MENSFOLIO Jun/Jul 2021 Issue

X + Youth = ? “What makes us special?” Lost in uncertain times, photographer Rice and stylist Bing seek answers from their own adolescence: fashion as armor, with exclusivity currency, and adapted aesthetics adopted identities. Taking refuge in thrift culture and Japanese magazine inspired palettes , the pair present reimagined visions of ideal youth. Distorting and subverting pieces from local designers with free-spirited saturation, they invite you to unravel the question that’s their enigmatic X: what’s the magic of youth?