![]() It feels similar to my experiences with queerness and coming out, exposing that private side of myself. With my thesis at school and my previous collection, I was thinking about how to talk to others about my grieving process and how difficult it’s been. I guess it's an exposure of my vulnerabilities in dealing with the grief and an acceptance of it. What is that – the new history you're uncovering? There's always something that comes after. When I think of grief and dying, I always see them as a part of a cycle. But with this new collection, I wanted to create something that felt more free-flowing, as if I was trying to separate from that grief. I have been trying to find my own way of creating new histories through dyeing processes and other ways of reflecting decay. When I first started, I was inspired by decay, you know, stains I found in my dad’s old clothes and how they reflected a moment in history – my dad's history. ![]() Well, I started making clothes at school after my father passed away, and the grief from that has informed my work and the why behind it. I'd love to hear a little bit about the process. Let’s start with the full scoop on this collection, and your work, more generally. We touched on everything from Joan Didion's take on grief to Lana's mod aesthetic and the process behind the vortex-inspired knits we've come to love. I had a chance to chat with Gabe right from his studio where he continues honing his emotions into art. The collection, shot by Walker Bunting, features the inescapable presence of the moth-holes but in a way that doesn’t try to hide them, championing the tatters they will leave. Inspired by 1960s ice-skating ensembles and workwear, starchy fabrics, glitter and frills alike, he brings a new spirit to a familiar environment. So, he takes us back to where he grew up, the suburbs of Ridgefield, Connecticut, to write a new ending. ![]() Ironically, he found the best way to do that was to allow himself to go back to the place where his father died. By innovating with eyelets, he’s created a signature technique dubbed the “moth hole” that disavows purity, reflecting the growth that comes with exposure and acceptance.įor his Autumn/Winter 2023 collection, he wanted to create something free-flowing, untethered from grief. ![]() Gabe has been developing his own fabrics since 2019 with a focus on body-hugging and distressed knits coupled with the intimacy of hand-dyed fabrics to further explore notions of decay in clothing. ![]()
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