Originally Published in Issue 20 Photos by Yuki Kikuchi
The Garden is a visual musical experience like no other. Energetic, chaotic, wrong, and right. Wyatt and Fletcher Shears are the Orange County twin brothers who make up the post-punk duo. Experimenting with instruments since the age of 11, the two now perform their truly wild genre-bending music like a pair of rock mime acrobats to massive crowds of dedicated fans. Together they stand for pure creative expression in all facets of their life. Nauseated by the fast-paced trend cycle and the destructive world of luxury fashion brands, Wyatt and Fletcher bring an authentic, unbranded form of fashion back to life. Despite their handsome, model-ish looks, the two remain humble, almost shy. Using the thrift store like a costume box, The Garden redefines what it means to have style. We asked the twins to put together some of their fav looks from their closet for this shoot with Yuki Kikuchi.
What does sexy mean to you?
F: Balanced W: Look up Rodrigo Alves
What’s your favourite piece from your closet? F: I’m making it right now W: My Enjoy tank top.
How do you become a style icon?
F: I don’t know, just be yourself. Even if you are a shit, just be yourself and no one can touch u. W: Don’t follow street wear like a zombie and don’t follow high fashion like a zombie. Follow yourself like a zombie.
What’s the truest cliche?
F: Ignorance is bliss W: “Santa Claus is comin’ to town.” Because he really is. He really is.
What’s your biggest fear?
F: Dying before enlightenment W: Decapitation, prison, US being invaded, sleep paralysis. Those are some big ones.
What historical figure do you identify with? F: Oscar Perdomo W: I try to identify with Socrates, because he had great theories.
What are you listening to now? F: Nosferatu W: Denzel Curry, Cowgirl Clue, Mahne Frame, Divino Nino, Puzzle, Hannah Diamond, and Discharge.
What do you do for fun? F: Loiter, play hockey, get parking tickets
W: I play hockey whenever I can.
Describe your dream date? F: Already been on that date. Manila 2018.
W: I’ve already been on em all. They been real great. x)
Do you ever get nervous? F: Yeah. Most likely an adrenaline od tho. W: Yep, all the time.
What are you reading right now? F: The Power Of Now. W: Sandman
What turns you on?
F: Connecting with a person over and over again. W: A nice hunchback.
What happens when we die? F: Hopefully a release of some sort.
W: If I knew I’d be executed! Then I’d find out ;)
The Garden
Originally Published in Issue 20
Photos by Yuki Kikuchi
The Garden is a visual musical experience like no other. Energetic, chaotic, wrong, and right. Wyatt and Fletcher Shears are the Orange County twin brothers who make up the post-punk duo. Experimenting with instruments since the age of 11, the two now perform their truly wild genre-bending music like a pair of rock mime acrobats to massive crowds of dedicated fans. Together they stand for pure creative expression in all facets of their life. Nauseated by the fast-paced trend cycle and the destructive world of luxury fashion brands, Wyatt and Fletcher bring an authentic, unbranded form of fashion back to life. Despite their handsome, model-ish looks, the two remain humble, almost shy. Using the thrift store like a costume box, The Garden redefines what it means to have style. We asked the twins to put together some of their fav looks from their closet for this shoot with Yuki Kikuchi.
What does sexy mean to you?
F: Balanced
W: Look up Rodrigo Alves
What’s your favourite piece from your closet?
F: I’m making it right now
W: My Enjoy tank top.
How do you become a style icon?
F: I don’t know, just be yourself. Even if you are a shit, just be yourself and no one can touch u.
W: Don’t follow street wear like a zombie and don’t follow high fashion like a zombie. Follow yourself like a zombie.
What’s the truest cliche?
F: Ignorance is bliss
W: “Santa Claus is comin’ to town.” Because he really is. He really is.
What’s your biggest fear?
F: Dying before enlightenment
W: Decapitation, prison, US being invaded, sleep paralysis. Those are some big ones.
What historical figure do you identify with?
F: Oscar Perdomo
W: I try to identify with Socrates, because he had great theories.
What are you listening to now? F: Nosferatu
W: Denzel Curry, Cowgirl Clue, Mahne Frame, Divino Nino, Puzzle, Hannah Diamond, and Discharge.
What do you do for fun?
F: Loiter, play hockey, get parking tickets
W: I play hockey whenever I can.
Describe your dream date?
F: Already been on that date. Manila 2018.
W: I’ve already been on em all. They been real great. x)
Do you ever get nervous?
F: Yeah. Most likely an adrenaline od tho.
W: Yep, all the time.
What are you reading right now?
F: The Power Of Now.
W: Sandman
What turns you on?
F: Connecting with a person over and over again.
W: A nice hunchback.
What happens when we die?
F: Hopefully a release of some sort.
W: If I knew I’d be executed! Then I’d find out ;)
See this story in print: Issue 20