Freedom of Choice Best known for coining the term “normcore” in its fourth trend report, Youth Mode (subtitled A Report on Freedom), K-Hole analyzes and comments on contemporary culture to point out truths and trends. In keeping its collective fingers on the pulse of how we live and what we want, the NYC-based consultancy run by Greg Fong 09 SC, Sean Monahan 09 PT, Chris Sherron 09 GD, Emily Segal and Dena Yago is now taking a closer look at the impact of information overload. Earlier this year K-Hole created commissioned artwork for the Surround Audience triennial Ryan Trecartin 94 FAV co-curated at the New Museum in NYC. khole.net
Greg Fong 09 SC
Sean Monahan 09 PT
Chris Sherron 09 GD
Mike Eckhaus 10 SC
Zoe Latta 10 TX
New Language With each new collection that hits the runway, Eckhaus Latta has become a growing favorite in the fashion press—despite ongoing perplexity re: the designers’ aesthetic, humor and weird inventiveness. When Mike Eckhaus 10 SC and Zoe Latta 10 TX met at RISD, it wasn’t in an Apparel Design studio. “We both knew we were really interested in fashion,” Latta told Vice, “but didn’t know we were going to start our own line. We knew we’d have our own practices, but didn’t know how that would manifest.” They’re still figuring it out, but already Eckhaus Latta is speaking in a new language that leaves people “tongue-tied and rubbernecking in the best way,” as their friend and sometimes collaborator Alex Da Corte puts it. eckhauslatta.com
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