.DESIGN

RE.ZØED is the practice. SAMSARA is the first collection. I didn't source — I reconstructed. For this first capsule I upcycled pieces, shoes, and ideas. A thrifted suit, a beat-up trench, a pair of combat boots someone else gave up on. Since this was the first collection where I was learning to sew, I mixed what I knew I could. The work is in what happens after. Cut, bleach, wax, sumi ink, gold leaf, crystal lacquer, soldering iron, epoxy. What comes out the other side isn't new clothing — it's the same piece having moved through one full cycle of disassembly and rebirth. We shot SAMSARA in an abandoned underground gymnasium in Bushwick — a poetic setting for a queer community and a cast of characters. I asked my friends to walk in a photoshoot and a runway, and it was a joy to work with chosen family to construct a world where these pieces could come alive.