
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.

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



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

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

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



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

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.



jeans Wrangler

white singlet Diesel / check shirt G Star / jeans Wrangler / vintage T Route 66
/ leather belt Dsquared2

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


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

jeans Wrangler / vintage boots Route 66