Asger Carlsen messes with resort fashion for New York Magazine's The Cut

Date
23 January 2015

The annually ubiquitous words “resort collection” evoke whiffs of Campari and orange, sunset-lit terraces in The Hamptons, a suitcase of freshly pressed, pastel daywear. That’s why we were rather surprised when New York Magazine’s fashion branch The Cut decided to commission Asger Carlsen to help show off 2015’s sartorial offerings. Asger is a Danish artist living and working in New York, and is the go-to man for distorted, nightmare-like monochromatic images that have the power to send bolts of nerves fleetingly through your teeth.

The Cut sent Asger a bunch of clothes and asked him to “photograph them in any way he pleased.” The results are a confusing medley of terror and wonder, something you would give your own life to never happen to open the door to. It’s a collection of fashion images so different from the ones we are normally presented with, that they may take you a couple of days to digest. In short he’s a genius, and so is the person at The Cut for having the idea to commission him in the first place.

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Asger Carlsen: Take a Surreal Trip Through Resort Fashion for New York Magazine’s The Cut

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Asger Carlsen: Take a Surreal Trip Through Resort Fashion for New York Magazine’s The Cut

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Asger Carlsen: Take a Surreal Trip Through Resort Fashion for New York Magazine’s The Cut

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Asger Carlsen: Take a Surreal Trip Through Resort Fashion for New York Magazine’s The Cut

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Asger Carlsen: Take a Surreal Trip Through Resort Fashion for New York Magazine’s The Cut

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Liv Siddall

Liv joined It’s Nice That as an intern in 2011 and worked across online, print and events, and was latterly Features Editor before leaving in May 2015.

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