Forget NYFW– GypsySport's Rio Uribe costumed a politicized pole dance at FriezeArtFair LA.
Rio Uribe has made his mark on Frieze Week Los Angeles. On Saturday at MOCA’s Geffen Contemporary, the Gypsy Sport designer and L.A. native debuted his collaboration with Paris-based artists and choreographers Gerard & Kelly . Uribe created costumes for the U.S. premiere of, the duo’s 2017 dance performance piece, an exploration of identity politics against the backdrop of Trump’s America.
Having weathered the kind of fickle highs and lows all too familiar to independent designers, Uribe draws a parallel between the fractured political landscape and what’s going on in fashion. “The same way that American identity is in flux, I think fashion is. We’re like, ‘What the hell is the fashion industry?’” In response, this season he joined the growing ranks of designers to opt out of New York Fashion Week, instead choosing to focus his creative energies on State of.
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