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Vanessa Jean-Charles
Sportswear
This asymmetrical twill jacket is screen-printed at home via a DIY process using an originally designed print.
Styling and creative direction are inspired by Afro-Futurism.
Golden mask bag accessory is crafted after the artist’s own face inspired by traditional African masks. Mask was created in resin and covered in gold leaf.
Black and white color choice for the abstract print is inspired by newspaper prints as it relates to the intense news reporting in 2020.
Meet the Designer
I began designing at age seven. My father owned a menswear store where I often spent time watching him style men with the latest streetwear fashions. From then on, I wanted to create fashion and set trends that turn heads. What is unique about me as a designer, is my ability to incorporate elegant design details into everyday wear and create clothing a step above the norm. I chose sportswear as my specialization because I have always had an underlying love for it. Throughout high school and college, I had been expressing myself through special occasion garments. But going into sportswear nurtured and ignited a forgotten flame that allowed me to analyze the style that I grew up observing, and truly customize it. My aesthetic can be simply described as embellished streetwear. I enjoy taking regular streetwear staples and adding glistening details that take it from streetwear to something higher.
