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LONESOME ROUTE

white shirt Saint Laurent /  hat&boots Route 66 Cowboy / tie Jack and Miles Bolo / suite Vintage sourced

Editorial 02 JUNE / fashion editorial 

BEYOND ROUTE 66: THE PITSTOP DREAMS OF AUSTRALIAN AMERICANA

This story ventures beyond the classic American cowboy myth, tracing a line that runs from the neon glow of Route 66 to the sun-scorched backroads of the Australian Outback. It’s a modern western, yet its soul is timeless — rooted in the wandering spirit of dusty highways and the endless search for freedom.

Capturing the dark romance of motel rooms and flickering roadside pitstops — places where stories begin, end, and echo in the silence of the desert night. The silhouettes are sharp: rugged outback tailoring collides with effortless denim and the mystery of slinky motel wear. Each image holds the tension of the journey — the restless pause of a drifter or the quiet confidence of a cowboy alone with his thoughts.

This is the untold story of the Outback Circuit — of small rodeos and local legends, of Indigenous cowboys and the unspoken codes of brotherhood under the sunburnt sky. It’s a narrative that celebrates the textured patina of cracked leather and sun-faded denim, of shadows and secrets flickering through blinds.

LONESOME ROUTE is a tribute to the slow journey and the fleeting magic of the pitstop — a place to rest, reflect, and dream again.

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Photographer Johnny Diaz Nicolaidis, Model Max Merifield at Chadwick Models, Fashion & Set Stylist Jasmine Christie, Assistant Aleks Pepelasev

Whispers of Dust and Stars

Under big sky’s hush,
a trail of rattling wheels
and dusk-bathed dreams,
where Route 66 meets outback winds.

Cowboy hat shadows,
echoes of banjo strings,
in the cracked earth of longing,
we chase the sun’s gold hem.

white singlet Diesel /  leather belt  Dsquared2 / high waisted pants Vintage  / check shirt G Star

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white singlet Diesel / jeans Wrangler /ring worn as neck cuff Dolce&Gabbana /vintage bandanna  Route 66/leather belt  Dsquared2 

white shirt Saint Laurent /  hat&boots Route 66 Cowboy / tie Jack and Miles Bolo / suit Vintage sourced

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white singlet Diesel / jeans Wrangler /tie Jack and Miles Bolo /leather belt Dsquared2 

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white shirt Saint Laurent /  hat Route 66 Cowboy / tie Jack and Miles Bolo / suit Vintage sourced

The Lonesome Room
In the flicker of motel bulbs
they find themselves—
a boy, a suit,
the echo of a borrowed story.

Jeans pool on the floor,
a fringe jacket crumples—
no outlaw here,
just the gentle hush
of a stranger’s reflection
pressed into cracked tile.

white singlet Diesel /  denim jacket  Levi's / jeans Wrangler

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white thermal Uniqlo / jeans Wrangler / Vintage Boots Route 66

white shirt Diesel / jeans Wrangler / leather jacket Vintage sourced

white shirt Saint Laurent /  hat&boots Route 66 Cowboy / tie Jack and Miles Bolo / suit Vintage sourced

white singlet Diesel /  denim jacket  Levi's / jeans Wrangler

 jeans Wrangler / Vintage Hat Route 66

white shirt Diesel / jeans Wrangler / leather jacket Vintage sourced

white shirt Saint Laurent /  hat Route 66 Cowboy / tie Jack and Miles Bolo / suite Vintage sourced

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Neon Mirage
In motel mirrors,
cowboy hats tilt and dreams flicker—
skin and sweat,
the hush of denim
slipping off the night.

A crack of light
catches the edge of a smile,
the glint of dust on a suit,
and the hiss of a neon sign
dying in the dark.

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 jeans Wrangler 

white singlet Diesel / check shirt G Star / jeans Wrangler vintage T Route 66

 leather belt Dsquared2 

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red shirt Centurion / jeans Wrangler /tie Jack and Miles Bolo leather belt Dsquared2 

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white shirt Saint Laurent /  hat&boots Route 66 Cowboy / tie Jack and Miles Bolo / suit Vintage sourced

white shirt Saint Laurent /  hat Route 66 Cowboy / tie Jack and Miles Bolo / suite Vintage sourced

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 jeans Wrangler / vintage boots Route 66

THE LUMEN

Unit12, Studio 14

Millmead Industrial Estate

Millmead Road

London

N17 9QU

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