Hot Rod, AW12, Cut Colour

This season s collection, draws inspiration from the work of Swiss photographer Karl Heinz Weinberger whose gritty images depicted the stylishly disaffected Zurich teenager dubbed halbstarke or half In Weinberger s evocative images the trappings of American rebel youth are cut and remixed; denim jeans and jackets intricately customized; belt buckles formed out of horseshoes or the head of Elvis; zips replaced with screws, bolts and chains. The theme of teenage rebellion is expressed in h