARTED. ANTON ALEXANDER SLICKS BACK THE COIFFURE @guanchenliustudio @ryderbriley @_antonalexander @parachutezine