Joel K-KZO

Joel Knörnschild is the creative director and founder of fashion brand KZO, created in 2006. KZO is “Cinematic Fashion” | ditransitive verb: the art of holding captive visual narratives; drama, moods, & voices for each season’s collection. Fashion company located in Los Angeles in the Arts District, a physical ground zero anchoring the DNA of KZO.

Website — http://www.kzocinematic.com

Latest Posts

“Barnacle” Playing in Osaka

November 30th 09, 4:06

“Barnacle” playing in Osaka, Japan at “Voice of Nature” Installation. Barnacle consists of: Brett Westfall (Unholy Matrimony) | Katie Malia | and myself.

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“Voice of Nature” Osaka Installation

November 26th 09, 2:18

On Friday, November 20th, Brett Westfall and I held an art installation, drawing, Polaroid Retrospective, and our band “Barnacle’ played at Remix in Osaka, Japan. Band video & photos coming soon….

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“Voices of Nature” Osaka Art Show

November 17th 09, 8:29

Brett Westfall (Unholy Matrimony) and I are exhibiting an art show at Remix in Osaka on Friday, Nov. 20th entitled “Voices of Nature,” showing drawings and a retrospective Polaroid exhibition. In addition, “Barnacle” (our band) will be playing. Hope to see you there.

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Japanese Mag for American Police

November 13th 09, 11:21

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Michael Lau + Barracuda Show | Press & Etc.

September 30th 09, 14:19

Yesterday Barracuda held the grand opening for Micahel Lau’s art show. Sneak Peak Below. More Pictures from SlamXHype’s show coming soon….

My friend Patrick McKenzie directed this great commercial for Filler Magazine.

KZO got a great writeup by Aloha Rag’s owner, Mr. Tatsugo Yoda in New York Times T-Style Magazine. He has two amazing stores in Honolulu and New York City. Our Muir flannel was listed as one of his favorites.

Saw Bon Iver play a sold out concert at the Wiltern last Friday. They were amazing.

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Video of them playing “The Swimming Song” with special guests, Megafaun.

You can read more at the “Cinematic Journal” by KZO website HERE
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Updates & Without Sun Video

September 14th 09, 10:19

My talented friend Patrick McKenzie just directed this video for Filler Magazine out of Canada featuring some of the KZO collection.

The New York Time Style Mag. just did a featuring with some of KZO’s pants from Autumn 09 | Online Version HERE

#2 | KZO Conservation Pants

#6 | KZO Timber Pants

Just did an interview with John Tan @ his casting website. See more HERE

Brand: KZO
KZO is “Cinematic Fashion” | ditransitive verb: the art of holding captive visual narratives; drama, moods, & voices for each collection.
Date/Time of your Show: Please visit: www.kzocinematics.com
Collections to Date: 6thSynopsis behind the concept of the new S/S 2010 collection:
For S/S 2010, I read the Neil Young biography “Shakey,” written by Jimmy McDonough that I could not put down and was listening to a lot of his music at the time, specifically the “Rust Never Sleeps Live Album” from 1979. It’s really garage, heavy and grungy sounding, influencing many symbolic musicians down the road. Neil’s extremely outspoken and independent, driving his 1948 black Pontiac hearse named “Mort” down from Canada. He lived in Echo Park, Los Angeles for a while, so I identified with his relationship to the west coast.
This season’s collection is entitled “Into the Blue, Out of the Black,” based on a fictional US band tour that I created. The clothes revolve around being comfortable and fabrics that feel special.
Perfect model for your collection this season?
Neil Young has an extremely intense stare and eyes, so we wanted the model to have this type of characteristic and sophistication.
Key looks/colors we should expect to see in S/S 2010?
Organic cotton jersey tank tops and v-necks, native American yarn-dyed native American pattern fleece blazer with matching shorts, 3/4 sleeve check-pattern woven shirts, “freedom-sleeve” indigo fleece cardigan, and lightweight chambray “easy pants,” all made in Japan.
As a label, which creative phase do you find most gratifying?
I think that like making a feature film, there are many departments involved to realize the overall vision. Without one of these parts, the film is sacrificed. So with this in mind, I find that fulfilling the final vision each collection to the fullest is the most gratifying.
Are there plans to show your future collections in New York?
Possibly IF I can present the brand correctly.
Bonus Question: Who would be the ideal individual (living or not) that you would love to see wearing your new collection?
Stanley Kubrick or obviously Neil Young.

