Black is the New Black
Fashion. Metal. Not two words that necessarily go hand in hand with each other. But these days, you have full-blown ad campaigns from companies like Liquid Death featuring commercials with black metal diapers to advertise their water or corpse paint tutorials for young girls in an all-pink bedroom. You’ve got Rap artists wearing metal shirts, Metallica shirts sold at H&M. Metal IS fashion. You make a conscious decision each morning before putting on your favorite shirt about whether it’s going to be an Abbath’s face covering your entire torso kind of day or a low-key Dying Fetus kind of day. Denim or leather? Your style includes chunky jewelry, spikes and bullet belts, cargo pants and skinny jeans, New Rocks and Converse, Baphomet tattoos and piercings. Whether you want to admit it or own it..our community has a fashionable style all their own. Join our esteemed panelists as they explain how the two worlds of metal and fashion mesh into their careers. From sustainability and upcycling, custom stage gear, tattoos and body art as well as the current trends at the merch stands on tours across Europe. Join us to discuss how profitable (and fashionable) these two worlds can be.
And be sure to check out the Inferno Metal Fashion show at Goldie on Saturday at 14:30, hosted by RuPaul’s Drag Race Sweden winner Admira Thunderpussy. Here, we will highlight our panelists' work and some of the brilliant cast of characters that make sure that Oslo knows we are taking over this town every Easter.
Friday 18. April 15:00 - Room: Frognerparken
Mod: Jan Wappler // Odyssey Music (DE)
Jan has been passionate about music since a young age. Starting at 16, he was working in a music store for instruments for a long time, with a short break of 5 years in Spain (Madrid), he came back and worked 8 years at EMP in various departments but mostly in the music department for physical music products (CDs & vinyl) and accessories. Since 2022, he has been with Odyssey Music Network, managing merchandise and overseeing the D2C shops.
Kirsti Rosseland (NO)
Kirsti Rosseland comes from the visual art field and works as production manager, stage manager and site manager amongst others, mainly for festivals, concerts, art and theatre.
The fashion interest comes from both the craftsmanship, design and the visuals. Fashion makes you express yourself, it makes you bold, confident, excited and melancholy within the memories it can hold. She is working with a sustainable way to keep your dark fashion last longer.
Kim Dylla // Kylla Custom Rock Wear (US/SE)
Kim Dylla is a metal costume designer, entrepreneur, and singer hailing from Virginia, USA and Stockholm, SWE. Coming from an Academic background, she took the leap as a full time professional metalhead when she founded her clothing company Kylla Custom Rock Wear in 2012. Singing with Metal bands since 2001, most notably as Vulvatron of Gwar and currently with Ireland's Cruachan, Atlanta's The Burned Over and Virginia's Ekktoplasm, she strives to bring her metal aesthetic onto the world's biggest stages as she designs and fabricates unique custom stage wardrobes for metal legends and internationally touring bands.
Helena Viberg Olsen // Rodinia Generation (FO/DK)
Helena Viberg Olsen is the Head of technical & commercial design at an innovative danish start-up company; Rodinia Generation. With a focus on sustainability and environmental impact in the fashion industry, Rodinia Generation is committed to reducing waste, increasing value and eliminate overproduction. Helena's background is diverse, with experience ranging from technical design and pattern making to project management, communication and product development with a range of fashion brands like Mads Nørgaard, Henrik Vibskov, Hummel etc. Her educational foundation includes a PBA in Pattern Design and Business & Sustainability.
Mark Weatherhead // One For Sorrow Tattoo (GB)
The founder and visionary of One For Sorrow Tattoo Studio. Mark has a traditional academic background in fine art, digital art and photography, which he then progressed over into tattooing. Taught and mentored by Tommy Lee Wendtner and working extensively in leading tattoo studios in Germany, Mark has travelled extensively in Europe working conventions and guest spots for many years. Mark established the studio in 2020.