Fashion
Collective Opulence Celebrating Kindred (COCK) (2021)
Swimwear for girls who don't tuck, trans femmes, non-binary and trans masc people who pack, intersex people and everyone embracing “Collective Opulence Celebrating Kindred” (COCK) in collaboration with Tourmaline.
The runway show was a gender euphoric display of queer opulence at Riis, the historic queer beach in NYC.
"In less than 50 years, we have progressed from arresting transpeople for their sartorial expression to fashion explicitly made for those in the trans community. As the fight for trans rights is literally life-or-death for some people, it may seem trivial to attach such significance to fashion, but the ability to be seen, considered, and made comfortable in clothing is absolutely a part of that same fight."
– InStyle
Joy Run (2021)
A film by Tourmaline.
The film creatively reimagines athletics as a gender inclusive space. Team sports & athletics have an incredible capacity to bring people together and offer powerful opportunities to be creative and focused with our bodies. To feel fully alive.
We are in a moment where so much is happening on an international and local level around sports that reproduce a world we don’t need or deserve. It is in that context, JOY RUN models the ways that sport -in its broadest form- can be a force for pleasure, for lifting each other up, for reveling in the deliciousness of our bodies. For joy!
When the Olympics were founded, women were not allowed to compete. Later, women were only allowed to participate in sports that were “compatible with their femininity and fragility,” but excluded from track and field. It wasn’t until the 1960s that women were even allowed to run the 800m race.
Fast forward to present day: trans women, cis women, non-binary and intersex athletes are still punished for being ‘un-ladylike’ and some athletes are even forced into body modification and mutilation to continue pursuing their talent. World champions like Caster Semenya and Dutee Chand are penalized and banned for not conforming to the International Olympic Committee and International Association of Athletics Federations’ narrow definition of gender, which continues to change.
In protest of the stringent and exclusionary gender binary that has come to define these sporting events, we hosted a Chromat Team Training Session to visualize the future of gender fluid inclusion in sport.
Climatic (2019)
In collaboration with Reebok.
Simultaneously a paradise and a natural disaster, Miami is on the front lines of climate change with rising water, increased flooding and toxic red tides. Witnessing this has instigated a new consciousness focused on mitigating environmental destruction through sustainable fabrics and more. We recognize that the fashion industry contributes to poisoning waterways through use of toxic chemical dyes, mountains of fast fashion garment trash, inhumane labor practices and growing fibers with pesticides, formaldehydes and more.
We are committed to designing innovative swim and bodywear while ensuring a healthier planet. Chromat swim is made with sustainable fabric that uses regenerated nylon spun from fishing nets recovered from the world’s oceans. We also use up-cycled fabrics and work with safe, ethical, fair-wage factories.
We teamed up with Debris Free Oceans, a Miami-based organization that inspires local communities to responsibly manage the lifecycle of plastics and waste as part of a global initiative to eradicate marine debris from our beaches, reefs, and oceans.
Architecture for the Body (2010, 2020)
Drawing from my background in architecture, Chromat began as experiments for the human body.
Sample Size (2019)
"Sample sizing" tends to be an excuse that other designers cite as a reason why they don't feature a range of sizes in their runway shows. At Chromat, we know that the designer has the power to choose what size they prototype their collection in.
Our goal is to encourage more designers to sample their collections in a range of sizes, in order to celebrate all different size bodies on the runway.
Mindfiles (2014)
The Chromat Autumn/Winter 2015 Collection explores the transfer of human consciousness to new forms, utilizes artificial intelligence and expands the concepts of innovator Martine Rothblatt's post-human Mindfiles to envision an entirely (wo)man-made, synthetic world of bionic bodies.
In this world, garments function as artificial augmentation and enhancements of the human body. Chromat utilized 3D-printing technology as well as optical amplification through laser diodes to simulate synthetic neuron connections within the brain.
Pool Rules (2018)
No diving? How about no intolerance.
Introducing the Chromat Pool Rules, your new guide to summer:
1. Intolerance Not Tolerated
2. Food-Shaming Not Permitted
3. No Age Restrictions
4. Scars + Stretch Marks Welcome
5. All Body Hair Appreciated
6. All Abilities Accepted
7. Respect Mandatory Pronouns
8. Celebrate Cellulite
9. Unrestricted LGBTQ+ PDA
10. Body Policing Prohibited