Chris Wu, a fashion design senior at Parsons NYC, presented her menswear thesis on Thursday of last week. She created a luxury, heavy metal clothing collection for musicians and metal-heads. It could have easily been a "trashy" musician collection filled with predictable ripped t-shirts and leather jackets, but with her design intelligence and attention to detail in tact she hand crafted a smart and functional collection. Chris Wu translated extreme visuals of satanic imagery from the black metal community into meticulously hand-appliqued high end clothing. She utilized mohair, lambskin suede and rabbit fur to add unexpected luxurious details. This collection is definitely not for the mass market, but it elevates the hard rock clothing to a level where "softer" rockers and secret fans can mix pieces with their regular wardrobe and achieve an edgier look without sacrificing their taste for lux.
Chris opened the presentation guitar in hand and drumsticks in boot, proving that she knows heavy metal and her costumers well.
Then she presented an intelligent collection, complete with the perfect logo, labels and a press package that could put to shame a lot of professionals.
Both photos above from Chris Wu's press kit.
Chris designed functional pockets, specifically designed to hold various musician necessities, like guitar picks and drum sticks. In this photo she is demonstrating the guitar-pick leather pocket on the Superterrorizer "basic" jeans. The collection also includes a pair of cargo pants designed with extra leg room for the heavy pounding drummer and a pocket to hold the drum-sticks.
As expected, the traditional biker jacket is a staple of the Terrorizer collection and features extra long 2" killer spikes, BUT...
Chris did not forget functionality and made the jacket cuffs removable.
An avid musician and a talented designer Chris Wu is graduating in May of 2009 and her brand SUPERTERRORIZER is sure to make a waves in the design community.
She can be reached at: chriswu {at} superterrorizer {dot} com
And you can download here resume here: ChrisWu_resume
