NO BUNK! NO JUNK! By Navo

In a W magazine interview, Scott Sternberg (Band of Outsiders designer) was asked what he would say to Paris Hilton if she called and asked to borrow his clothes, he replied, “That the moon is on fire and she better get outside and help put it out right this instant.” When asked, “Jon or Kate?” he answered “Who?” And when asked “Paris Hilton or Monkey Bar?” he said, “No.” Another reason to love this guy more, I’m diggin’ the twisted take on power-dressing on his “No Bunk! No Junk!” exclusive line for Barneys. “Really, it’s about tapping into Barneys’ heritage. What I remember of Barneys—at least, from being a little shit growing up in Ohio, and having a pretty skewed view of New York—was the sort of “power uniform” or Wall Street uniform that they really created in the eighties. They elevated taste levels in New York among men in the most masculine sort of way possible. You know, it wasn’t really about fashion; it was this other ideal that they created. It was also very European, because Barneys’ heritage is about bringing insane designer brands to the States that had never been here before: From Prada to Margiela to all the Japanese designers, the Antwerp designers, they were there first. Going back even further, when they first started, Barneys was still about designer brands, but it was very schmatta,[below, the inspiration for No Bunk! No Junk!]. The idea was like, to combine these two elements and give it a Band of Outsiders spin—something that’s not Euro, not too slick…” -Scott Sternberg (GQ interview)

Band of Outsiders No Bunk! No Junk!, available now at Barneys New York’s Madison Avenue, Beverly Hills, Chicago, Copley Place, San Francisco, and Scottsdale stores. For locations, visit www.barneys.com

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