ICNY SS16 Cold Summer

More shiny socks and hi-vis jackets in the sportswear brand's new collection of reflective apparel

Reflective specialist brand ICNY (read it out as “Eye See New York”) launched in 2012 when designer Michael Cherman was hit by a car while biking home from work. The Brooklyn-based label started out with Cherman hand-pressing 3M reflective fabric onto socks, and ICNY has expanded to stylish athleisure pieces for all genders that scream to be seen, day or night. The just launched SS16 …

Notes: Why People Attend Fashion Week

Understanding the grander stylistic vision of designers, from materials to presentation

For at least two months of out every year, the Instagram feeds of many are swamped with fashion week images of runways and presentations. Some proclaim: I like this. Others simply make clear: I was there. In many instances, substance is unclear and a greater vision is minimized to a social post lost in the eternal scroll of things. There’s a more grounded reason some …

Maggie Thompson’s Makwa Studio

The textile artist challenges perceptions of Native American fashion with her knitted accessories

Minneapolis-based textile artist Maggie Thompson has been grappling with ideas, perceptions and systems of authenticity from the moment she was born. With a Native American father and an Irish-German mother, she’s met with questions every step of the way regarding her identity as Native American. The RISD alum (and member of the Fond du Lac Ojibwe tribe) offers answers—through her fine art works—to the challenging …