Camo biker shorts, “Meth” football jerseys, mullets, and Karen wigs were an obvious ploy on the tropes of white trash – reproduced through a queer immigrant’s gaze in bulge-baring, bicep-wiedling silhouttes, and empty slogans. The US class system may be less stringent than the UK’s, but Barragán’s vision of an all-commodified America proved symptomatic of the downward spiral of its most dominant groups, recontextualised in garish, bastardised fashion staples.
Photography Hatnim Lee
