Nevermind the Bollocks, Here’s Nicomede Talavera

Cities | Paris | 31.08.2015

It has that typical London style rebellious look–we guessed it–but we didn’t know it for sure because we were able to get a sneak view in Paris during PR open days but the guess proved correct, as between all the French designers in the upstairs front room, here was hiding a licentious part of a recent and well-known collection of Nicomede Talavera, who is pretty well known in fashion circles for working with Eastpak and whose pieces breathe London warehouse style industrial cosmopolitan graphics and not baroque continental decorations or avant-guardist French concept and design.

Oliver donning his super clubbing outfit

This is London SWAG straight from Saint Martins and not French CHIC. And with a name like that – Nicomede Talavera – how can you not be the latest hot property among the up and coming young designers in London or New York or Tokyo. Perfect branding if you don’t have to change your name before turning your design and creative art into a brand. Imagine Posh Spice aka Victoria Beckham doing the same. Oh hold on a minute – she did, didn’t she? But how could she – for her name is not Nicomede Talavera – and thus her brand may go nowhere. Well she will sell because the Beckham collection are quality items and they have her famous name tag on it. But NOT because she has some serious SWAG – like every single piece in the Nicomede Talavera collections. So, dude, never mind the bollocks – here is …

Olivier in Nicomede Talavera ready for some rive-gauche chic

Yes, this is some serious uppity club wear – as a matter of fact the only place in Paris where you could get away with this type of swag is probably in Le Baron – open at midnight and closing at dawn – a Paris rarity, but still a gem. That is IF you get in the door and by the velvet ropes of course. And for that you need serious London SWAG and deep pockets and some good shoes also, or boots perhaps, and those preferably in black – and IF you show up in your Nicomede Talavera you will be fine. They will let you in. You will be recognized that you belong on the scene – like a record machine – like a sex-machine – get on the scene -, but, never mind the bollocks, for here is Nicomede Talavera!

Sucker.

Sucker!

Unless you have access to Parisian PR agency backrooms for private viewing (which you don’t) you will be able to find Nicomede Talavera collections at the following ‘stockists’ (yup it’s exclusive):