The chequerboard pattern denotes an unmistakably new-wave style, one that has been put through the ringer by various not-very-fondly remembered musical revivals: instead of pork-pie-hat fabulousness, the look is these days associated more with minor members of No Doubt or nu metal singers from the mid-noughties.
Well, erase all such dubious thoughts from your mind: in its Frank Stella-ish geometry, it’s an arresting look that deserves a reboot.
