Textures can evoke feelings of elegance (such as silks) or informality (such as rough, tweedy materials).
Wong like many of the Locos is assertively a lifestyle exemplar more than a producer of art objects -- but one who nevertheless makes gorgeous images of saturated, rough-handed elegance, and objects of visceral impact, often incorporating the symbols and signs of outsider, transnational identity into his program.
This track is the first single from the album; a perfectly poised balance of elegance and rough edges.
For those inside SAPE, Wemba's "Society of Atmosphere-setters and Persons of Elegance" (a rough translation from the French), aspirational fashion was not a luxury, but a necessity.
Kraus writes with an elegance that includes enough rough edges to make I Love Dick a game for real.
The French-born Charles Anastase effectively melded Parisian elegance with English romanticism, contrasting rough burlap for slimline overalls with fairy-tale hoop skirts.
But it all hangs together with what De Graaf calls "a casual elegance," in line with the rough and rugged brand marriage of OMA and G-Star – or, as Ray puts it, "two brands having unprotected sex".
The antiquated, refined elegance of Victorian Goth and the rough, edgy futurism of Rivetheads may seem a completely incompatible combination.
"It's rough, robust, but at the same time has an elegance to it," Mr. Weinberg said.
