KA-SHEE
MEANING “LEATHER” IN ARMENIAN –
BEGAN AS A PERSONAL EXPLORATION INTO WHERE MATERIAL MEETS MEMORY.
MY ROOTS TRACE BACK TO YEREVAN, ARMENIA – ONE OF THE OLDEST CITIES IN THE WORLD, RAW AND ENDURING IN ITS BEING.
LEATHER CARRIES THAT SAME HISTORY. IT IS THE OLDEST FORM OF CLOTHING, HONEST AND UNCOMPROMISING, HOLDING THE STORIES OF EVERYTHING IT TOUCHES.
I WAS BORN IN NEW YORK CITY – WHERE THIS LABEL WAS ALSO BORN.
KA-SHEE EXISTS BETWEEN THOSE TWO WORLDS, AND YOU CAN IMAGINE WHERE EACH TAKE THE WHEEL.
I’VE ALWAYS BEEN DRAWN TO THE RAWNESS BEHIND FASHION – THE PART THAT EXISTS BEFORE NOW – THAT HAS EXISTED.
LEATHER, TO ME, HOLDS THAT HONESTY. IT AGES, IT MARKS, IT CARRIES STORY.
I WANTED TO CREATE PIECES THAT FEEL LIVED IN FROM THE START – SOMETHING THAT WEARS WITH YOU, AND STAYS.
EACH PIECE OF KA-SHEE IS MADE TO ORDER, BUILT TO ENDURE, AND MEANT TO BE FELT LONG AFTER IT’S FIRST WORN.
, EMILY