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David Casavant

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David Casavant (born 13 July 1990, Tennessee) is an American fashion stylist, collector and consultant based in New York City.

Background

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Casavant was born in Tennessee. he moved to London to attend Central Saint Martins and start working in styling. He is founder of The David Casavant Archive, which loans his collection of archival men's clothing to celebrities, stylists and designers.[1][2][3][4][5] He has most notably loaned to Kanye West, Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar,[6] Pharrell, Kim Kardashian,[7] Paul McCartney, Lady Gaga, Travis Scott, Lorde.[8] He helped introduced the idea of wearing vintage Raf Simons, Helmut Lang, Dior Homme as well as newer designers Craig Green in hip hop opening a landscape of rappers to dress like modern rock stars.[9] He perhaps single-handedly vaulted Simons’s past pieces into icon status by placing them on Kanye West, Rihanna, and other influential celebrities.[10] Casavant has contributed to various magazines, including LOVE, Interview, and Vogue Hommes International. He is credited with helping create a shift in men's fashion by introducing high fashion vintage menswear into modern dressing and making it cool for men to wear and collect vintage as well as helping to put men's streetwear into womenswear.[11] Casavant was partially responsible for the revival of the late-’90s/early-aughts streetwear look: the art-influenced graphic tee, the collaged jacket, the anointing of Raf Simons as the GOAT and of Helmut Lang as God. Casavant’s was the invisible hand, slowing pushing the narrative behind the scenes.[12] He also styles the videos of visual and performance artist Jacolby Satterwhite.[13]

References

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  1. ^ "Fashion designers now send out spies to scour vintage collections". Independent.co.uk. 12 November 2015.
  2. ^ Martin, Jake Woolf, Matthew (15 May 2015). "The Museum-Level Fashion Archives of David Casavant".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Bain, Marc (14 August 2015). "A decade after he left fashion, Helmut Lang is still one of the world's most influential designers".
  4. ^ "when kanye wants to borrow raf, he turns to david casavant - read - i-D". 3 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Meet David Casavant, Curator of the Most Covetable Fashion Archive on the Planet by THOF".
  6. ^ "Kendrick Lamar Rocks Raf Simons During Grammys Performance". Highsnobiety. 2018-02-15. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  7. ^ "What Happens When Fashion's Most Famous Fan Goes Indie?". Vogue. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  8. ^ REFRESHER.sk. "David Casavant: Človek, od ktorého si požičiavajú jednotlivé kúsky oblečenia aj Kanye West, Big Sean alebo Rihanna (Rozhovor)".
  9. ^ "Menswear's Next Act? Raf Simons Collector David Casavant Explains". www.wgsn.com. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  10. ^ "See 5 Newly Archived Raf Simons Runway Shows—And Shop His Archive Redux Reissue". 22 January 2021.
  11. ^ "How David Casavant Built a Clothing Archive That's Dressed the Likes of Rihanna and Kanye West". Fashionista. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  12. ^ "David Casavant is More Than Just an Archivist—Peek Inside His Debut Book". 31 October 2018.
  13. ^ "Privilege and Its Discontents: The Art of Jacolby Satterwhite". 11 March 2015.