Friday, March 31, 2023
When Superheros Need Leather, These ‘Pop Artisans’ Go to Work
The New York Times: Patrick Whitaker and Keir Malem, both 57, founded Whitaker Malem, their leather specialty label, in 1988. They had begun dating a few years earlier, while Mr. Whitaker was studying at Central Saint Martins and fashion students were using discos as much as their college assignments to experiment with style. Nightlife was the social media of the day.
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I think that this article is really interesting. One of my goals in life is to go into film and TV and a leading force in that industry right now is the superhero movies. I’ve always been a fan of these and think that it’s a really interesting form of costume design That make it look past every once in a while. I see that the designers have a really interesting task at hand whenever they approach super hero film because they’re often times is already in a iconic costume that everybody knows for that character so when they collaborate with high-end artisans like, these people you’re able to cheat the original look well, making it more modern and make it look like it could truly be combat armor. I can definitely see how they are world renowned for their craft just from some of the images they show in the article I can tell that they’ve been doing this for a while, and that they pay a certain level of attention to detail that is necessary for this kind of work. I would love to spend some time working with leather in a similar way to them and learning how to sculpt it in the way they do. The amount of structure that they’re able to achieve without using any sort of boning in their pieces is astonishing and really impressive, and I know it’s just a skill that they were able to create through their years and working with leather.
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