So it really must seem like I’m some sort of groupie of Rodnik, a British label that ‘are not a rock band’ but like to accompany their clothes with a lot of air guitar and dandified lyrics sung in the way that Damon Albarn did on Park Life (except with a Sur-rey accent….). It just so happens that I caught their ‘gig’ outside Comme des Garcons in Paris last October and then their performance at the IQONS magazine launch party two days ago in New York at The Box. As a band that aren’t really a band goes, the songs aren’t half bad. The clothes are of course miles better if a little disconnected from the spirit of the music from which I half expect something sequinned and something feathered. Instead, it’s tailored, ruffled, chic loveliness that costs an arm and a leg. Nothing wrong with that though.
Rodnik performing their standout dancemove complete hit ‘Russian Fire Burn’ to a crowd of less than ten people outside the Comme des Garcons store in Paris. I believe the gold dress that Lily (the girl on the right) is wearing was a bit of a buyer’s hit. Sing it everybody ‘Russian. Fire. Burn. Rising from the ashes. Bringing back the fashion!’
Rodnik performing ‘How to be lovely’ at The Box, New York with the models wearing their SS08 collection and looking a little perplexed as to what is going on behind them….
I’m sure it’s not just me but I think it’s so much fun to be a fash’rock groupie!
xox Girl and the City (in Paris)
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i wanna be a groupie too. how i wish i had been young in the late 60s/early 70s ^^
the event must have been cool by the way…
The models’ awkwardness was pretty amusing!
The only time I notice Peaches Geldolf’s outfit is when she is wearing Rodnik. Thanks for posting about this as I always wanna know more about the label!
Cool concept.
i really like the concept of Rodnik as a whole…just the interface of music and fashion, although I’d like to see a different kind of interface, like dance etc.
Pffff, too bad, I missed them at the box… Fashion & music, my favorite collaboration!!!
pathetic and attention seeking, i hate brands/ morons like this
well, i think their ‘russian. fire. burn’ show was exceptional. i loved this extra-long-legged girl lip sync. she was so seductive in that. truly, an ethereal show.
and yes, i mean it.
thank you, susie. gotta download it on my iphone.