{"id":8312,"date":"2016-02-19T17:50:24","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T22:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/posturemag.com\/online\/?p=8312"},"modified":"2016-02-19T17:50:24","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T22:50:24","slug":"gogo-grahams-nyfw-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/posturemag.com\/online\/gogo-grahams-nyfw-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Gogo Graham’s NYFW 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gogo Graham is an emerging NYC-based fashion designer who has developed a reputation for being the first person\u00a0to create a collection<\/a> specifically for trans femmes.<\/p>\n

Graham’s\u00a0most recent\u00a02016 collection saw its debut\u00a0on Thursday, February 18th, complete with an emotional and raw presentation. Attendees entered the Soho space to the sound of a recorded voice. Over the muddled voices of the crowd we hear\u00a0that the recording is of different people discussing\u00a0their\u00a0experiences with transition and identity (I later learned that the voices are from the models who walked in the show themselves). Notably one model describes\u00a0a distinct shift in the way men perceive her now. There is a fascination present\u00a0when she explains\u00a0how she gets hit on by the\u00a0same type of men\u00a0that\u00a0harassed or bullied her in the past.<\/p>\n

Another model\u00a0highlighted\u00a0her personal experiences along with\u00a0her concern and praise for transgender lives and the acknowledgement of the hardships that go hand in hand with just wanting to be yourself.<\/p>\n

It is clear that the transgender experience\u00a0is at the forefront of Graham’s\u00a0work.<\/p>\n

The lights go down, then rise again along with Graham’s\u00a0first model. What we witness is an evolution that begins with a semi-structured look\u00a0and\u00a0continually breaks down as we move through the collection. Model’s eyes bleed black, then red, and then multiple colors. Bodies become\u00a0slightly splattered\u00a0with blood and then become completely covered, to the point of oozing from the mouth. Not only an aesthetic evolution, but each model walks with a different attitude that\u00a0leads the viewer to join Graham in a procession of the internal. We go from\u00a0stoic, to increasingly confident, to disrupted, and back again.<\/p>\n

Not only does Graham focus on the discussion of\u00a0transition audibly, but represents one as well.<\/p>\n

A preview of the collection is below, photography by Marie Tomanova<\/a>. For more information please visit gogograham.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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