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1 Jul

10 bizzaro designers of the long run, in line

10 bizzaro designers of the long run, in line
From mutant jewels to medieval kitten heels, Jules Volleberg and Ying Suen of the cult APOC marketplace reveal their favourite discoveries of 2023 Since emerging from the depths of the pandemic in 2020, APOC Store has fast turn into a lodestone for extraordinary creations. As an alternative choice to traditional retailers, the web site provides a platform for emergent designers and artists to hawk unusual, hand-made items without stringent delivery windows or order minimums. “Designers can sell what they need after they want,” as co-founders Jules Volleberg and Ying Suen tell us. “The pace of the industry may be so unsustainable, which just perpetuates a very unhealthy culture. So we desired to create...
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28 Jun

Five fresh designers to look at from Antwerp’s legendary

Five fresh designers to look at from Antwerp’s legendary
From the university that birthed Raf Simons, Martin Margiela, and Ann Demeulemeester, here is the newest crop of names rising from the Belgian capital It wasn’t a lot a fashion show because it was a festival – flanked by beer tents and food trucks selling loaded fries – with one thousand guests piling right into a disused warehouse on the Port of Antwerp. It was also a test of human endurance – a four-hour assault of warmth, strobe lighting, and everchanging soundtracks – as students from the Royal Academy of High-quality Arts debuted their vibration-raising graduate collections. That there ought to be a lot commotion for a school showcase is testament to Antwerp’s unique...
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5 Jun

Designers Danny Santiago and Molly Rogers Talk ‘Sex and

Designers Danny Santiago and Molly Rogers Talk ‘Sex and
©Recent Line Cinema/Courtesy Everett Collection Recent York City is getting a fresh dose of the style from “Sex and the City.” Costume designers Molly Rogers and Danny Santiago, protégés of the series’ original stylist Patricia Field, have teamed as much as curate an immersive “Sex and the City” experience in SoHo, from Thursday to Sunday, at 477 Broadway, called “And Just Like That…It’s Been 25 Years, a Sex and the City Experience.” Rogers and Santiago function the style brains behind “Sex and the City” spinoff “And Just Like That.” Tickets for the event have already sold out. Fashion has long played an element of the character’s stories within the franchise, since its 1998 debut on HBO. Primary character Carrie became known for her...
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18 May

Black Designers From Theaster Gates and Prada Group Cohort

Black Designers From Theaster Gates and Prada Group Cohort
As promised, artist Theaster Gates and Prada Group are helping pave paths of access for creatives of color. Three members of the 14-person Dorchester Industries Experimental Design Lab assembled last yr for the inaugural three-year collaborative program are making their approach to this yr’s Venice Architecture Biennale, opening Saturday, to indicate their work. When the cohort was announced in April last yr, Gates, the brainchild behind this system, told WWD, “The Experimental Design Lab will develop into each a platform and a pipeline for exceptional Black and brown designers to be acknowledged for his or her brilliance and regarded for creative opportunities at the highest levels of artistic collaboration.” And he’s making good on his word. Architectural designers Mariam Kamara and Germane Barnes, in...
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