HUNK’S NEW CLOTHES: LAZOSCHMIDL X TOM OF FINLAND FEATURES VINTAGE TOM OF FINLAND ACTION FIGURES DRESSED IN LIMITED EDITION ARCHIVE LAZOSHMIDL LOOKS. DEVELOPED IN HONOR OF TOM OF FINLAND’S 100TH BIRTHDAY, THE COLLECTION IS NOW EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE ON CULTUREEDIT / TOM OF FINLAND STORE.
25 YEARS AFTER ITS FIRST RELEASE, THE VINTAGE LEATHER-CLAD TOM OF FINLAND ACTION FIGURE GETS A MAKEOVER IN SEVEN RUNWAY LOOKS BY LAZOSCHMIDL. CELEBRATED FOR THEIR NORM-BREAKING AND UNCOMPROMISING DESIGNS, LAZOSCHMIDL REVISITED THEIR ARCHIVES AND RECREATED LOOKS THAT CHARGE THE ACTION FIGURE'S HYPER-MASCULINITY WITH FLAMBOYANCE AND A NEW MALE SENSITIVITY. THE LOOKS INCLUDE A METAL CHAIN NEGLIGEE TOP WITH RED PATENT PANTS, A SEQUIN BODYSUIT AND CHAINMAIL COD PIECE AND A LUREX SWEATER WITH POMPEIAN PENIS PATCH AND SPEEDOS.
THE HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE VINTAGE ACTION FIGURE WAS ORIGINALLY PRODUCED IN 2001 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TOM OF FINLAND FOUNDATION. EACH LOOK WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE IN AN EDITION OF 5. ALL SEVEN LOOKS ARE FROM COLLECTIONS SPANNING FROM S/S 2017 TO S/S 2020.
LAZOSCHMIDL ALSO INVITED PHOTOGRAPHER JASMIN STORCH TO PHOTOGRAPH THE LAZOSCHMIDL DRESSED ACTION FIGURE IN ACTION. THESE ARE EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE HERE AS LIMITED EDITION PRINTS.