For the fourth edition of NYFW: Men’s, we have assembled an impressive crop of noteworthy emerging menswear talent for Platform 3 underwritten by Samsung and Axe.
Meet Garciavelez, Landlord, Matiere, Matthew Adams Dolan, N-p-Elliott, Willy Chavarria and You As today, and look out for Bode and Jahnkoy later in the week.
N-p Elliott
Designer: Nicholas P Elliott
Launched: 2014
Retailers: Our Online store
What was your first job? Assistant to an interior designer
Favorite Film: Orlando
Web Addiction: New Scientist
Who has inspired you creatively? Joseph Beuys
If you weren’t a designer, what else would you be? Bioengineer
Matiere
Designers: Scot Shandalove & Jake Zeitlin
Launched: S/S 2014
Retailers: Ron Herman, Steven Alan, American Rag, Oak, Beams, Fred Segal JP
What was your first job? Grocery Bagging (Scot), Smoothie Technician at Jamba Juice (JAKE)
Favorite Film: Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Scot), Heat (Jake)
Web Addiction: Netflix Documentaries (Scot), Ted Talks (Jake)
Who has inspired you creatively? Stu & Sherry Shandalove (Scot), Harriet Zeitlin (Jake)
If you weren’t a designer, what else would you be? NBA (Scot) Architect/Doctor (Jake)
You As
Designer: Tony Liu
Launched: January 2016
Retailers: Opening Ceremony
What was your first job? Cashier at my parent’s Chinese restaurant when I was a teenager
Favorite Film: Rocco and His Brothers
Web Addiction: Curbed.com, 1stdibs.com
Who has inspired you creatively? Interdisciplinary artists and designers
If you weren’t a designer, what else would you be? Interior designer or anything else involving aesthetics that uplifts people
Landlord
Designer: Ryohei Kawanishi
Launched: 2015
Retailers: Opening Ceremony
What was your first job? Manny (Nanny)
Favorite Film: Home Alone 2
Web Addiction: eBay
Who has inspired you creatively? Joseph Weil
If you weren’t a designer, what else would you be? Construction worker
Matthew Adams Dolan
Designer: Matthew Adams Dolan
Launched: 2015
Retailers: Opening Ceremony, SSENSE, Addition Adelaide, Addicted Seoul
What was your first job? Paper route with my sister and a Radio Flyer
Favorite Film: The Empire Strikes Back
Web Addiction: Fail Videos
Who has inspired you creatively? My mom
If you weren’t a designer, what else would you be? A puppy
Garciavelez
Designer: Carlos Garciavelez
Launched: 2015
Retailers: H. Lorenzo, Secret Location, Insigne
What was your first job? Assistant, Architecture Magazine
Favorite Film: Jacques Tati’s PlayTime
Web Addiction: NYT and Mario Run app
Who has inspired you creatively? Gordon Matta-Clark this season
If you weren’t a designer, what else would you be? Filmmaker
Willy Chavarria
Designer: Willy Chavarria
Launched: 2015
Retailers: Barneys, Opening Ceremony, Wild Style LA, American Rag
What was your first job? Washing Dishes
Favorite Film: The Exorcist
Web Addiction: CSpan Live
Who has inspired you creatively? Larry Clark, Grace Jones, Jenny Holzer
If you weren’t a designer, what else would you be? A Film Director
Source: The Impression/CFDA
