Gipsy Sport designer Rio Uribe said of his collaboration with Urban Outfitters, “This is the best thing that has happened to us in years.”
The 18-piece apparel and accessory collection includes a gypsy sports logo-print slip dress, sports mesh jersey and matching fringed skirt, black neoprene voluminous back jacket and matching pleated neoprene skirt, cross-body bag and hat. increase.
“Urban Outfitters came to us and said they wanted to do something local and LA focused with you and your friends and family,” Uribe said of the six-month process. I like experimental designs. [looks] And they’re more commercial, corporate, and mainstream, so we had to find common ground,” he explained of the range of results interpreted from his Spring 2023 collection, which he presented at LA Fashion Week. bottom.
“We are extremely proud to partner with Rio on the launch of the Gypsy Sport runway collection. Gypsy Sport is a brand rooted in self-expression, identity and community, offering products to customers who share the same values. Dalila Shannon, Merchandise Manager for Women’s Branded Collaborations and Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Urban Outfitters, said:
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“The long-sleeved white shirt is one of my favorites because it has the logo all over it. It’s my favorite design I’ve ever made.” (Baseball His cap was the brand’s first product.) “I also love jackets,” he says, noting the voluminous look of Balenciaga, where he worked as a young designer.
The 14 styles range in price from $50 to $395 and are available on the Urban Outfitters website and at the Melrose Avenue Urban Outfitters store in LA.
Uribe was a finalist in the 2015 CFDA Vogue Fashion Fund. “There’s so much talent here, there just aren’t enough Chicanos or Mexican Americans in fashion in general,” he told WWD. “I will try to change that.”
