Casey Immel-Brown

Instagram: @douloureux
Hometown: Columbus, Ohio
Collection name: Rapture of the Skin
Three words to describe his collection: Lent et douloureux

Rapture of the Skin from Casey Immel-Brown is luxury womenswear for spring/summer, heavily inspired by 1980s interior design and the moody romanticism of artists like Patrick Nagel. In his collection, Immel-Brown uses a process known as “electroforming”: coating material in metal to freeze movement (it’s the process perhaps best known for its use in bronzing baby shoes). Immel-Brown notes the collection is about flattening the distinctions between the different parts of the self that coexist in each person. “We're taught to fracture the connections between these elements and only present a narrow sliver of ourselves to the outside world. I think fashion is at its best when it's a tool for actualization and allows people to interact with the world feeling like the truest version of themselves.” When asked how he hopes people will respond to his work, Immel-Brown says, “I'll know that I've been successful at creating something new if there is a mix of people who find it inspiring and evocative and others who find it vaguely unsettling.” Immel-Brown’s aspirations include becoming head designer or creative director with a directional runway brand in Europe.