This Fall Posture is teaming up with dapperQ, bklyn boihood, and D.Y.D.H. Productions to proudly present VERGE: The largest queer New York Fashion Week event and runway show in partnership with Brooklyn Museum
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2015
Brooklyn Museum, Beaux-Arts Court, 3rd Floor
6pm – 9:30pm
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In addition to the fashion show, guests are also invited to attend and participate in a queer fashion panel discussion which begins at 6pm, as well as enjoy exhibits, food, and drink. Galleries will be open to the public starting as early as 11am and remain open until 9:30pm. At 10pm, head to Woodland for the after party, presented by Hot Rabbit!
Brooklyn Museum’s general admission prices are suggested contribution amounts. No one is turned away due to lack of funds! (This does not apply to the after party at a different location.)
Each entity will sponsor two emerging designers whose work explores notions of gender identity through the empowering scope of aesthetic presentation. Posture is proud to present its two chosen unique and creative brands:
Lactic and SAGA NYC
*ABOUT THE DESIGNERS*
Posture Magazine presents:
►SAGA NYC
At its essence SAGA NYC offers androgynous, progressive high-end sportswear. The collections are known for their otherworldly inspired designs, versatile-wear and clean modern aesthetic. The brand does not follow seasons, trends, or traditional viewpoints and instead focuses on the conception of timeless pieces made to evolve a current wardrobe into a statement. All clothing is made in NYC.
►Lactic
Lactic is the fashion venture of Randi Shandroski, a Canadian born visual artist currently based in Boston. Now in its third collection, Lactic recontextualizes corporate imagery into custom gender-defying structural silhouettes. Through ongoing collaborations with emerging artists, Randi Shandroski deconstructs and reshapes the borders of art, sculpture, and fashion, creating a visual language which embraces subversion and gender fluidity.
dapperQ presents:
►Fabio Costa of NotEqual (Project Runway 2nd place)
NotEqual explores creative innovation through fashion and art. Rooted in the golden ratio, its artisanal garments challenge traditional tailoring with genderless form; each piece is conceived and detailed to bring out the unique and the beautiful. NotEqual’s ambition is to push boundaries by promoting individuality, while offering rational fashion.
►Karen Quirion of KQK
Founded in 2012 by designer Karen Quirion, KQK is a fashion label offering sophisticated and easy-to-wear apparel for the modern, urban fashionist@ who embraces a masculine aesthetic.
bklyn boihood presents:
►SunSun
Toronto-based SUNSUN custom unisex clothing is a queer-owned brand offering casual custom pieces in bright, Kente cloth, geometric, and graphic prints. SUNSUN made their U.S. runway debut at Queer Fashion Week in Oakland last April to much fanfare.
►Jag & Co.
Jag & Co. offers pieces for LGBTQ trans men, masculine identified women, the fashion forward and the fashion novice. Jag’s innovative designs are inclusive to all. Jag & Co. is the producer of New York’s famous Rainbow Fashion Week.
DYDH Productions presents:
►Fony
FONY embraces the literal and functional, the concept can be perceived in the brand’s name. FONY embarks on articulating a new future, establishing a new vocabulary and foundation. Fony translates as such: Fashion Origins (for) New York. Built for the climate and pace of the NYC Lifestyle, the bodies are modular, postgender and eminently wearable.
►MARKANTOINE
The brand belongs to a movement of young Montreal underground designers who break down geographical barriers with their creativity. MARKANTOINE has an aesthetic that is greatly inspired by the strange and the dualities that are ever-present in our lives. His creative process first starts in the
form of a dream-like chronicle that is defined by Gothic and exotic aesthetics.
*DETAILS*
6PM // Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art Forum, 4th floor
bklyn boihood presents: Walking Isibonelo/Evidence; Fashion as Social Activism and the Diasporic Politics of Black Queer Bodied Visibility.
► Panel discussion
► Limited seating (35). First come, first serve.
6PM // Beaux-Arts Court
Pre-Show Interactive Programming
► Haiku empowerment station by Lisa Markuson
► Style how-to presentations
► Open discussion boards
► Verge Photo Booth
7:30PM // Queer Fashion Show
Produced by dapperQ, in collaboration with bklyn boihood, Posture Magazine, and DYDH Productions, the Verge queer fashion show will feature eight designers whose work is systemically rooted in notions of gender nonconformity and its intersections with race, ethnicity, and culture.
► 8 designers, 8 never before seen collections
► 70+ models
► Raised runway
► Over 1,200+ guests!
► Hosted in Brooklyn Museum’s 10,000 square foot, artfully designed Beaux-Arts court
☆ Runway beats by DJ M.O.
Hailing from Virginia, DJ M.O. (born Monet Bernard) began her career at the University of Virginia in 2008, DJing numerous parties and events around the campus and within the Charlottesville community. After graduating, M.O moved on to play venues in Washington, D.C, and northern Virginia. Currently, M.O. has set her sights on New York City, already landing gigs around Manhattan with the likes of Whitney Day, Truckstop NYC, & Queer & Utter Bedlam. As an avid lover music and an overall good time, M.O. brings a unique style to every party she plays. Whether its Hip-Hop, Top 40s, or Dance, M.O. sets the tone with inventive mixes and a knack for reading every audience.
☆ Runway MC: Tiq Milan
Tiq Milan has strategized with national news media outlets about fair and accurate reporting on transgender people and is a national spokesperson discussing the latest developments in transgender rights. He has been featured on CNN’s Reliable Resources, The Katie Couric Show, MSNBC’s Ronan Farrow Daily, Steven Petrow’s, “Civilities,” MTV News, NewsNation with Tamron Hall, Out There with Thomas Roberts, and is a regular contributor on HuffPost Live. Tiq’s work has been recognized by Ebony.com, BET.com, and the Trans 100 List, among many other acclaimed media outlets and national organizations.
10PM
Hot Rabbit Presents: Official Verge New York Fashion Week After Party at Woodland
242 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217
► Largest queer New York Fashion Week party
► New York Fashion Week grand finale closing day!
*After party cover is required for admission to Woodland and is a separate admission fee. 100% of the after party revenues go to support the production of the Verge event.*
Runway Coordinators: Colette Lee Morales of Colette Lee Productions
www.coletteleeproductions.
*VIDEO PREVIEW*
VERGE preview: Queer New York Fashion Week Show from Posture Magazine on Vimeo.
MEDIA SUPPORT PROVIDED BY:
VERGE is proud to have garnered community media support from BRIC TV, an award-winning cable TV and digital network created by BRIC. BRIC TV presents original, character-driven series and incredible short documentaries; award-winning local news and investigative journalism, premier live music and event coverage; it is the home of trend-setting makers, artists, musicians and more! BRIC TV is located at BRIC Arts | Media House, which offers a public media center, a major contemporary art exhibition space, two performance spaces, a glass-walled TV studio, and artist work spaces. Learn more at BRICartsmedia.org.
VERGE appeared on BK Live on Thursday, September 10th, BRIC’s live daily show broadcasting from BRIC’s street level studio at BRIC House in Downtown Brooklyn. Members of the Verge Collective discussed the complexities surrounding queer style.
Please email [email protected] with any questions or media inquiries.
They have invited us on BK Live, a live daily show broadcasting from BRIC’s street level studio at BRIC House in Downtown Brooklyn, on Thursday, September 10th at 12:45pm where members of the Verge Collective will discuss the complexities surrounding queer style.
Please email [email protected] with any questions or media inquiries.
