developed brand identity and narrative design; lead design research, development, and strategy.
LVMH Karl Lagerfeld Prize winner; nominated for CFDA American Emerging Designer of the Year; featured in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute's “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion” exhibition.
styled, coordinated, and developed debut runway show as Pitti Uomo 104’s featured guest designer
developed, produced, and directed global campaign for Heron Preston’s Ugg collaboration collection.
directed + edited film assets, creative directed photography, oversaw casting, styling, and art direction.
executed full re-brand for ENCOUNTER, functioning as interim Creative Director, Art Director, and Head of Strategy.
produced + commissioned 30 stories shot in 12 cities (from Malibu to Moscow, Iowa to Iraq) ENCOUNTER-ing nearly 100 subjects + collaborators to form 520-page “VOL. 2”
collaborated with: Eytys, Windowsen, Minty Boi, Wallplay; stocked @ Rizzoli, Mast, McNally Jackson, Casa Magazine, etc.
brand development + creative strategy
strategized, produced, and directed viral stunt “Welcome To New York, Raf” on the occasion of Raf Simon’s first NYC presentation.
commissioned + produced custom bootleg DVDs containing camcorder footage of Simon’s previously-unseen S/S 1999 “Kinetic Youth” runway film, distributed to guests of his A/W 2017 show. projected original S/S 1999 footage on the front of Gagosian Gallery, much to the delight [and confusion] of guests, models, and Raf himself (see video)
a temporary retail environment designed, curated, and operated by SGT (in collaboration with OnCanal, Wallplay, Vibes, and ENCOUNTER)
hosted contemporary art, photography, vintage fashion, and performances by artists from New York, Philadelphia, and RISD
programming included kinetic performance installations, live music, and a charity benefit for victims of the Woolsey Fire in Malibu, CA
photo + video, production, casting, styling for Encounter’s Noah SS18 feature. shot on the Juan De Fuca Trail in Vancouver Island, British Columbia
creative consulting: lookbook + campaign + installation
shot + directed + edited campaign film for unreleased Knowwave x Shoyoroll collaboration
soundtrack: “Color Images” by Onyx Collective
created bootleg “drain this gang that” tee, infamously dividing the hyper-gate-keeping drain-gang community after being worn by lil nas x on tiktok.
endlessly ripped off by automated alibaba-adjacent autosellers, taking on a life of its own and in turn further blurring the boundaries of authorship, intellectual property in fashion, inside/outside community references, and desexualization of language via ironic iconography.
i.e. I made a t-shirt.