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 Graham in 2008 | |
| Born | June 21, 1969 Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. |
| Education | Maryland Institute College of Art School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
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Gary Graham (born June 21, 1969) is an American fashion designer and artist. His fashion line operates out of his flagship boutique and design studio in Franklin, New York. His clothing reflects his interest in history, storytelling, and the roles of women in society.
Graham was born and raised in Wilmington, Delaware. After graduating from Newark High School, he studied painting for a year at Maryland Institute College of Art [1] before transferring to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago [2] to study fashion design and performance art. [3] Graham moved to New York City in 1993 where he worked for a costume production house and for Julie Taymor [4] as a costume designer on projects like the award-winning Lion King, where he learned some of the techniques and skills he still employs like garment dying and cutting. [3] He then apprenticed with fashion designer J. Morgan Puett for six years [5] before working in product development at ABC Carpet & Home in New York City. [6]
In 1999 Graham launched his eponymous line which was sold at Soho's If Boutique. [7] In 2006 he opened his first boutique on the first floor of ABC Carpet & Home where he used to work. [6]
In 2009 he established his flagship store and studio in downtown New York's Tribeca neighborhood. [8] The boutique achieved an instant cult following, counting fans such as Jamie Bochert, Julia Roberts, Karen O and Helena Bonham Carter, [9] the same year Graham was honored as a CFDA/Vogue finalist. [10] His clothing line, including the capsule collection Anagram, [11] was sold at select luxury retailers worldwide, like Dover Street Market, Joyce Hong Kong and Barneys New York. [9] In 2016, Graham asked seven of his muses and friends, Gina Gershon, Alexandra Marzella, Jennifer Nettles, Parker Posey, Sunrise Ruffalo, Kara Walker and Naomi Yang to model his fall collection as female archetypes in a short film titled Palacetor. [9]
In 2017 he closed his New York City business and relocated to rural upstate New York where he relaunched his line [12] as GaryGraham422 (422 referring to the street address of his new boutique and studio [13] ). GaryGraham422 is "a site-specific creative endeavor dedicated to creating small-batch collections of hand-finished garments using antique textiles and custom jacquards". Later that year, Graham released his Fall 2017 ready-to-wear collection which was inspired by the 1870s Gothic Revival mansion located in Warwick, Rhode Island.
In July 2021, Graham was featured as a finalist on season 2 of the Amazon TV series Making the Cut , a fashion design reality competition, [14] and created an accompanying GaryGraham422 collection for Amazon Fashion. [15]
Graham lives in the Catskills village of Franklin, New York in a historic former bank, with his partner Sean Scherer. [17]
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