The US designer – who sent out a smoking hot collection for Moschino in Milan last night – reveals why pandemonium and passion make the perfect party
“I threw a party in Miami for Art Basel that was outdoors, and it started raining. I was like, ‘Okay, I’m just going to have to dance in the rain.’ Everyone needed to be shown that it was okay – I mean, there was no other way forward, it wasn’t going to stop raining. So I just got drenched. Sometimes as a host you have to roll with it, figure it out as it goes and all that jazz. Let it get out of control. That’s usually the most fun, when there’s pandemonium, people taking down installations of teddy bear walls, tearing things apart. But it’s through enthusiasm, you know, it’s through passion – as long as no one’s getting hurt. I’ve never had a party wind down too soon. It’s more like, ‘Y’all, it’s five in the morning, you guys really need to go! It’s over! I’ve turned the music off !’ But I’ve also been known to turn the music back on…”
From holding toga bashes in the Coachella desert to throwing pool parties complete with giant ice sculptures in his own likeness, designer Jeremy Scott is as renowned for his riotous celebrations as his postmodern approach to pop culture. Determined to inject a healthy dose of fun into the fashion system, his runways are always a cause for revelry – at his S/S16 show for Moschino, giant carwash brushes spun into life, blowing bubbles as models marched down a catwalk in clothes that resembled classic New Look silhouettes, all-American automobiles (complete with functional, Fifties-inspired headlamps) and kitchen-sink cleaning products.
This article was originally published in the S/S16 edition of AnOther Magazine.
