AndrewAndrew
Roosevelt Island

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AndrewAndrew (who are only quoted together) say: “We’ve been dressing identically for almost eight years. We were both born with the name Andrew, and when we met we thought maybe we’d do a project one day—and then this happened. Once we got rid of our old clothing, it was serious. We couldn’t stop. If something has a stain on it, we have to stain the other one as well. It’s compulsory. We were at an art opening in Chelsea, and someone bumped into me. I spilled wine on my shirt, and Andrew had to immediately do the same. We were on the train coming back from Chicago, and we had on white pants and a white shirt, and I spilled red wine on my pants, and immediately Andrew had to do the same. We still wear them; the red stain makes a nice story.”

“The glasses are from Friedrich’s Optik. Every pair of frames is handmade and stamped with an ID number; they’re handcrafted in Germany. They are real—we need them to see. But even if we didn’t, we’d still wear them.”

“These shoes are from a season or two ago at Commes Des Garcons. We can’t stop wearing them, because we get so many compliments. Fashion people know the print from CDG, and rock & roll people think of the Rolling Stones.”

“The pants are J.Crew. We’re East Coast–preppy with a strange twist, like the British eccentrics. We don’t look like we came out of a Dior runway show; we’re not coal miners dressed in space suits. If we were to wear really insane stuff, it would just be too much.”

Interviews by Nina Christensen, Lauren Shopp and Allison Steinberg

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