Fetish Cult Kid

Hi Viewers,

It's been such a while since I posted for the last time on the blog! I shot some super cool shots for the upcoming blogspots. For this blogpost I want to show you something I'm into lately. Healthgoth(sporty/goth) is something that been out there at some blogs and webshops. There is a big influence in that subculture/trend which is the fetish side of goth. Like, leather, gloves, chockers, studs, leather harness and dark platform boots. I like the mixture of healthgoth with some fresh colors here and there for my looks.

This cute fetish bambi T-shirt is from the American brand Unif. I laught so hard when I found this T-shirt online and had to buy it. Combining this with my favorite color, red.
The red pants and the silver necklace are both from H&M. The leather bag and leather gloves are both vintage. I found these items in Utrecht at an vintagestore. Nice to know is that this bag, used to be an leather pants! LOL how creative is that! 
The sneakers are the black leather Nike Air Force1.

Check the pictures below and tell me what u think of the leather and the chokers on men.. 
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Have a great day today!

The Mermale

HARDCORE FT. 90'S KID

Hi Guys!

I got a new blogpost online, with some new pictures to show you. This is a basic sporty outfit with influences from the Dutch hardcore scene. I don't like the music but, some stereotype fashion items from that subculture are really cool!
I'm wearing a new bomberjacket I bought for the cold days here in the Netherlands! Like I told some articles before, the bomberjacket (aslo called the flightjacket) was in the 1940's THE jacket that was originally created for pilots. It became eventually part of popular culture and apparel, using nylon fabric instead of leather. 
The polo is from Lacoste and the grey pants is from Cheap Monday. Love me some Cheap Monday! These pants are really, really Cheap.. They're almost as cheap as an H&M pants in some stores. It's a Swedish cool brand and bought this one at Weekday in Amsterdam. The've got really cheap clothes from scandinavian designers mostly. The sneakers are the black Adidas Superstar and the sportcap is from Niké to get that Hardcore style on point, but in a fashion kinda way! 
The 90's tattoo chocker and the Yin and Yang chocker are both from the COOLEST online webstore EVAR! It's called Shopjeen, created by Erin Yogasundram aka Erin Jeen. They got the coolest en most creative items I can imagine. From Pizza and McDonalds socks till Rainbow/unicorns sweaters, fries leggings, junkfood keychains and lots and lots more items! Check them out at http://www.shopjeen.com/ and find them on Instagram at @shopjeen 

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Have a wonderfull weekend and be save!

The Mermale

#HealthGoth streetstyle

Hi Folks,

It's weekend! What R ur plan for this weekend!?

For this blogpost I would like to show u an all black and white outfit. I went for a HealthGoth look. This is an subculture/style that I discovered and I really like! HealthGoth is a mixture of sporty clothes with Goth influences. Much black and white in a Urban kinda way. Extreme cleanliness, Chockers, monochrome sportwear, sneakers, caps and some vibe from the fetisch culture. This is my vision of this cool hype. 

The fun part is there's a big perspective for gettin ur own HealthGoth look. This is my look. All in white and wearing 90's cyber buffalo boots, to give it a more futuristic view. That wearing with an old skool bandshirt of Marilyn Mansons I found at a vintage store. This cool leather chocker is from a sex shop, just to get something from the fetish side of healthgoth.

White baseball Cap:Nike 

White pants and hoodie:H&M

Shirt:Episode

Chocker: unknown

bracelets: Hype Heroes

Shoes: Buffalo

Follow me at Instagram:@themermale for more pictures/inspirations and upcoming posts.

Check the pictures below and let me know what u think? Wish u all a great weekend!

The Mermale

Cherrybomb

Hi People!

It's been a while when did my last blogpost, but today I'll show u a new great outfit a la The Mermale with a new look going on. I'm still in the 90's kinda vibe but always with different items from men and unisex/woman clothing/accessoires. 
For this outfit I was inspired by the baddest rock and roll queen Joan Jett from Joan Jett and the blackhearts. She was in my vision one of the first artist that was really androgyness and such a badass with her electric gitar. For me a fashion inspo with her black leather jackets, DIY tees, glitters, biker boots, black hair and playing one hell of a rough gitargame. Before she became famous as Joan Jett from ''Joan Jett and the Black hearts'', she was a vocal and guittarist in the girl rockband called The Runaways, with her vocal galpal Cheri Currie aka ''Cherrybomb''. 
There was a movie released in 2010  called The Runaways which is a MUST SEE! With a great styling of fashion in the 70's rock and roll, great cast (and performances by Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart), great movieshots and awesome music. Check it out and you'll understand ;).

