The safety pin is the indispensable totem of punk. Couriers of the movement, Westwood and MJ, glorified the fastening device by piercing it through ears and kilts. The pin is undeniably smart; symbolically addressing both the disintegration of society – barely strung together by any cohesive cultural regime and all that – not to mention the perishing arse seam of your pants.
The Kingpins label, Birthday Suit, slides lesser used objects into neutral, transverses their purpose and takes them for a joy ride. Mixed with the hard edge, DIY ethic of punk and a touch of humourous lunacy, Birthday Suit is committed to bending the notions of adornment.**In this instance the practical spike and plastic beads work together to build a necklace. Old tools. New glamour. Other sensations include cobweb crochet catsuits and bird embellished headdresses. Birthday Suit has clothed Beth Ditto and now via Incu, hopefully us.
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