CHC Gallery is pleased to present emerging fashion designers, Cindy Vargas & Wira Quesada in a week-long fashion exhibit featuring Couture and Ready-to-Wear designs inspired by Marks and gallery artists. This is their first show with the gallery.
Based on the works exhibited in the gallery, ... Read more
CHC Gallery is pleased to present emerging fashion designers, Cindy Vargas & Wira Quesada in a week-long fashion exhibit featuring Couture and Ready-to-Wear designs inspired by Marks and gallery artists. This is their first show with the gallery.
Based on the works exhibited in the gallery, the Designers conceptualized garments that would be sculptural yet wearable. Each designer was commissioned to create a Couture dress with a limit of two editions. The designs are a combination of concept and aesthetic. In addition, they were to create a Ready-to-Wear design based off the Couture piece with no limit on production. One edition of each design is exhibited in the gallery.
Consistently art and fashion have influenced one another, at times collaborating on projects and thus materializing the relationship. Vargas and Quesada were friends prior to this current collaboration, both attending the Design and Architecture Senior High (DASH) in Miami. Incidentally, both received scholarships from their High School for Fashion Design for furthering their fashion education. Both also found their way to New York, attending the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT). Living in New York— spending most of their time in the Lower East Side and Brooklyn, Vargas and Quesada have cultivated the hipster-high fashion look and incorporated them into their creations.
Consistently art and fashion have influenced one another, at times collaborating on projects and thus materializing the relationship. Vargas and Quesada were friends prior to this collaboration, both attending the Design and Architecture Senior High (DASH) in Miami. Incidentally, both received scholarships from their High School for Fashion Design for furthering their fashion education. Both also found their way to New York, attending the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT). Living in New York— spending most of their time in the Lower East Side and Brooklyn, the friends/designers have cultivated the hipster-high fashion look and incorporated them into their creations.
Vargas was born in 1988 in New York and raised in Miami, FL. While attending FIT, she has been involved with designing an exclusive line for Jessie James boutiques. Her work history also extends to working under American designer Tracy Reese and interning for Teen Vogue Magazine. She is most influenced in her design as well as in personal style, by Hussein Chalayan and Balenciaga.
Quesada was born in 1987 in San Jose, Costa Rica. In early childhood, he lived in Costa Rica and in Singapore. He interned for Esteban Cortazar, former head designer at Emanuel Ungaro. Currently, He is a Fabric and Design Consultant at Mood Fabrics and has been involved in assisting with BRAVO TV’s Project Runway. Quesada lives and works in New York.
