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Whether he’s telling us stories about the lives of sex-obsessed skaters in NYC or cash-strapped teenagers tearing up Florida for spring break, Harmony Korine tends to create characters that treat fashion as an extension of their own strange, daring identities. His scuzzy, sometimes perverted, but always riveting view of the world has made every film of his a cult hit. And the people he dresses -- with the help of his now go-to costume designer Heidi Bivens -- have been regularly used as creative inspiration for wardrobes everywhere, in the years since they were released; some even spawned capsule collections all of their own.
Since all of Harmony’s films seem to be imbued with that scorching, late-night-in-August glow, you may well find some seriously good summer outfit inspo of your own in his catalog. From the streets of downtown Manhattan in Kids, to the shores of Miami in the unseen, wildly anticipated The Beach Bum, here are five of Harmony Korine’s greatest fashion heroes you might like to emulate -- especially when you’re deciding to take the plunge into the colourful, fearless world of maximalism in 2018.
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