Vampire Weekend Pants Watch: Ezra Koenig’s New Shorts, New Song

by Village Voice contributor

September 23, 2008

Wait til you see what’s on the bottom. Photo by Andrew Youssef

We enjoy the never-ending chortle that is Vampire Weekend’s prep-school-mannequin attire. C’mon, dog-embroidered sweaters? Eagle-patterned V-necks? Hickey-hiding neck-scarves? Pink shorts?

But this pair of shorts that Ezra Koenig pulled out last week in Pomona—is he just fucking with us?

Loafers, no socks, and boxers made out of Mrs. Roper’s muummuu?

Also: Vampire Weekend has a new song. It’s about furniture.

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