Travis Barker and Landon Barker.Photo: Phillip Faraone/Getty
Punk rock runs in the Barker family — but as it turns out when it comes to style,Travis Barkercan learn a thing or two from his sonLandon Barker.
On Tuesday night, Landon celebrated the launch of hisco-designed collectionwith fashion companyboohooMANat the Desert 5 Spot in Los Angeles. To mark the occasion, Landon spoke to PEOPLE about all things fashion, the collection and how his rockstar dad influenced his style evolution.
Landon Barker.Phillip Faraone/Getty
“I would just wear random stuff or I’d just dress super high-fashion. And then, when he started being with his wife, he started stepping up his fashion a little bit, just so he can get on her level,” he added of his new stepmomKourtney Kardashian, whom Travis, 46,wed last month in Portofino, Italy.
He continued, “[For] the longest time I was even more fashionable than my dad I’d say, but he stepped it up a lot. Now he can out-dress me.”
The singer-songwriter attributes his interest in fashion to the days traveling on tour with his dad.
Alabama Barker, Reign Disick, Kourtney Kardashian, Travis Barker, Landon Barker and Atiana de la Hoya.Chelsea Lauren/Shutterstock
“I would say that even when I was younger, I would be on tour with my dad and there would be… obviously I’d have to pack my stuff and bring it on tour because I’d go on tour for months at a time,” he says. “And when I would go on tour, I would only wear a certain pair of black jeans. Cause I only liked the fit of them and everybody would be like, ‘Change, you need to wear something else.’ Or I’d wear the same leather jacket every single day. And that’s kind of how I knew. That’s how I knew that I liked fashion. I knew what I liked and I knew what I didn’t.”
When it came to the collection, Landon’s one non-negotiable was that it represented him “as a person” and his “rockstar-ish” and “grungy, punk rock style.” The collection features pieces ranging from classic leather jackets, to pinstripe trousers, distressed t-shirts, biker jackets and pearl-detailed tank tops.
His favorites from the collection include a leather jacket with a skull pin on it, which gives it the small Landon touch he appreciates. He also loves thedistressed knot graphic badge detail jumper, because it gives him “old RAF Simons vibes — it’s sick.”
Landon Barker wearing boohooMAN x Landon Barker.
“I had a custom skull necklace made gosh, four or five years ago and they even asked me for a photo of it. I sent a photo of it, didn’t really know what it was for, and I end up seeing all the jackets [with] the exact same skull chain, but in a pin form. That’s really cool,” he says of thecroc vegan leather pin detail biker jacket.
And though the clothing drop is technically under the “mens collections,” the punk-rocker assures that it was tailored for “literally everybody” to wear.
“I don’t think it’s just for men, at all. Literally anybody can wear it. There’s pink shirts that are made of sheer and they’re mesh with cool designs on them. There’s oversized leather jackets. There’s oversized hoodies. There’s a bedazzled skull jacket,” he says. “It’s very unisex — it’s for everybody and anybody who appreciates my style or the way I dress.”
At the launch party, aside from Travis, Landon’s sistersAlabama BarkerandAtiana de la Hoyastepped out to support, making the occasion a family affair. Charli and Dixie D’Amelio were also present at the celebration.
At one point, Landon also got on stage and performed his hit song “Die in California” — which is featured onMachine Gun Kelly’s latest albumMainstream Sellout— among others.
Fans can shop theboohooMAN x Landon Barkercollection now.
source: people.com
