Chromatics

All Chromat lookbook photos shot by Johnny Fogg.

A few months back, I had the pleasure of meeting Becca McCharen, one half of the team behind Chromat. Becca kindly lent me a whole bunch of pieces from her collection to play with, and I was immediately hooked! Becca likes to party as much as I do, and designs many of her outfits for girls like us, who live to dress up, and don't mind being mistaken for a tranny once in a while. For Spring 2011, Becca and her partner Emily Kappes expanded on their Cities and Cages collection, with more body-transforming silhouettes, and gravity-defying boning tricks. The geometric constructions were inspired by shoji screens in Japanese architecture, and with this in mind, you can easily see the influence of Becca's background as an architect coming through in the engineering of her work. I've already arranged to trade some Triskaidekaphobia jewelry for the full-body cage dress, and you can currently find Chromat at International Playground, which is now open on both coasts!

-Tiffany