Live From Outside The Final MisShapes Party Ever

Emily Gould — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:20:45 EDT

A burly bouncer, a middle-aged club-owner type and junior MisShape Leotard Fantastic himself all tried to prevent vidboy Alex Goldberg and Emily from documenting the enormously important event that was The Final MisShapes Ever Of All Time. Leotard Fantastic was such a little bitch about it too. We'd think that if you started a party basically as a marketing device for a brand, you'd eventually realize that attempting to control the way that brand is documented is a) ultimately futile and b) ultimately not particularly beneficial to you, but maybe that's something you learn when you go to college instead of spending the college years picking out your costumes and planning which songs you're going to "DJ" off your iPod. Still, this video is the only way our children's children will be able to know what MisShapes was like. Well, that and the book, the inevitable documentary, and the ads for Jansport backpacks.

Behind Blue(?) Eyes: Meet The MisShapes' Other Guy

abalk2 — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:20:07 EST

The Toronto Star takes the pulse of the culture:

The MisShapes have become international and Internet celebrities (albeit B-list) in their own right. This summer, they are releasing a fashion book featuring photos from their club night. They've been featured in The New York Times and they've deejayed for Versace and Calvin Klein. They also define "that's hot" - making U.S. music magazines Blender's Hot 100 and Spin's Hottest Top 25 lists.Although Lezark has become the breakout star of the trio, gracing the pages of Vogue, and Krelenstein is simply dubbed "The Other Guy," insiders know that Nicol runs The MisShapes show. Nicol is The MisShape who wears a signature black bowl cut so severe that Manhattan media gossip site Gawker has questioned whether he has eyes or not. But what nobody seems to know is that Nicol hails from Mississauga.

There's so much we don't know about The Other Guy — like the fact that he's usually referred to as Leotard Fantastic! After the jump, we let him explain who he is - his life, his loves, what really makes him tick - in his own words. Follow along, won't you?

On the Toronto music scene: "The only good thing coming from Toronto is Final Fantasy, MSTRCRFT and Crystal Castles."
On the importance of remaining upbeat: "Having a positive attitude, as cheesy as it sounds, is important."
On Debbie Harry: "If I had grandma hair, I'd wear a wig, too."
On man's need for sustenance: "I'm having a Big Mac Attack."
On the art of photography: "The great thing is that even if you're ugly, you'll look cool in our photos."
On fashion aesthetics: "I only wear clothes from Opening Ceremony."
On maintaining your vision and integrity: ""I'm not going to sit and pose with Benjamin Liu."
On the importance of friendship: "Sienna [Miller] is a good friend of ours, and I completely love anything to do with Warhol, especially anything that is an honest portrayal of that period in time."
Meet a MisShape [Toronto Star]

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Gawker: leotard fantastic

Live From Outside The Final MisShapes Party Ever

Behind Blue(?) Eyes: Meet The MisShapes' Other Guy