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If any of you have a favorite band, actor, artist, or random famous person you love and adore, you'll know that the best part of following this person's life and every move is that you watch them change and grow in many wonderful ways.
In what might be the beginning (is the end is the beginning...)* of a new phase, I give you...
Here we see young William at summer camp. Notice the high pants and macaroni necklace.
It is staples like these that began the young Pumpkin on his lifelong fashion journey.
The Birth of the Pumpkins
First there was the psychedelic thrift shop shirt phase.
There were also lots of sweaters.
And lots of layers.
To celebrate the success of the Pumpkins' fame, Corgan put on a paper hat.
James Iha put on a dress.
Phase Two
This phase was characterized by two major events.
The release of Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness.
And the silver pants.
Billy then decided The Pumpkins should wear out-of-fashion-but-still-hip hats. A theme to which he would return, only horribly unsuccessfully.
Phase the Third
And then Billy did what all aging rock stars must eventually do.
He shaved his head and started wearing long, black dresses.
And sometimes, to be even more hardcore, he pretended he had pinkeye. This phase is typically associated with the release of the "Adore" album, although there is some hint at this in the Mellon Collie phase, when he originally shaved his head.
Going Fourth
After Machina - which was characterized by a return to the Things You Don't Want in Your Microwave theme, the band broke up and Billy was so distaught that he stopped wearing clothes altogether.
And when he got over that phase, he wore his emotions... on his famous dome.
This hat says, "I need young, hip fans."
Then there was a series of unfortunately lumpy bucket hats that coincided with his unfortunately happy and badly named project: Zwan.
This hat says, "I miss James." That shirt says, "I'm still a spaceboy at heart."*
None of these, however, beat his worst accessory ever:
Phase Five: return of the horizontal stripes.
After this final hat, Billy decided to pull himself back up and put out a solo album.
His theme? Burglary, apparently.
All he needs is a bag marked "SWAG." Also notice the return of the high-waisted pant. Nice touch.
Numero six: What now?
So, with the "reformation" of the band, a new sound, a new subject, a new Zwan, (Whoops, did I say that out loud?) one wonders: what is Billy's new fashion drug of choice? What is his theme? His motivation? Well, he has combined his love of dresses with the burglary theme AND the ice cream man outfit in his latest shows, apparently.
I give you:
Queen of the Japanese Albino Bumble Bees
and
The Convict/orderly. (Sorry the photos aren't better quality. Best I could find.)
Mmm... sextacular.
So there you have it. Twenty-two years of Corgasmic fashion to celebrate 'Zeitgeist.'
So we should all wish great luck to Billy, Jimmy and uh... um... wait... who else is in the band this time?
*Dorky Pumpkins reference.
Disclaimer: I get a sense that there is a reader or two who might think this entry blasphemous, and that no true Pumpkins fan would ever make fun of anything they do, especially King Billy. Now, we all know how much I loves me some Pumpkins, and I will worship Billy himself until the day I die, and I love Zwan's music as well. BUT. You know what? Rock stars are funny. They make silly decisions because they're human, but are allowed to get away with it cos they're famous. If we can't appreciate their human qualities, what are we left with? An unattainable dream. That's what. Everything is attainable. Also: silver pants. Really? You can't tell me you didn't laugh.
In what might be the beginning (is the end is the beginning...)* of a new phase, I give you...
Here we see young William at summer camp. Notice the high pants and macaroni necklace.
It is staples like these that began the young Pumpkin on his lifelong fashion journey.
The Birth of the Pumpkins
First there was the psychedelic thrift shop shirt phase.
There were also lots of sweaters.
And lots of layers.
To celebrate the success of the Pumpkins' fame, Corgan put on a paper hat.
James Iha put on a dress.
Phase Two
This phase was characterized by two major events.
The release of Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness.
And the silver pants.
Billy then decided The Pumpkins should wear out-of-fashion-but-still-hip hats. A theme to which he would return, only horribly unsuccessfully.
Phase the Third
And then Billy did what all aging rock stars must eventually do.
He shaved his head and started wearing long, black dresses.
And sometimes, to be even more hardcore, he pretended he had pinkeye. This phase is typically associated with the release of the "Adore" album, although there is some hint at this in the Mellon Collie phase, when he originally shaved his head.
Going Fourth
After Machina - which was characterized by a return to the Things You Don't Want in Your Microwave theme, the band broke up and Billy was so distaught that he stopped wearing clothes altogether.
And when he got over that phase, he wore his emotions... on his famous dome.
This hat says, "I need young, hip fans."
Then there was a series of unfortunately lumpy bucket hats that coincided with his unfortunately happy and badly named project: Zwan.
This hat says, "I miss James." That shirt says, "I'm still a spaceboy at heart."*
None of these, however, beat his worst accessory ever:
Phase Five: return of the horizontal stripes.
After this final hat, Billy decided to pull himself back up and put out a solo album.
His theme? Burglary, apparently.
All he needs is a bag marked "SWAG." Also notice the return of the high-waisted pant. Nice touch.
Numero six: What now?
So, with the "reformation" of the band, a new sound, a new subject, a new Zwan, (Whoops, did I say that out loud?) one wonders: what is Billy's new fashion drug of choice? What is his theme? His motivation? Well, he has combined his love of dresses with the burglary theme AND the ice cream man outfit in his latest shows, apparently.
I give you:
Queen of the Japanese Albino Bumble Bees
and
The Convict/orderly. (Sorry the photos aren't better quality. Best I could find.)
Mmm... sextacular.
So there you have it. Twenty-two years of Corgasmic fashion to celebrate 'Zeitgeist.'
So we should all wish great luck to Billy, Jimmy and uh... um... wait... who else is in the band this time?
*Dorky Pumpkins reference.
Disclaimer: I get a sense that there is a reader or two who might think this entry blasphemous, and that no true Pumpkins fan would ever make fun of anything they do, especially King Billy. Now, we all know how much I loves me some Pumpkins, and I will worship Billy himself until the day I die, and I love Zwan's music as well. BUT. You know what? Rock stars are funny. They make silly decisions because they're human, but are allowed to get away with it cos they're famous. If we can't appreciate their human qualities, what are we left with? An unattainable dream. That's what. Everything is attainable. Also: silver pants. Really? You can't tell me you didn't laugh.