Skingraft, You've Done It Again! @ ChinaShop
[ 3 October 2009 ]
Jonny Cota, Cassidy Haley & Katie Kay didn’t set out to be fashion designers. As world-class travelling circus performers, their desire to costume themselves in a way that was edgy & opulent eventually got the better of them. They started making their first custom pieces for friends & colleagues in 2005, before deciding to embark on ready-to-wear in 2007.
Inspiration was garnered from vintage military uniforms & one of Katie’s long-time heroines, Amelia Earhart. The references are clear, & can be seen in Skingraft’s fitted leather jackets with epaulettes & studded detail, canvas trousers with leather patches & fabulous holsters. Their pieces are functional but luxurious at the same time; hedonistically utilitarian. Cross the sensibilities of a Luftwaffe pilot with the decadence of Karl Lagerfeld & you’re getting the idea…
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i love the aviator look :)
Mmmm . . aviator chic . . .
My great uncle met Amelia Earhart! He died years ago, but I still remember that… he told me she was very soft spoken and ‘seemed like a nice lady’ haha.
Great article! I dig the aviator look a lot! The best fashion designers are the ones who come into it accidentally.
This is a great collection! I wouldn’t mind having a bunch of pieces by them! :)
I love skingraft! :) Cassidy Haley also makes some good music, by the wayyyy.
Nice stuff and just in time for the new Amelia Earhart movie that’s coming out.
Beautiful stuff!