Tumblr Dreams and Ecstasy Hoodies: Meet Poison Candy Apple – i-D

Kevin Amato By the time Manon Macasaet appears on my screen—calling from a hazy Los Angeles morning, hoodie on, vape in hand—she’s already apologized in advance for any nerves. “I’ve done interviews before, but this one feels… big,” she confesses, eyes darting offscreen toward notes she’s methodically prepared. “I wrote so much stuff down because I really wanted to get it right.” It makes sense. Macasaet, a 25-year-old multidisciplinary artist, is launching Poison Candy Apple, a brand-turned-universe she’s been quietly constructing for the last two years. It just launched via Heaven by Marc Jacobs. If you know her, you probably know her from Story of My Fucking Life—the surreal, self-shot web series she created during lockdown—or from Tattoo Book, the art-tattoo collection featuring contributions from Harmony Korine and Ed Templeton. Maybe you’ve seen her offbeat lo-fi surreal video work for Pretty Sick, or her photography for brands like Stussy and Marc Jacobs. She’s been building this world—style, mood, and attitude—since her teens. Poison Candy Apple isn’t a pivot. It’s a culmination.“It’s something I’d been dreaming about for years,” Macasaet says. “I’d been working across so many creative projects—videos, shoots, directing, consulting—and I realized I wanted a home for all of it.”
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