HIS HAIR, ASYMMETRICALLY-STYLED, FEATURES HEAVILY IN HIS PHOTOS. SOME DAYS, IT’S A TRADEMARK ACCESSORY AND OTHER DAYS, IT’S A DISGUISE.
Darren’s
smile
enters
the
room
first,
an
seldom can. For Darren, the blog is a diary,
effervescent glow that warms every corner of
his frenzied life encapsulated in montage.
space. When he speaks, the words bubble from his lips and with charisma so infectious, it’s hard not to cling to every word. It’s easy to understand why Darren’s blog, ‘Boy Moments’, is so captivating. The boy is a party, and it’s
Has this always-on approach affected the way he presents himself? His hair, asymmetricallystyled, features heavily in his photos. Some days, it’s a trademark accessory and other
the best one you’ve been to in a long time.
days, it’s a disguise. After photographing
With his bold, avant-garde style and side-
hesitate in saying that hair can transform a
swept hair, Darren certainly stands out from
photo. It’s one of the things that captures his
the crowd, so it’s hard to believe he never
attention when he’s at an event, trusty camera
had any interest in fashion growing up.
sidekick in tow. Jewellery too, draws his
As a teen, he dressed purely for comfort
gaze. And colour. And black. And statement
in trackpants and baggy t-shirts, until an
pieces. And subtle details. Like a kid in a
encounter with a stylish stranger changed
candy store, he wants to taste everything.
everything.
His only rule? That there be no rules.
He
describes
his
discovery
of fashion as a ‘stage of enlightenment’,
an infinite number of people, Darren doesn’t
after which nothing was ever the same.
And what else of the boy, the man, behind
Boy Moments was born out of Darren’s
of his eyes, and smiles as he lets us in on a
struggle
fashion
secret. “Naturally, it’s not actually sleek like this.
blogs. Never without a camera in hand, his
Naturally, it’s kind of wild.” Much like the boy, then.
to
find
male-relevant
the sweeping black fringe? He brushes it out
mission is to capture the kind of moments you always wish you could remember, but
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