Filipinx-Canadian designer, Kelvin Stidwill celebrates the artistry of queer expression with their Ottawa-based label Kerotix. With emphasis on design as a sculptural practice, Kerotix’ audacious silhouettes aim to empower wearers to explore their oddity, sensuality, and strength in new ways.
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Fashion Art Toronto 23′ Roundup
Fashion Art Toronto (FAT) isn’t just a fashion week; it’s a pulsating artistic community celebrating the cultural ethos of Toronto’s emerging designers.
Mario Fugnitto Is On Fire
Mario Fugnitto is the visionary behind Toronto-based eponymous brand Fugnitto; a blend of Italian heritage and underground queer aesthetics which encompasses a fusion of the designers unique cultural vantage.
Gahm: Toronto-Made Leather Couture
Toronto-based visual artist and designer Avleen Kaur‘s leather goods practice GAHM has reinvigorated her love of craft, both in their intricately bespoke production and in the freedom of their adornment.
Sinz In Leather
For Halifax-based leather goods designer Brenda Duran, creativity is urgency. Having just launched her leather and kink accessories brand dubbed ‘Sinz in Leather‘, a melange of cholita vibes and nostalgic 90’s grunge, Duran describes the creative process as one fueled by questions of ‘what if’.