Elena Velez is an American fashion designer and heterodox creative from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, based in New York City.[1] Her work is known for its non traditional synthesis of metalsmith and high fashion.
Described by Vogue as "explosive and aggressive",[2] Velez's work has been inspired by the historic craftsmanship and manufacturing legacy of the American Rust Belt and is the product of collaboration with local metalsmith artisans to revisit the regional craft.[3] Central themes in her work include deconstruction,[4] unconventional & complicated femininity,[5] and alternative construction methods, which include "salvaged" and "site-specific materiality".[6] Velez coins her visual identity as "aggressively delicate" and "anti-fragile".[7]
Velez is on The Dazed 100 List,[8] the winner of the 2022 CFDA Vogue Fashion Fund,[9] the 2022 CFDA Emerging Designer of the Year,[10] is a member of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, and a semi finalist for the 2024 LVMH Prize.[11]
Velez is occasionally associated with the "Dimes Square" reactionary aesthetic scene,[12] and is similarly mentioned in The Free Press as "the first post-woke designer".[13]
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^"Elena Velez Fall 2023 Ready-to-Wear Collection". Vogue. 14 February 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
^Hauer, Sarah. "This Milwaukee native has designed clothes for Ariana Grande, Halsey and Solange even before finishing school". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
^"The Puerto Rican Designer Finding Inspiration in War-Torn Society". PAPER. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
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^Dazed. "Dazed 100 | Dazed". www.dazeddigital.com. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
^"Judy Turner, Elena Velez Among 2022 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Finalists". The Business of Fashion. 26 April 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
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^"Elena Velez". LVMH PRIZE. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
^"What I Saw at the Longhouse Fashion Show | Justin Lee". First Things. 19 September 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
^Reingold, Olivia (16 February 2024). "Is Elena Velez the First 'Post-Woke' Designer?". The Free Press. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
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