Posts Tagged ‘fashion’

 A page from IDENTITY

How was your creative process different when you worked on canvas versus using the body for fashion?

The only difference was that I didn’t have to walk around with a portfolio individually explaining my art. I wasn’t a social butterfly then and…Read the full article here

What’s the medium of your IDENTITY?

A page from IDENTITY

AfroPunk is considered a life style. The people who choose to physically identify with movement also live it in their everyday lives; they attend the events and concerts, spreading their message and experiences everywhere that they go. They are not “fashion-punks.”

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What’s the medium of your IDENTITY?

We present to you our Spring issue,  IDENTITY.

This issue looks at the materiality of Identity and how it takes shape in Art, Fashion, Style, and even gender.   We can hide behind it and create a shield; decorate it, glitter and sparkle it in order to reveal its translucency and invite the world inside; or materialize it, in order to transform the world around us.

“Your clothing should be an extension of your expression, not a fad” –Freddy Ly

Dekit sat down with a  Freddy Ly for a late dinner interview at the Sundance Café in Stamford, Ct,  with the hopes of getting to know this stylish Creator from Danbury Ct.

As a recent graduate of Western Connecticut State University who studied marketing but has a passion for fashion it was Freddy’s uncanny pairing of clothing and accessories that first caught our attention while at the Stamford Mall.  We gathered some info and figured he should be a Creator featured in “Do you? Do You!”

For our interview, Mr. Ly walks in like that of a fashion connoisseur- his hair, big, reminiscent of the 1960’s and is a striking compliment to his eclectic style. It is as if he has been living life as a big time New York City stylist. To be frank, it’s not what you expect to see from a guy out of Danbury, Ct.

Lets begin, after viewing a runway show on style.com, in his freshman year of college, it was then, that Freddy began to submerge himself into the world of high end fashion and design. He became a fanatic youtube user, searching for anything with collections of big name designers, slinky women catwalking to the tone of music and flashing lights at celebrity red carpet events.

“How I put together my clothes, you would never know where everything comes from.”

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