"Such a statement rings true for Silencio: the filmmaker's fictional-turned-reality club which he designed three storeys beneath Paris' bustling Rue Montmartre. Tunnelled walls of rough, gold-painted blocks connect each of its cavernous rooms, within which you'll stumble across some of the most unique characters from the city of light. Last week, however, they came more from the city of sleaze - indie sleaze, that is - as the subcultural segments of fashion week flocked to the club for a night of messy yet stylish disarray."
"Despite originally rising outside of the French capital (specifically in the US and UK with the success of bands like The Strokes and The Libertines), the grimy, leather-coded wardrobe found its way in Paris through French electronic groups like Daft Punk and Justice. Marrying its guitar-driven foundations with more punky, technological touches, its heyday years of 2006-2012 marked a key fusion between modern fashion and music: one that balanced both through an imperfect (and perhaps accidental, as Lynch so fondly loved) state of DIY artistry."
David Lynch's preference for 'mistakes and accidents' aligns with Silencio's intentionally rough aesthetic and subterranean design beneath Rue Montmartre. Tunnelled, gold-painted block walls and cavernous rooms house eclectic Parisian characters. Indie sleaze, rooted in early-2000s US and UK guitar bands like The Strokes and The Libertines, reached Paris via French electronic acts such as Daft Punk and Justice. The 2006–2012 heyday fused punky guitar sensibilities with technological touches, creating a DIY, imperfect intersection of fashion and music that expanded accessibility. That aesthetic now appears within the luxury fashion calendar, evident at an Ann Demeulemeester-hosted night and the brand's 2023 creative direction under Stefano Gallici.
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