Daniel Grimm

Instagram: @bugevangelist
Hometown: Springfield, Ohio
Collection name: An Overview on Phenomenal Nature
Three words to describe their collection: Bucolic, tempestuous, effeminate

Late Victorian fashion and paintings are inspiration for An Overview on Phenomenal Nature, a collection from Daniel Grimm brimming with flowy textiles dyed with plant material and paired with organic prints and paintings. Grimm hopes Fashion Show attendees will see their work as art pieces rather than simply something on the runway. They also hope the collection will encourage people to consider the way they look at gender and push themselves to wear and make what makes them happy rather than what they are told are traditionally acceptable. “My collection is about my feelings on gender, having more masculine figures wearing traditionally masculine garments with feminine twists,” says Grimm. Currently a goldsmith apprentice at Diamond Cellar, Grimm plans to work toward being a designer goldsmith and graduate gemologist, but would love to start an animal sanctuary and provide fiber for local artists, as well as show their own fashion and jewelry work in exhibitions across the country.