"While we managed to check out Parsons SS17 MFA show, fellow design school RISD's (Rhode Island School of Design) fashion fair unfortunately didn't make the cut in our jam-packed schedule. However, that doesn't mean the show didn't deliver an equally impressive lineup of promising talent case and point: recent graduate Christopher Mena, the man behind avant-minded streetwear imprint KUNST.NYC.
Mena's method of what he calls "remixing" involves the slashing, sewing and tearing of both old and new garments to craft completely bespoke designs (fashion school grads just love a bit of deconstruction *cough*Margiela cough"), KUNST NYC's NYFW debut was an aggressive display that screamed "art kid going through a punk rock phase", but its scrupulous tailoring and peculiar patchwork-embellishments gave it this high-low brow vibe that very #relevant in streetwear right now"
- Nico Amarca, 2016
