Click here for more details MTV VMAs 2016: Fashion—Live From the Red Carpet Rihanna Kicks Off the VMAs In Totally Badass Baby Pink Beyoncé Brings Black Girl Magic to the VMAs The decade that stretched spandex—and hair—to its limits is back. There’s a groundswell of interest in the ’80s this fall, and Jonathan Anderson, born in 1984 in Ireland, was one of the first to sense fashion’s shift away from ’70s languor when he showed a collection that nodded to ’80s great Claude Montana at Loewe last season. Keeping the ball rolling is FIT’s upcoming exhibition on the queen of New York’s club scene, Suzanne Bartsch, and a new online auction of ’80s Polaroids by Dutch photographer Auke Bergsma. When we think of ’80s fashion, though, it’s not only names like Montana, Mugler, Alaïa, and Gaultier that come to mind, but also the women who wore these bold looks center stage—Annie Lennox, Joan Jett, Sade, Madonna. While the exaggerated designer silhouettes were hardly DIY, singer Pat Benatar’s spandex-and-headband look was fashion-forward and self-styled all at once;

ditto for Madonna’s tulle skirts, lace leggings, and fingerless gloves or Cyndi Lauper’s madcap layered vintage getups. And when you consider the powerful imaging of female pop stars like Rihanna and Beyoncé today, it’s clear that it was stylish, fearless women like this who paved the way.Today we’re gonna to do some T-shirt stenciling! Stenciling is a cheaper, less messy, and somewhat easier alternative to screen-printing, and the results aren’t as detailed-looking or slick, but I actually like the lo-fi, handmade look of a stenciled tee. (You can stencil just about anything, but I mainly stick with T-shirts…I need to branch out.) How to do it: 1. First, pick an image that you want to put on your T-shirt(s). The images that work best are very simple, without a lot of detail or shade, and black-and-white—like the picture of Siouxsie that I’m using here. If the image you want to use is in color, you’ll need to convert it to black-and-white before moving on to the next step.

I use GIMP, a free program you can download here; but you can use any app you want—just adjust these instructions accordingly! 2. In GIMP, click on the Image tab and find Mode in the drop-down menu; you’ll get a second drop-down box with an option called Indexed—choose that. 3. Yet another pop-up box should appear—from that menu pick the option that says “Use black and white (1-bit) palette,” then click Convert. Just like that, your image is now stencil-able! 4. Since you’re going to cut this image out of a sheet of paper, you need to make sure that the “negative space” areas are all connected—in this case, the white parts of the image. In GIMP you can use the eraser tool to create little bridges, or lines, between unconnected islands of negative space. In the image above, you can see that Siouxsie’s teeth and the whites of her eyes need to be connected to their nearest white sections, or else my final print will look like this: How scary is that?

Make sure you add those bridges! 5. Print out your design. You can use regular printer paper, but I don’t recommend it—in my experience the paint bleeds all over the place unless you use this stuff:Kenmore Vacuum Cleaner Model 116 PartsIt comes in rolls that are usually by the tinfoil at the grocery story. Tyre Rates In KarachiIt’s about $5 for a huge roll, and it’s the absolute best for stencil making. Aquarium Moving Services TorontoFreezer paper has two sides: a regular paper side that you can print your design onto, and a glossy side that you can fuse to your fabric with a hot iron—that will prevent any horrible paint-bleeding that would blur the lines of your image. 6. Now you’re gonna cut out your stencil.

This isn’t hard to do at all, but it can be a bit tedious! Put on some good music or a podcast or something. Using your X-ACTO, cut out and remove the black areas of your design (unless you’re printing on a dark background, in which case reverse these directions) and pop them out. Be sure to keep those bridges connecting the white parts intact—the last thing you want to do is cut through them (remember Scary Zombie Siouxsie?). 7. Place your stencil on your T-shirt/fabric scrap/whatever and run an iron (on low heat) over the whole thing. This will stick the shiny plastic side of the freezer paper to the fabric to prevent the paint from bleeding out. 8. Using your sponge brush, press your paint into the open areas of the stencil—don’t like glob it on and push it around, or else you might push the paint into places it shouldn’t go (like under places the paper is covering). Leave everything alone to dry for a while. 9. When the paint is dry, check and see if you’ll need to add another coat (sometimes one doesn’t do the job).

