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All Along The Watchtower ” by Bob Dylan has been in my personal top ten for a long time, his albums like “Axis: Bold As Love” in 1967 are far from lacking in psychedelia. Just look at the cover:But beyond his artistic talents, Jimi Hendrix is a fervent supporter of pattern in clothing . It is preferably colorful and highly psychedelic. A nice example in this photo below, in which you will notice some typical colors such as purple, orange or yellow. As eccentric as it is, this outfit does not lack panache. This is perhaps what Prince learned from it, in addition to the motives and the electric sensuality of the character .
You will regularly find winks in Prince's gargantuan work. But for exuberance, showmanship and color , we can certainly look to the influential musical projects Parliament and PAISLEY PARK : PRINCE, FUNK PSYCHEDELISM AND FLAMBOYANT PAISLEY
In his genre, Prince is the master of psychedelia of his time . As we pointed out above, we can have fun guessing the sources of influence here and there. But in the '80s, the fact is that Prince wasn't the only one interested in psychedelics. It was then relatively confidential: a new musical movement inspired by the pop psychedelia of the 60s was slowly emerging in the United States.
Its name: the Paisley Underground. We associate groups more or less forgotten today like Manic Monday ” in 1986.
That year, the Kid from Minneapolis was everywhere: in the cinema in “ Under The Cherry Moon ”, on stage and on the airwaves, notably with the song “ Kiss ”. He founded the Paisley Park Records label and began construction of the Paisley Park studios, which since the artist's death in 2016 have become a true place of pilgrimage. That shows if Paisley obsesses him...
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Prince, on the set of the film “Under the Cherry Moon”.
Its link with psychedelia and the Paisley pattern is therefore powerful. But its link with fashion is even more so. This is evidenced by its gigantic wardrobe, including, among other things, thousands of suits and more than 600 pairs of men's heels . The anecdotes about Prince's relationship with clothing are most often astonishing. He has a personal tailoring room and a mannequin in his size, and many of the tailors who work for him have never actually touched him.
Some did not fail to note the similarities with looks from the past, for example through the one he wore in 1986 for the release of the album “ Parade ”. We can see a nod to the outfits of Peter Daltrey, the singer of Kaleidoscope , a little-known nugget of English psychedelia from the 60s:
Still, we wo n't find a greater enthusiast of the Paisley pattern than Prince in the 80s . If psychedelia seemed a bit moribund in those years, it was nevertheless preparing to return to the forefront in the following decades. As for clothing obsessions, we obviously also have our own at BonneGueule and they don't just concern patterns. Look for example at Benoit:
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- As a precaution, we often place the psychedelic pattern on a single piece in an outfit. But Prince's example gives us a glimpse of the possibilities of a complete patterned ensemble: a jacket, pants, scarf or tie .
- The key to achieving this rather strong style ensemble lies in the balance of colors . This is particularly evident in the photograph taken at sea, on the pontoon of a boat. Pattern everywhere, in rather light tones, cleverly enhanced by dark via a very small accessory: a clutch.
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