Chloë Sevigny was initially skeptical of reissuing her Fucking Awesome skateboard. The 2014 deck, which bares Sevigny’s senior class portrait, is now worth upwards of $1,000 on EBay. “At first, I was like, ‘Oh, I don’t know,'” Sevigny tells WWD. “It was such a perfect thing and it existed in its own little bubble.” What sold her on the idea, though, was the prospect of creating the brand’s first-ever women’s collection. Chloë Sevigny x Fucking Awesome “For a while, the only skatewear you could ever get as a girl was like, a Thrasher panty,” Sevigny jibes. “I thought, ‘let’s do a sexy baby tee, let’s do a crop, let’s do a booty short with Fucking Awesome across the butt.'” Featuring a sparkly new version of her coveted skateboard deck, Sevigny’s capsule puts an edgy spin on back to school attire. Eyelet-trimmed tennis skirts, knit argyle vests and patch logo polo tees give the collection a uniform feel that still manages to honor the brand’s DIY roots. Even Sevigny’s skirt design is based on a garment she upcycled herself. “I actually sewed rows of eyelet onto a kilt because [stylist Haley Wollens] had cut it really short,” Sevigny explains. Ranging in price from $18 to

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