Four new designers who build clothes differently
From garments with no sewing to coats made in small LA drops, each with a specific method.
Who What Wear profiles four emerging designers: New York's Briah Taubman, a former painter and 2022 CFDA Fashion Future Graduate; London's Gina Corrieri, whose limited drops use secondhand, vintage and deadstock fabric; Los Angeles's Margaret Williamson Bechtold, whose label, founded in 2024, makes opera coats and gloves by hand from Japanese satin; and London's Grey Buscemi, who launched in February with garments assembled without sewing, borrowing from early-1900s aviation engineering.
Signal CheckEditor-picked profiles, not a market test
How much is substance, and how much is paid or hype?
Who What Wear's editors chose these four; each label is small and early (one launched in February, another in 2024). The specific methods, sewing-free construction and deadstock fabric, are what make them worth a look; whether the clothes hold up is something the profiles can't tell you yet.
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Vintage clothing
After exploring In London, L.A., and New York City, A New Guard of Fashion Designers Assembles, the wider practice of reusing old clothing is Vintage clothing.
Clothing from a previous era, which began as a response to textile shortages during World War I.
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