"WILL SUFFERING EVER END?"
“WE ARE NEVER FINISHED WITH GRIEF. IT IS PART OF THE FABRIC OF LIVING,” V. S. NAIPAUL WRITES. “LOVE MAKES MEMORIES AND LIFE PRECIOUS; THE GRIEF THAT COMES TO US IS PROPORTIONATE TO THAT LOVE AND IS INESCAPABLE.” |
TO FORM RELATIONSHIPS, ONE REQUIRES AN ATTITUDE OF FLEXIBILITY. THIS ATTITUDE IS EXACERBATED UNIQUELY FOR THOSE WHO TRAVERSE THE NEW YORK BOROUGHS.
THE CONTRASTING LANDSCAPES AND CONTEXTS URGE VERSATILITY IN CHARACTER BUT EQUALLY IN THE VISUAL PRESENTATION OF IDENTITY. THOSE WHO HAVE STRUCK THIS BALANCE IN IDENTITY ARE ABLE TO ACCEPT GRIEF AND LOVE AS THE SAME AND APPRECIATE THAT WHAT IS PRECIOUS IN LIFE IS DUALITY. CONTRASTING LANDSCAPES CALL FOR VARIOUS UNIFORMS; THIS COLLECTION AIMS TO SATISFY AND BLUR THESE BOUNDARIES. CONSTANTLY MOVING BETWEEN NEW YORK’S SUBCULTURES, I’VE CREATED A COLLECTION EXHIBITING THE DUALITIES OF UPTOWN AND DOWNTOWN STYLE. THESE GARMENTS ARE A DOCUMENTATION OF THE SPACES I INHABIT, THAT THROUGH DESIGN BECOME FUNCTIONAL AND WEARABLE.
TAILORED ARCHITECTURAL REFERENCES MIRROR LANDMARK STYLES IN THE CITY’S LANDSCAPE; CHURCHES ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF THIS COLLECTION—PAYING HOMAGE TO THIS VENUE IN THE SILHOUETTES OF SHIRTS AND JACKETS. FABRICS AND TEXTURES TYPICALLY SEEN AS “FEMININE” ARE INTRODUCED ON MALE BODIES TO BLUR THE LINES OF TRADITION AND SOCIETAL NORMS. THE COLLECTION CENTERS ON THE COLOR BLACK, CREATING A UNIQUE AND SOPHISTICATED LOOK, A TESTAMENT TO THE FACT THAT COEXISTING BETWEEN THE CONTRASTING SPACES OF LOCATIONS WITHIN THE CITY REQUIRES VERSATILITY
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