FASHION Magazine

Maybe Depeche Mode (depechemode.com) got tired of Brooklyn kids biting their sounds. Maybe they ran out of cash to keep stocked in black turtlenecks. Maybe they, like Christophe Decarnin at Balmain, are going to cash in on the ‘80s revival as long as there’s still cash to go around. Whatever the reason, we’re happy the super trio is still making music in the 21st century–until we actually listen to the music and then we feel doubly sad. There’s the romantic sad: the existential lyrics, those gloomy Moogs! It’s dance music for partnerless wallflowers. And then there’s the nostalgic sad: didn’t they used to sound, well, exactly the same, but better back then?