The Innerviews of Fashion : Chris Benz
One short year after debuting his collection at New York Fashion Week, Chris Benz is a star in the fashion world and a force to be reckoned with. Known for his bold eye for color and his easy, carefree silhouettes, Benz is making waves and living the New York dream, and he’s soaking up every minute of it from the stoop of his West Village tenement building.
Indie favorite, shopbop.com got the chance to sit with Benz on his collections, inspirations, and New York’s influence on his design.
shopbop: You consistently choose bold colors for your collections. What’s the inspiration behind your color palette?
Chris Benz: I really can’t say. I just try to use colors that feel right to me. There’s no mystery or mathematics to it, it just materializes for me. In that way, color is one of the best parts about design for me!
sb: Your stoop obviously plays a big role in your New York experience. How does it influence your designs?
CB: A stoop is such a New York manifest. It really is about seeing the street, and in my case, a very funny mix of West Village neighbors and drag queens. It’s about seeing people today, seeing how they are layering, seeing how real clothes are worn. I think there is a great decompression when you can sit and watch people, which helps alleviate the vacuum of fashion.
For the full interview visit Shopbop.com
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