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Performance: Theo Adams
19-year-old performance artist Theo Adams and his posse of dancers, musicians and muses has taken London's avant-garde by storm. David Sims shot the company in an abandoned Catholic school in northwest London. CLICK HERE for a video of the troupe's exclusive performance for W. CLICK HERE to read our interview with Adams.
May 2009
Top row, from left: Thom Browne’s jacket and shirt; Les Chiffoniers’ leggings. Balmain’s jacket; Miu Miu’s bralette; Marios Schwab’s briefs. Danskin’s unitard; Western Vintage cape. Balmain’s dress. Alexis Mabille’s shirt; MaxMara’s bodysuit. Dior Homme’s jacket; Prada’s shirt and sweater; Diesel’s jeans. Middle row, from left: Rodarte’s top; Chanel’s dress. William Rast’s jacket; Versace’s dress; Jillian Lewis’s pants. Alexis Mabille’s jacket; Betsey Johnson’s leggings. Chanel Haute Couture’s bustier and top with fitted cape. New York Vintage’s bathing suit. Bottom row, from left: William Rast’s vest; Donna Karan’s dress. Oscar de la Renta’s gown. Maison Martin Margiela’s jacket; Givenchy’s dress, by Riccardo Tisci; Danskin’s unitard.
May 2009
A pale 19-year-old boy with braces, 3.89 pounds to his name and a penchant for red lipstick, greasepaint eye makeup, and glitter makes for an unlikely performance art ingenue. But Theo Adams is nevertheless one of the London avant-garde's most celebrated new phenomena. A lover of Philip Glass and Celine Dion, Bob Fosse and reality television, Wagner's operas and Greek musicals, he refuses to label his cultural inspirations in terms of "high" or "low." Which renders it fitting that Adams and his posse of dancers, musicians and muses (including Lorna Luft), photographed in an abandoned Catholic missionary school in northwest London, inhabit couture and leather with equal passion in these pages.
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