MEET DESIGNER PATRICK CUPID
PATRICK CUPID - FASHION DESIGNER
American designer Patrick Cupid exhibits a design vocabulary rooted in the rich diversity of his hometown and base, New York City, imbued with influences from other cultural centers worldwide. His transcendent aesthetic integrates antecedent and ensuing concepts in contemporary fashion that are never about one idea.
Tapping on the pulse of modern living, Patrick Cupid has fused different style sensibilities in response to a new world that needed new clothing. He saw that a fluid world with fluid people requires clothing that adapts and expresses new truths. As a result, Cupid delivers a style that freely moves between place and purpose. In addition, Patrick creates bold new prints for each season that reflect the collection's underline philosophy.
The eponymous ready-to-wear brand draws a comparison of style and abstraction with each collection. They are breaking away from traditional designations and offering more choices in how we dress. Patrick Cupid borders on luxury and leisure in a fashion described as a casual formality.
Patrick received formal training at The Fashion Institute of Technology, Parsons School of Design, and PolitecnicoD'Milano. As a result, Cupid supplements a natural-born flair for design with a masterly technical understanding. This global education combined with the multicultural New York upbringing created a kaleidoscope of design visions that demanded realization. A solo entrepreneur, designer Patrick Cupid employs his skill and experience in garment development.
The Patrick Cupid brand, launched in 2017, is a true embodiment of its founders' passions, intellectual interests, and vision. A solo entrepreneur, designer Patrick Cupid employs his skill and experience in garment development. His growing oeuvre represents classic and enduring styles that speak of the present yet remain timeless, imbued with artistic references and anthropological notes. Domestic production and local sourcing are part of the Patrick Cupid brand ethos to promote environmental health and support small businesses.
Listed as the Industry. Fashions 2020 one to watch, Patrick has been nominated for two La Jolla International Fashion Film 2021 awards, received the CFDA Harlem Fashion Row Icon 360 grant in 2020, 2013 F.I.T Critics Choice award recipient, and a 2007 Gen Art Styles finalist.
