2Bmag online

Style•

a-MEWS-ing: back to black with Garrett Naccarato

More : Danik Yopp, DYDH Productions, MEWS, Royal Phoenix

by 2B site Webmaster on October 15, 2012

Stylist Garrett Naccarato has been invited as the guest director of the next MEWS event by D.Y.D.H. Productions Oct. 18. His basic motifs: black & white, emblematic in the clothes by Montréal designer Pedrum Karimi and some coveted items which will be credited as “stylist’s own.” We talked to the twenty-three year-old Calgary transplant – who styled these photos with his KRUHX project before coming to Montréal in January – about fall trends, and that not so trendy question: why go into fashion?

2B: What is fall/winter about this year?

Garrett Naccarato: Going back to basics. Monochromatic black, grey. Focusing more on the fit of a garment, and how something is structured. Very minimalist, clean, sleek lines.

2B: Designers you admire?

GN: Céline, Alexander Wang, Phillip Lim, The Row (Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen’s high-end line), Proenza-Schouler. Locally, I’m a fan of Denis Gagnon, By Thomas, who is starting to do menswear, and Martin Lim (ish). For menswear: Raf Simons, Jil Sander, Rad Hourani, Neil Barrett and Givenchy, Ricky Owens (ish), and I love my Zara!

2B: Were you always into fashion?

GN: I started off as a video gamer. I call myself a closet gamer. That made we want to go into graphic design. After I finished, that was when I was kind of experimenting with the way I was dressing. Recently I collaborated on editing and producing a video for Kim Ninkuru’s Popnography project, which was a lot of work!

2B: What do you like about MEWS?

GN: It’s really good to have a venue where you can showcase up-and-coming designers, especially when participating in Fashion Week is so expensive. It’s great exposure, and establishes a community. It’s cool to get to choose the models too, one of the guys I’m using will be more alternative-looking, with tattoos and stretched ears…

2B: As a stylist how can you change fashion habits?

GN: Quality over quantity! When you go shopping, you have to think about quality, and how often you’ll wear. I like to stick to one colour palette, because it’s less expensive. I love layering black, white and grey, because they all go together.

2B: What inspires you to want to be in an industry that can be so superficial and commercial?

GN: I believe that what you have to do what you love, and I love it. It’s a form of art, and I’m a very visual person. There are no rules or boundaries. I love it because you can TOUCH IT. I have a short attention span, so I love it because there’s always something new and it’s always changing. I feel it will help me grow as a person, and get a tougher skin.

MEWS by D.Y.D.H. Productions

Fashion show event featuring stylist Garrett Naccarato and a live performance by HEART STREETS

Thurs October 18, 7-10pm @ Royal Phoenix (5788 boul. St-Laurent)