25-26FW — Sympathy for the Devil
The 25FW season title, Sympathy for the Devil, began with a vision of an eternal, immortal being.
We were inspired by the Rolling Stones’ 1968 track of the same name, from the album Beggars Banquet,
and shaped this season’s motif by embodying the song’s narrator as a timeless figure.
But Sympathy for the Devil is not about compassion for evil.
It is a sneer—an immortal observer’s bitter laughter at humanity’s endless cruelty across time.
Eternity is often imagined as something noble or serene.
Yet a being who has endured for centuries survives not through affection,
but through disillusionment, fatigue, and a cold, unwavering gaze.
This season reflects that perspective.
We translated the narrator’s cynicism and exhaustion—his distant elegance—
into visual form across the collection.
The characters from Interview with the Vampire (1994), where the song returns like a haunting echo,
also served as a powerful inspiration, giving visual clarity to the emotional tone of this season.
This collection continues Noir Larmes’ enduring pursuit of dark elegance
and beauty that withstands the passage of time.
It drifts between past and present, fantasy and reality—
reaffirming our ongoing meditation on a single, haunting question:
What does it mean to be eternal?
Creative director_Boddah
25-26FW — Sympathy for the Devil
The 25FW season title, Sympathy for the Devil, began with a vision of an eternal, immortal being.
We were inspired by the Rolling Stones’ 1968 track of the same name, from the album Beggars Banquet,
and shaped this season’s motif by embodying the song’s narrator as a timeless figure.
But Sympathy for the Devil is not about compassion for evil.
It is a sneer—an immortal observer’s bitter laughter at humanity’s endless cruelty across time.
Eternity is often imagined as something noble or serene.
Yet a being who has endured for centuries survives not through affection,
but through disillusionment, fatigue, and a cold, unwavering gaze.
This season reflects that perspective.
We translated the narrator’s cynicism and exhaustion—his distant elegance—
into visual form across the collection.
The characters from Interview with the Vampire (1994), where the song returns like a haunting echo,
also served as a powerful inspiration, giving visual clarity to the emotional tone of this season.
This collection continues Noir Larmes’ enduring pursuit of dark elegance
and beauty that withstands the passage of time.
It drifts between past and present, fantasy and reality—
reaffirming our ongoing meditation on a single, haunting question:
What does it mean to be eternal?
Creative director_Boddah