Edited by Hillary Frazier
“I haven’t bought a pair of jeans in ten years, fuck you Diesel!”
Oopsies!!! Someone at Diesel isn’t going to be happy with mister Gabe tomorrow (or today, rather, sleep isn’t an option at fashion indie…we wanted you to hear it first. You’re welcome in advance from Hillary and Corey at 4:03 AM)
Edited by Hillary Frazier
We sat down with Jeff, Ayad, and Ian of Passion Pit to rattle off a few questions before their set, and found out everything you really wanted to know:
Fashion Indie: So rumor has it you guys are sponsored by Marc Jacobs?
Passion Pit (looking shocked): No, we’d like to be sponsored by some dorky stuff (Ayad).
Manager- Marc Jacobs may be sending them some free stuff.
Ian- Usually what happens is that we endorse something, and then we get free stuff, like instruments.
Fashion Indie: Who is the most fashion-conscious member of your band?
PP: (Disagreement) Ian thinks he’s the most fashionable but Jeff and Ayad agree that it’s Mike. Mike took a fashion class, which is where the name Passion Pit originated from. Fashion Indie agrees that it is most likely Mike.
FI: Cobra Starship did a collaboration with Leighton Meester (who we actually had to explain to the guys that she was from Gossip Girl, they had no idea who she was). If you could do a collaboration with a celebrity, who would it be?
PP: Beyonce.
Jeff- No Solange.
Manager- …you probably could do that.
Ayad- We should stick with the original.
Jeff- Yeah, we might as well reach for the sky.
FI: Have you guys seen the movie Bruno? (No, not yet). If he were to style your next photo shoot, would it be the full velcro suit? Or the kilt with angel wings from the MTV VMAs?
PP: Neither, the banana hammock
FI: If you were to do a collaboration product or line with Diesel, what would it be?
PP (after some muttering, something about not liking the pricing too much, I think):
Ayad- I’d do more stuff for broad shouldered, shorter guys. (Clearly making reference to his stature).
FI: Alright, last question; who had better style as a TV father figure, Mike Brady or Bill Cosby?
PP (In up-roaring agreement): Bill Cosby, he had a bad ass sweater collection.
Passion Pit put on a killer performance. Corey is uploading videos to the Fashion Indie Youtube channel as I type! Check out more photos from their performance on Cult
Edited by Hillary Frazier
We had a chance to sit down tonight with Gabe and Ryland of Cobra Starship at the ‘Diesel U:Music’ event at Webster Hall, and they dished exclusively to Fashion Indie about everything you really wanted to know:
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Fashion Indie: First and foremost, how incredibly hot is Leighton Meester?
Cobra Starship: Really hot! She’s the hottest she’s ever looked in our video. In Gossip Girl she’s in high school, but in our video she brought it.
Ryland: She’s really shiny.
Gabe: She’s got the blonde hair, like Betty to Veronica. She’s a bad girl. They both agree, she’s a total babe.
FI: Ryland, if you could steal an article from Gabe’s closet, what would it be?
CS: My retro Jordan 2 Low-tops.
Wait, what?….Apparently Gabe stole a pair of Ryland’s Jordan’s, and he keeps them in his “cloffice,” or closet office, which he described as “I keep a stack of sneakers and I have a little desk.” Just what I want, more space for the clothes and shoes, and a tiny desk to work from. So I guess if Ryland had to choose an article of Gabe’s clothing to steal, it would be one of his own, and Gabe agreed that if he had to steal an article of Ryland’s clothing, it would be the Jordans that he already stole.
FI: If your upcoming album, Hot Mess, were an article of clothing, what would it be?
CS (Both agree): After simply blurting out thong, they rediscuss the question to come up with a dirty long tank top with holes in it and no underwear, after a five day binge, with puke and blood all over it, and one nipple showing.
Side note- The guys told us that the tattoo on the girl’s lip on the cover of the album is actually a real tattoo. Nobody knew it, but it’s totally true.
FI: If you were to do a collaboration product of line with Diesel, what would it be?
CS: A stretch denim unitard, maybe in full cobra print. 90% Stretch Denim, 10% Lycra
FI: How do you guys dress for the stage?
CS: Gabe- Honestly, we’re posers, we play to the crowd. If we’re playing for a bunch of fifteen-year-olds that love hoodies, we’ll wear hoodies.
Ryland- And if we’re playing for a bunch of Republicans, we’ll wear blue suits and red ties.
FI: Who is the best dressed in the band?
CS: Gabe- Ryland. He reads The Sartorialist and stuff. I just shop at the mall.
Finally, we saved the best for last:
FI: If you were on ‘Nickelodeon Super Toy Run,’ what toy would you be gunning for?
CS uproar: Gabe doesn’t know what ‘Nickelodeon Super Toy Run’ was because he’s an “immigrant” and didn’t have cable, which turned into him calling us racist because immigrants couldn’t watch Super Toy Run, but Rylan quickly replied “The Voltron full set, the metal one, not the plastic one.”
The guys put on a great show, Corey’s uploading the videos as I type! Check out a gallery of their performance on Cult
