Excerpt: R13. Fall 2025 - NYC

 

"There is great vampire noir movie from 1995, which was set in New York City called 'Addiction' directed by Abel Ferrara, with the main character "Catherine Conklin", played by Lili Taylor, portraying her vampirism as a form of heroin addiction.  And the Master 'vampire' "Peina", in a memorising performance, portrayed by Christopher Walken, belittling Conklin as a pathetic addicted amature vampire, to his mastery, that he had been able to conquer his addiction of vampirism and mastered the 'thirst'.  The movie was essentially about Ferrara's heroin addiction.  

Chris Leba, for his Fall 2025 collection has evoked his inner darkness, as a manifestation of that recognizable gothic aesthetic, weaved into Leba's beloved Lower East Side punk styles. Whilst incorporating the carnal of the 1970s and 1980s, Leba has very much toughened up the collection, with a more of a robust reflection of the vampiric mythos.  And this why I mentioned Ferrara's addicted vampires, more so the Master 'Peina'.  Can we master our vices?  And become a Master of the epicurean?..."

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(A.Glass 2025)

Full review:  chiasmusmagazine.blogspot.com/2025/02/r13-fall-2025-nyc.html