This cherry red leather jacket I got from Zara, the black stretch pants is from J.C.RAGS, these necklaces are from the online shop SHOPJEEN(check them out on Intsagram:@shopjeen), and these gemstone braceletts are from Hype Heroes, check them also out on Instagram: @hypeheroes !! And these shoes I'm wearing are new that I bought online at https://www.corbetosboots.com/ and they are based in Barcelona. The Shoes are the black texas oil negro leather boots with a 4" heel and 3 1/2" platforms from Buffalo.

Enjoy the pictures below and find me on Instagram: @themermale for more cool pictures!!

The Mermale

HOLOGRAM+PUNK= #HOLOPUNK

Goodday Folks!

For this blogpost I wanted to share with you a super cool top I found at Monki. Yes the woman clothing label!;) It's a hologram see through T-shirt. It's 100% polyester with glitters in the fabric. Not quite a daily wear but great for the partyscene. I'm always trying to translate edgy clothes/items/trends to the streets en trying to combine things to make it more wearable for the daily base. This style is something I see more often on other social media platforms and its called HOLOPUNK. It's all about the colors, brightness, chokers, leather with punk influences from the late 80's and the 90's. #clubkid #90s #punk #holopunk

The hologram shirt is from Monki like a said above, the white cotton pants is from H&M, the shoes are from YRU and the cap is from H&M also.  the choker is from the webshop Shopjeen. They have the most rad stuff check there instagram(:@shopjeen) page and webshop(:http://www.shopjeen.com/).

Follow me on my Instagram @themermale for more pictures and inspirations.

Have a great day!

The Mermale

Bleach Peach Backstreetboy

Hello Folks,

For today's blogpost I did a new hairdo again. Its a Bleach Peach Backstreetboys hairdo. I wanted to show you a new outfit all clean, clear white with silver details and leather. It's still into like some earlier post, a sort of anime meets 90's clubkids look and translated to the streets. This was in Amsterdam shot by the blogger from Feather and Crosses, Valerie.

I really like the peach look in my hair, lately I'm trying out different hairstyles looking for cool hairdo's for the blog. Peach is a great springcolor mostly seen in T-shirts but I think it kan also be cool to try some of that into the hair when u go for a basic colored spring outfit. I used Peach Hairwax that gets great when ur having blonde hair and it is easy to wash it out. I got a super great other color of that wax that I'll show u the next blogpost.

The white sport jersey is from the vintage store Episode, the white leather vest is from Zara, wearing a white cotton pants. I bought this one at H&M with the studded belt. The silver necklace is from Weekday and the shoes are the sporty Nike air force black leather.

Discribe me what u think of this look and follow me on instagram: @themermale for more inspirations and pictures!

Much love,

The Mermale

New Jur©☺

Hello Guys,

Today will be the last Nieuw Jurk blogpost with a great outfit from their latest collection called New Jur©. It's a great 90's inspired colorfull look. I selected some of the pieces to create a cool head to toe look with lots of colors and edge. Check the last part of the interview, where I asked designer/owner Esther Meijer of Nieuw Jurk about this cool collection. U can find the look book for this collection at: http://nieuwjurk.com/work.php?w_src=45

Interview Esther Meijer (part 4)

What was your inspiration for your new collection?

The phenomenon of copying in the fashion industry, and basically in every branch of the creative industry. Not only am I copied several times, night markets in Asia are overloaded with fake designs. KTZ, HBA and Boy London, where I position myself in between are examples of brands which are being copied.

How did you get the prints of this collection?

Do you still remember fun copying? It was big in the 90-ies and is still at many offices nowadays, I guess. I had to copy the theme literally and have a night out with my head on my scanner. Here I made a alloverprint. It's a nod to the portrait rights that everyone has, especially because I'm going to let these designs soon 'snitch' by replica factories in China.

T-shirt prints are always designed by Tom Tosseyn, a print designer from Antwerp. We share the same love for Smileys and hardcore. 'Smileys will never die' so to speak.

What do you think is important to stay over and over inspired in creating new collections?

Just walk out the door and get excited about things. By that I mean the feeling that the meaning to add a contribution to this world. A feeling which I experience in all areas of my life. I like to be the drop in the ocean.

I had a geat time in shooting the pictures of the collection, which came out with the lookbook on line in that same week. It's a great comfortable and edgy collection inspired by the 90's with croptops, caps, buckethats, leggings, colors, prints and oversized tops. The vest and shorts I'm wearing are both from a fleece fabric, 100% comfort. This gave me a 90's clubkid/90's HIP HOP vibes. The platforms are the Qozmo YRU shoes.

Check instagram: @themermale for more pictures and inspirations

These pictures are made by @michellePhaf

Have a great day today!

The Mermale