Paper Magazine May 26, 2020 “The Class of 2020: Five Fashion School Grads You Need to Know” Introduction to the thesis collection "The Void" from Kenneth Brody McCasland, a graduate of Fashion School 2020. https://www.papermag.com/fashion-gradscfda-2646067843.html
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The Class of 2020: Five Fashion School Grads You Need to Know Mario Abad 26 May
Each year around this time, students from design schools all over the country would have just presented their final collections as part of their BFA or MFA programs. But for the Class of 2020, these senior showcases — the culmination of months of hard work and long days in the studio — are facing unprecedented challenges as COVID-19 has led to widespread lockdowns, forcing schools to close and leaving out any chance for a proper send-off fashion show. The exposure students would normally get from presenting their work is an important milestone for any graduate, which is why we teamed up with the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) to highlight the work of five final-year students from different fashion programs as well as give each student the chance to speak with one of five CFDA designers over Zoom — Christopher John Rogers, AREA, Stacey Bendet, Jonathan Cohen and Brandon Maxwell — to gain some invaluable advice as they set out to begin their careers.
Kenneth Brody McCasland '20, Academy of Art San Francisco
Kenneth Brody McCasland creates clothes that come from a place not many people can tap into: lucid dreams, nightmares and the subconscious. His senior thesis collection, "The Void," features otherworldly, avant garde pieces that incorporate striking, three-dimensional structures that are intended to evoke the "constrictions of sleep paralysis" in the wearer, as he explains in his thesis video. Inspired by the "exact moment between sleep and wakefulness," McCasland casts practicality aside in favor of being thoughtful about the ideas that are kept in the far reaches of the mind.