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Sushi & Friends in Town

August 28th 09, 11:49

Austin Sherbanenko of Odyn Vovk, Paul Conrad of Orthodox, Warriors of Radness, etc. and the Blackbird team are in town and we hit up a Sushi Roku in Santa Monica.

Old Milwaukee

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Brett Westfall’s COMME des Garcons x Unholy Matrimony Collaboration

August 27th 09, 10:49

Brett Westfall’s Unholy Matrimony has collaborated again with COMME des GARCONS; this time painting 3 limited edition tee shirts for the CDG store in Isetan, Shinjuku. Each shirt is meticulously painted and was first featured in the COMME des GARCONS Homme Plus Spring 09 Collection. You can see Brett’s journey below.

CDG Homme Plus Sp09

Painting CDG H.P. in Tokyo

CDG x Unholy Matrimony Isetan Collaboration

KZO x Unholy Matrimony Autumn | Winter 09 Collaboration

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Recent Press | Creative Growth | Etc.

August 18th 09, 12:02

Recent KZO Press

Swoon Magazine NYC | Kern Blazer Jacket

Just made a trip up to Creative Growth in Oakland CA for Creative Growth for Everybody’s Autumn 10 collection. It’s always humbling to see all of the artists working away on amazing artwork.

About Creative Growth:
Creative Growth is the oldest and largest nonprofit visual art center in the country, providing
arts programs to adults with developmental, physical, mental, and emotional disabilities.
Creative Growth provides a stimulating environment for artistic instruction, gallery promotion
and personal expression. The more than 120 adults enrolled in the program create imaginative,
beautiful, and finely crafted works, and receive proceeds from their sale.
Artwork fostered in this unique environment is included in prominent collections and
museums worldwide.
For more information on Creative Growth, please go to: http://creativegrowth.org/

Men.Style.com Article

Raan Parton of Apolis Activism just got married last weekend in Santa Barbara. | Suits by Apolis Activism

Stacking Food on Animals
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2nd Trailer for “Where the Wild Things Are”

August 11th 09, 20:20

The 2nd trailer for Spike Jonze new movie “Where the Wild Things Are.” It looks amazing & see for yourself.
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Autumn 09 Arrivals & Updates

August 4th 09, 11:41

Autumn 09 should be arriving soon to the better boutiques. Below’s a sneak peak of the Collection from pages of the “Cinematic Journal” N˚1. We also created a limited edition number of printed copies.

KZO x Unholy Matrimony Collaboration

Recent Press featuring the KZO x Masterpiece Day Hiker Backpack Collaboration.

Featured recently in the Los Angeles Times Image section on the impact of fashion houses and blogging.

You can read more on the article by clicking on the link HERE.

Sportswear International featured the KZO hat collaboration with the Recycled Dead Jewelry Designers.

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Together We Are Art Show Recap

July 27th 09, 10:45

Last Saturday, Miguel & the great store Barracuda in Los Angeles hosted an art show entitled “Together We Are.” It included Limited Seriographs by illustrators: Cleon Peterson, Mark Whalen (Kill Pixie), Megan Whitmarsh, Nathaniel Russell, Deedee Cheriel, Albert Reyes, Jared Purrington and Ramsey Dau.

It included drinks, music, and great people. Also, with the economy being eff’d right now, the super-limited prints were cheap. Win-win for everyone.

To see more about Barracuda go to | barracudashop.com
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KZO Spring | Summer 2010 Into the Blue, Out of the Black

July 7th 09, 12:22

Just finished the photoshoot for KZO’s Spring | Summer 2010 Collection “Into the Blue, Out of the Black” late last week. It was shot at El Cid, an amazing old restaurant/music venue near Sunset Junction, Los Angeles.

Spring | Summer Plot Line
Story | “Into the Blue, Out of the Black”
Soundtrack | “Hey Hey, My My” by Neil Young; “Arc,” by Neil Young, Arrangement by Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth
Palette | Indigo, Spring Red, Black, Heather Gray, Sky Blue, Charcoal
Categories | Chambray Woven Shirt, Organic fabric knits, Torn Japanese Selvage Denim, Mosaic Fleece Blazer with Matching Shorts, Linen Blazer, Couduroy Check-Pattern Shorts, Flannel Cotton Woven Shirts, Lightweight Spring Leather Jacket, KZO + Unholy Matrimony Collaboration N°4 Edition Double Layered Denim Jacket

KZO is “Cinematic Fashion” | ditransitive verb: the art of holding captive visual narratives; drama, moods, & voices for each season’s collection.

Neil Young Performing “Hey Hey, My My” Live at the Fuji Rock Festival in 2001.
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