Interview: Alessandro Simonetti
President's in conversation with Alessandro Simonetti, our artist-in-residence for SS16. How'd you get your start as an artist? I’ve been immersed in the visual world since I was a child. I spent part of my youth in Rome in the early 1980’s and have vivid memories of the raw scene that was the Trastevere in [...]
Interview: Jey Perie of Kinfolk
President's visited the Kinfolk Shop in Williamsburg, Brooklyn recently to hang out with the guys and meet partner Keith Abrams and creative director Jey Perie. Last week, they welcomed the SS16 collection to their store with a party and an exclusive T-shirt featuring artist Alessandro Simonetti's campaign photo for the season. We interviewed Jey, who was [...]
Interview: Tag Christof
President's in conversation with AW15/16 artist-in-residence, Tag Christof Above: New Mexico, 2015. President's A/W15-16 Campaign photo. Much of your work focuses on America. How do you square that with being appointed for the campaign of a proudly Made in Italy brand such as President’s? It’s funny, because I’ve actually lived much more of my adult life [...]