You gotta own a shirt this shape!!
Rare mockneck GEMS *plus* fire VHS art & more "UNBEATABLE RECON"
Controversial yet incontrovertible fact incoming: Mocknecks are cool as F**K !! Yes — Blackbird Spyplane is ready to give mocknecks the title of “poppingest-necklined garments of 2021” and WE DARE the next 12 months to prove us wrong … NOT GONNA HAPPEN !!
The fundamental appeal of the mockneck is its category-confounding tensions… Obviously it’s not a crewneck & it’s not a turtleneck, but that’s just the start of the mockneck’s dope liminality. Wear the right one (preferably but not exclusively longsleeved) & you can somehow simultaneously look like a ‘60s beatnik, a ‘90s skater, a Y2K coder AND a 2021 paramedic — i.e. a “chic poetic nonconformist” who “loves chilling” yet is also a “futurist visionary” out here “nobly & diligently devoted to the WELL-BEING OF OTHERS” ??
Elite resellers know the vibes… NYC’s Fantasy Explosion recently posted a SHINING FLEET of deadstock 1990 Champion mockneck sweatshirts (with side pockets!) in 5 different colors. Blackbird Spyfriend Charlie “Cherub” Franco DM’d us a FIRE souvenir WWDC2000 Apple mockneck in black size large, below left, from IG vintage account @knownbadboy (we slept and it is no longer available, damn), and then we saw a BOLD Land’s End mockneck at Space Camp, below right …