EXCLUSIVE: Telfar to Show Film in NYC, Runway in Paris

Telfar is heading to Paris. The New York City-based designer will present his next runway show on Sept. 23 to open Paris Fashion Week. He won’t leave New York City empty-handed though — the brand will present a film on Sept. 6 featuring a collective of directors and writers including Petra Collins, Ryan Trecartin, Steve Lacy, Clayton Vomero, Ian Isiah, TORSO, Diamond Stingley, Juliana Huxtable, Jeremy O. Harris, Kelsey Lu, and others. The nonlinear format film was shot in New York, Los Angeles, Ohio, and Paris among others. “We think we are doing this out of necessity,” said designer Telfar Clemens. “I think it’s good for fashion as a whole to rethink how it works. This is really just an experiment happening live.” Telfar was established in 2005, although the designer had been producing nongendered clothing since 2002. In 2017, he collaborated with White Castle on a capsule collection after hosting his runway show afterparty at the fast food chain’s Times Square location in 2015. He won the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund in the same year and was awarded $400,000, and in 2019 was a CFDA Award nominee for Accessory Designer of the Year. The Liberian-American designer had elaborate shows during NYFW in spring 2019 — that one was held

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