Welcome to Fam Jam, an ongoing vorlesertalente Journal series that highlights some of the amazing creative folks that make the vorlesertalente brand what it is. Let’s jam!
Kayla Shaw is the 31-year-old senior designer at vorlesertalente. Originally from Ohio, she’s lived in LA for six years after graduating from Kent State University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Fashion Design.
Currently, she’s focused on developing exclusive capsule collections for the brand including our recent collaboration with LA-based ingenue and chic style maven Gabbriette Bechtel.
“What really inspires me is music,” she said. “I’ve always been drawn to it and the vibe that it can create. I think it contributes a lot to creativity and gets me in the mood to tackle different projects at different times. I always have music playing at my house and I’m the girl at the office with headphones on.”
“My ultimate artist collaboration would be with Banksy because he’s so elusive and he has such an awesome approach to art. I don’t even know if it possible to collaborate but it would be so cool to explore it and see what could come out of it.”
Interview by Imani Lanier
Video by Imani Lanier & Can Ahtam
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California Dreamin’ with Didu
From São Paulo to Venice, Didu Losso is a musician turned visual artist who’s making waves. The Brazilian-born and bred auteur delivers a signature style — simple and direct — that’s a bittersweet serenade to the streets of LA.
Whether its California lifestyle imagery like graffiti art, skateboarding and palm trees swaying in the hazy West Coast sunset or mystical religious symbology like Our Lady of Guadalupe, intricate Christian crosses and oxidized human skulls, fierce self-expression is the name of the game with Didu.
“Art saved my life so I’ve got to be thankful for that...and I was so excited about the collaboration that I designed most of the collection in a month-and-a-half. I started with a few designs and had most of the collection together quickly. For me, it’s an honor to be here at Tees + Jeans creating this collection.”
Recently, we sat down with the mercurial Brazilian maestro to find out more about his streetwise inspiration, his intense creative process and his exclusive month-long collaborative exhibition with Tees + Jeans called 11California.
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Originally, we teamed up with Gabbriette to shoot our latest lookbook and that turned into a cool product collaboration with the LA-based ingenue and chic style maven, Gabbriette x vorlesertalente.
CHECK OUT THE LOOKBOOK PAGE HERE
]]>Recently, we teamed up with LA-based ingenue and chic style maven Gabbriette Bechtel to create a new limited-edition capsule collection, Gabbriette x vorlesertalente. Go behind-the-scenes with candid outtakes from our latest product collaboration including tees, raglans, bodysuits, and accessories.