- Chromat
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Pentagram Suit from the Chromat Spring/Summer 2012 Collection. Photograph by Lauren Duque
Chromat Industry Fashion Founded Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S. (2008) Founder(s) Becca McCharen and Emily Kappes Headquarters New York City, U.S. Key people Becca McCharen (Creative Director|Co-Founder)
Emily Kappes (Co-Founder)Products Womenswear, clothing, magazines, zines Website Chromatgarments.com 
Symmetrical Cage from the Chromat Spring/Summer 2010 Collection. Photograph by Johnny FoggChromat is an American fashion label based in New York City. The label was formed by Becca McCharen and Emily Kappes in 2008. Their debut runway show was held in Lynchburg, Virginia.[1][2] In 2010, designer Becca McCharen relocated the label to its current headquarters in New York City while co-founder Emily Kappes became less involved in order to focus on her architecture career.
Chromat looks are described as featuring strong architectural undertones in each collection and also pull from inspiration as varied as building scaffolding and body builders.
The designers Becca McCharen and Emily Kappes met while studying architecture at the University of Virginia School of Architecture. "Architecture school was very process oriented,” says McCharen. “We did a lot of research about the context of a building before we designed it. We made many iterations of a single idea and then we edited them. And that is exactly what we do with our clothing designs." [3] Drawing from their combined theoretical backgrounds in architecture and urban design, Chromat focuses on structural experiments for the human body.
Chromat garments have been worn by Nicki Minaj, Eve, Kelly Rowland, Jessica Chastain [1], Kim Kardashian, Ladyfag, Kat Graham, Nicole Scherzinger [2], dancers for Usher and have been featured in print magazines such as Vogue Italia, Nylon, Zink, XXL, Faint Magazine, Time Out, Fiasco [3], Elle Belgium, Marie Claire China and Blink and online on Glamour [4], The Cut, Coco Perez [5], Iconique [6] and High Snobette.
Chromat garments are available at numerous boutiques in the US and Asia including Barneys New York, Patricia Fields, Oak and International Playground [7] in New York City, and The Olive Shoppe [8], Stanton James and Le Bra Lingerie in Los Angeles. In Asia, Kniq in Honk Kong and Club 21b in Singapore currently stock Chromat.
References
- ^ Barry, Liz (2008-08-21). "Lynchburg News and Advance – Lifestyles – On the runway: Local fashion designer debuts fall line.". Media General. http://www2.newsadvance.com/lifestyles/2008/aug/21/on_the_runway_local_fashion_designer_debuts_fall_l-ar-217121/. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
- ^ Keenan, Crawford (2009-08-24). "Blue Ridge Business Journal – Poetic Vandalism.". Blue Ridge Business Journal. http://www.chromatgarments.com/images/poetic.pdf. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
- ^ Bellows, Sierra (2009-01-19). "Virginia Magazine – Arts – Couture Construction.". U.Va. Alumni Association. http://uvamagazine.org/arts/article/couture_construction/. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
External links
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