Wait until all coats are dry before moving on to step 10. 10. Peel the stencil off. 11. Use your small paintbrush to fill in the blank lines where you made those little bridges in step 4. 12. And there you have it! One hand-stenciled Siouxsie patch (with a kind of wonky O). Don’t be discouraged if your first few attempts at stenciling aren’t perfect; you’re bound to have little mess-ups here and there. Those just add more charm! That’s what I tell myself anyway. Ever since the grand opening of their Lafayette store in 1994, Supreme have singlehandedly redefined what it means to be a cult brand. The mélange of influences and interests brandished throughout the iconic streetwear label’s designs have merged together a legion of devoted followers spanning across a vast landscape of subcultures; from skaters and punk rockers, to rappers and hypebeasts. Supreme drops are infamously fueled by hype, excitement and curiosity; with fans eagerly glued to their computer screens while refreshing their browsers until that glorious 11am curtain lifts to unveil their coveted range of sartorial offerings.

But a notable highlight accorded with every drop is seeing who the brand have enlisted to include in their broad catalog of storied collaborations. Ever fond of pop culture and outlandish graphics, the roster of Supreme’s collaborators consists of an eclectic mix of talent: cult film directors, skate legends, provocative artists, musicians and the like. Supreme collaborations have now grown to a sizable quantity, but with Halloween just around the corner, we took a moment to revisit some of the hallowed streetwear brand’s more macabre pairings. From obscure film references to hauntingly abstract illustrations, here are some of Supreme’s creepiest collaborations ever. Supreme’s SS15 collaboration with storied Japanese label UNDERCOVER sported a number of ghoulish graphics including a teddybear with a screw driven through its head, a shadowy Renaissance-style hand collage and, our personal favorite, an homage to one of cinema’s most iconic (and terrifying) villains, the Wicked Witch of the West.

Perhaps one of the greatest music collaborations the streetwear magnate has ever produced, Supreme flexed their inner goth when they conjured up a range of Siouxsie Sioux gear for their SS14 drop. In addition to fronting one of the world’s most influential rock bands – Siouxsie and the Banshees – Sioux’s signature cat-eye makeup, blood-red lipstick and all-black fetish attire would epitomize ’80s gothic fashion and anoint her as a style icon for years to come. This chilling capsule line was dedicated to the late Swiss artist H.R. Giger, known first and foremost for his surreal “biomechanical” graphics popularized via his Xenomorph design from Ridley Scott’s Alien film franchise. Introduced just a few months post Giger’s death, the FW14 collection immortalized his sinister designs via a coaches jacket, hooded sweatshirt, knit top, long-sleeved tee, two short-sleeved tees and two skate decks. For their FW15 sartorial lineup, Supreme showed some love for everyone’s most beloved martian with a series of goods adorned with a still from Steven Spielberg’s 1982 sci-fi family classic E.T. Comprising of a hoodie, t-shirt and skate deck, the capsule “phoned home” the NYC label’s fondness of pop culture icons.

Having established a penchant for eccentric artists, it came as no surprise when Supreme tapped director David Lynch for this 2011 t-shirt collaboration. Best known for his surreal neo-noir thriller Mulholland Drive (2001) as well as his oddball cult ’90s TV series Twin Peaks, one of the tees featured a still from one of Lynch’s earlier films, the hauntingly bizarre Blue Velvet (1986), while the other donned one of the director’s abstract drawings. This tee recalled a rather darker period in Britney’s career when the entire world was certain that she had gone completely insane, which was only further endorsed when the pop singer hastily decided to shave her head. To commemorate this moment, Supreme decided to sprinkle a bit of social commentary in their SS11 line by dishing out a bald-headed Britney tee complete with an “X” emblazoned on her forehead; making her analogous to another even more insane person, murdering cult leader Charles Manson. Esoteric American singer, songwriter, musician and artist Daniel Johnston offered his trademark zany scrawls depicting four-headed duck monsters and maimed torsos on a number of goods for the hallowed skate brand via a SS15 capsule drop (his second, actually).

