Fashion Utopias? Identity, Performance and Community-making in the contemporary New York fashion scene**
Labels
Eckhaus Latta (@eckhaus_latta ; 109k))
Barragan (@Barragannnn ; 56,3k)
Women's History Museum (@womens_history_museum ; 14,6k)
Spaces of Appearance
Clubs (NYC)
People connected to the labels under scrutiny
China Chalet (Chinatown)
The Box (SoHo)
Slake: "Battle Hymn" and "Holy Mountain" by Ladyfag (@ladyfag ; 80,8k)
Gogo Graham (@gogograham ; 8,2k)
Vaquera (@vaquera.nyc ; 36,1k)
Gauntlett Cheng (@gauntlettcheng ; 15,4k)
Hood By Air (@hoodbyair ; 514k)
Groups of Intimacy
Instagram people
Virtual spaces
Tumblr
Instagram stories
Direct Messages or "DMs"
"Club Glam" by Dese Escobar (@1inamilli0nangel; 7,5k)
"Heaven On Earth" by Tyler Sunderland (@tysunderland, 6,8k)
accounts
Ex Fashion interns I interviewed
Journalists
Public Hotels (SoHo) "Linda" + "Something Special" by Frankie Sharp
Alexandra Marzella. Ex escort, Model, performance artist, Instagram persona. Close to India Salvor Menuez. (@artwerk6666 ; 72k)
India Salvor Menuez. Queer, non-binary actress, model for Eckhaus Latta, performance artist and major figure of the scene. (@iiindiia ; 68,9k)
Photographers
American Music & Art world connections
Music
Juliana Huxtable
Kim Petras
Erik Goldberg, ex intern for Eckhaus Latta (@sad_random_gay_guy ; 794)
Rachel Witus, Rhode Island School of Design graduate specialized in knitwear, ex intern for Gauntlett Cheng, now works at Ralph Lauren (@vision__bored ; 1,6k)
Fashion Videographers I interviewed
Derek Johnson (_derek_johnson ; 15,8k)
Michael Bailey Gates (@michaelbaileygates ; 48,7k)
Ava Nirui
private accounts
public accounts
real instagrams
"finstas" for friends
Stores
The Break (Williamsburg, Brooklyn) (@shopthebreak ; 19,8k)
Totokaelo (@totokaelo ; 103k)
Vfiles (SoHo) (@vfiles ; 310k)
Opening Ceremony (SoHo) (@openingceremony ; 1,1M)
Chromat (@chromat ; 99k)
Shayne Oliver (now working for Helmut Lang) (@shaynehba ; 9k)
Ian Isiah (@ianisiah ; 42,6k)
Zoe Latta
Mike Eckhaus
Victor Barragan (@ytinifninfinity ; 16,3k)
Esther Gauntlett
Jenny Cheng
Patric DiCaprio
David Moses
Bryn Taubensee
Claire Sully
Amanda McGowan
Rivkah Barringer
Charli XCX
SOPHIE
Kelela
Arca
The Blond
Bars
The Rosemont (Brooklyn)
Hotel Americano (Downtown Manhattan)
SoHo House NY. Sebastian Tribbi is a member.
Photographers
Ryan McGinley
Michael Bailey Gates. Model for Eckhaus Latta, friends with India Salvor Menuez and Alexandra Marzella.
Meme creators
Sebastian Tribbie (@youvegotnomale ; 64,4k). Queer club host and Internet persona whose memes are focused on queer club culture in NYC
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Hannah from Male Fragility. Friends with India Salvor Menuez. (@malefragility ; 19,7k)
Veronica So
Stylist Emma Wyman (@emmawyman ; 19,9k)
Brendan Jo. School of Visual Arts graduate. Worked for Barragan and friends with Victor Barragan, Derek Johnson, Quinton Mulvey, Charlie Ann Max, Niko Zucchero, Rachel Witus among others. (@schoolofvisualarts ; 1,4k)
Peter Do (@doxpeter ; 43,2k)
Homic by Joshua Homic (@homic_ ; 6k)
Samuel Gamberg . Works for Gayletter magazine (@samuelgamberg ; 1,7k)
Ser Serpas. Student at Columbia, performance artist, model for Women's History Museum. Close to India Salvor Menuez. (@ser_sera ; 12,3 k)
Hayden Dunham. Artist. Model for Eckhaus Latta. Close to India Salvor Menuez. (@haydendunham ; 8 k).
Quinton Mulvey. FIT graduate. Ex-assistant for stylist Tom Von Dorpe. Instagram figure in the queer and fashion scene. (@quintonmulvey ; 14,3 k )
friends with FIT graduate Charlie Ann Max. Ex intern at Jeffrey Rudes, now works for The Break, a successful vintage store in Williamsvurg, Brooklyn. (@charlieannmax ; 3,3k) .
friends with FIT graduate Niko Zucchero (@nikozucchero ; 1,3k)
friends with fashion film director Derek Johnson
Ashton Lang. Parsons fashion student. Model. Instagram figure in the queer and fashion scene. (@ashtonll ; 11k)
Friends with Jordan Stawecki. Club kid. Major figure of the queer club scene
(@stawecki ; 13,4k)
Club performer and drag icon Sussi. Based in London. (@thatgirlsussi ; 85,7k)
Friends with film director Derek Johnson (_derek_johnson ; 15,8k)
modelled for and befriended Belgian designer Ludovic de Saint Sernin, based in Paris. LVMH Prize nominee. (@ludovicdesaintsernin
friends with School of Visual Arts graduate and videographer Brendan Jo who worked for Barragan.
Friends with trans model and activist Theodora Quinlivan who is also a club scene figure. Friends with Jordan Stawecki, Mclayne Mcmat and Sussi among others.(@teddy_quinlivan ; 47,4k)
friends with art director and club scene figure McLayne Ycmat (@mycmat ; 7k)
friends with Marquale Ashley (@lilgayboy) who modelled for Vaquera and is close to Hood By Air members and the queer club scene in general.
Ryan McGinley (@ryanmcginleystudios ; 242k) photographed Quinton Mulvey.
Other important fashion brands in NYC
Maryam Nassir Zadeh (@maryam_nassir_zadeh ; 147k). On top of having her own line, she also sells brands like Eckhaus Latta, Sophie Buhai and Jacquemus.
Friends with French designer Jecquemus
Friends with Sophie Buhai
Friends with model Hailey Benton-Gates
Sells Eckhaus Latta
Camilla Deterre. Model and interior designer. She models for Eckhaus Latta and Maryam Nassir Zadeh.A bit older than the generation of the labels under scrutiny(@camilladeterre ; 28,9k)
The Row
Sophie Buhai