Face to Face with SlikSyd.

A face to face exchange with SlikSyd (####) - the 21 year old visionary who's captivating the streets of London, with a young and hungry cult following, otherwise known as the "Black Flag Milita".

A few weeks back, we got to visit SlikSyd at his apartment, sitting for a 1 hour 30 long chat, as we dived deep into the Zimbabwean designers life, covering Milan fashion week, His relationship with Lancey Foux, Years of Tears, Future Endeavours, 10V, Heartbreak & more.

0:15 intro
0:40 the meaning behind the name ‘Years Of Tears’
01:20 Growing up in Huddersfield
04:27 Family dynamic
09:56 stigma around growing up
11:30 Syd’s personal favourite piece
12:57 Milan fashion week with Alyx
15:42 Matthew Williams
16:53 Lancey on the runway
17:16 The Runway
18:16 Years of Tears on the runway
19:15 is selling out selling out? - Rei Kawakubo, Vivienne Westwood & Yohji
21:51 Lancey & Syd
24:52 the bare minimum in respect
25:42 Lancey & Nigeria
26:15 visiting countries out of Europe
28:19 Zimbabwe & Denim
29:24 speaking a different language
31:06 Josh & Sora / the importance of difference in friendship
33:44 judgment
38:24 How is Syd perceived?
38:38 ego
40:29 avoiding getting hurt
42:44 heartbreak
44:24 Threaducation
44:44 Martin Margiela
47:10 Syd’s focus
48:25 connecting London
48:36 Central Cee
49:18 not hiding your support
51:47 anti gatekeeping
52:44 imran potato
54:34 collab with House Of Errors
55:35 who would Syd like to collab with?
57:07 Helen Storey
58:37 Syds Creative Process
1:00:01 design references
1:00:43 Fubu jacket reference
1:02:43 leather gilet
1:08:07 Kid on Aliexpress knocking off Syds design
1:11:53 drugs
1:13:53 never judge a person
1:14:55 Virgil
1:16:25 10V
1:17:53 Fimi Guerrero
1:20:12 who does Syd listen too?
1:20:29 Syd the rapper
1:22:09 “A rapper with no music”
1:23:01 the Bat chain
1:23:53 custom wedding dress for the wife
1:25:32 First love & hearbreak
1:28:45 Years Of Tears mesh tops?
1:29:25 last bit of advise

BanalPieces Instagram:
  / banalpieces  

BanalPieces Website:
https://www.banalpieces.com

Shot by TkElvyy:
  / tkelvyy  

SlikSyd:
  / sliksyd  
  / yearsoftears  
   / @yearsoftears2528  
   / @user-oj3vo9ie9m  

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