Having established her gritty aesthetic in the ’80s by appropriating images from porn and high fashion, NYC-based artist Marilyn Minter warps glam into grotesque with her hyperrealistic, ultra-zoomed photographic style. For this skate deck series launched in 2008, Supreme chose three images – a string of pearls dangling from a lipsticked mouth, a high-heeled foot splashing a dirty puddle and a piercing eye framed by blurred wet lashes – which were taken by the artist between 2005-2006. In case these deranged-looking illustrations look familiar, you may recall the album cover for Kanye’s 2010 LP My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy; where Yeezy called upon the likes of artist George Condo to design the record’s provocative visual. One of the album’s final selections, depicting a demonic Kanye being straddled by a nude harpy, was ultimately banned from retailers, giving Supreme the perfect incentive to commission Condo to whip up a series of equally twisted images for a skate deck collection that same year.

Brooklyn-born artist and painter Robert Longo rose to prominence during the ’80s with his acclaimed series “Men in the City,” a commentary on yuppie culture which depicted sharply dressed businessmen writhing in agony. His mass media-influenced work centers on stark yet powerful imagery whose emotional potency is heightened by being intentionally placed in settings which lack any sort of context. Supreme’s 2011 collaboration with the artist produced a series of skate decks which donned Longo’s signature haunting artwork, from a suited-up man being forcefully raptured to a shadowy close-up of a woman’s chest. English artist sibling duo Jake and Dinos Chapman’s surreal and vulgar oeuvre often explore explicit themes like Nazism, mutilation, pornography and religion, making them one of the most controversial yet revered figures within the art world since their emergence during the early ’90s. Their pairing with Supreme in 2012 resulted in a series consisting of five skate decks that drew inspiration from the brothers’ grotesque child mannequins.

First launched in 1994 as one the brand’s first ever tees, this piece, featuring disturbed anti-hero Travis Bickle from Martin Scorsese’s visceral 1976 classic Taxi Driver, serves as a reminder of the now legendary skate brand’s “anti-establishment” origins. Alas, yet another oddball skate deck partnership. This time around, Supreme were in cohorts with English artist Damien Hirst, who is perhaps best known for his series of artworks in which dead animals (including a shark, a sheep and a cow) are preserved in formaldehyde. Inspired by Hirst’s experimental spin painting technique, this 2009 deck series revolved around the artist’s usual themes of death and malady. The forefathers of horror punk and purveyors of a logo which would be recycled throughout streetwear for years to come, Misfits have since become somewhat of an integral figure within the skate community. So, as lovers of all things macabre and skate, it was only a matter of time before Supreme decided to assemble their own personal spin on the band’s logo – inspired by the 1946 horror film The Crimson Ghost – via a versatile mix of ghoulish garms.

Though they’ve teetered across various rap subgenres throughout the years, diehard fans will forever remember Memphis-born hip-hop crew Three 6 Mafia (as in “666” Mafia) for their early horror-themed sound that would position them at the forefront of underground hardcore rap. To commemorate their legacy, Supreme dropped a small tee collection to accompany their FW12 drop, the creepiest member being this ’90s-style grim reaper logo which serves as the mascot for their record label, Hypnotize Minds. Known for his hyper-representational paintings that fuse fantasy and erotica, Peruvian artist Boris Vallejo’s work has covered dozens of science fiction paperbacks and featured in a series of glossy best-selling calendars. Subjects of his paintings often include sword and sorcery gods, busty battle-ready barbarian women and grotesque mammoth-sized beasts. Clearly peaking the interest of the imaginative streetwear mainstay, 2014 saw a set of t-shirts created in collaboration with the artist.