- The Observer,
- Sunday September 10 2006
· Neon whirlwind Carri Mundane's label, Cassetteplaya, is brightening up menswear. 'I want fashion to be more colourful, more positive, more future,' she says.
· The 25-year-old is stylist for Mercury Music Awards nominee M.I.A and new rave band The Klaxons. 'We have the same references,' she says. 'I translate their sound into clothes.'
· Although influenced by video games and Nineties rave's Day-Glo colours and pixilated prints, Mundane is adamant her look isn't retro or ironic. 'My clothes are quite cartoon, but I have no intention of making people look funny.'
· She doesn't think that blokes in bright colours and cartoon shapes look like big girl's blouses. In fact, it forces them to be bigger men. 'You have to be hard to carry it off.'
· Mundane's first show is at Topman-sponsored MAN, an initiative for new menswear talent at this week's London Fashion Week. 'I get to create my own world for 10 minutes.'
· Topman's design director, Gordon Richardson, can't wait for her debut: 'She's a very distinctive fashion voice - a real tonic,' he says.
· Mundane sees Cassetteplaya as a global brand - 'I want it to be a recognisable name everywhere,' she says. World, you've been warned.
