ART: Conartists Art Collective

Brian Shevlin

Picking my way down a cramped stair to a basement, a whole world of original contemporary art, vintage fashion and new customization and print emerged before me. This was Conartists, a creative collective spanning fashion designers, painters, installations, music and graphic artists all working out of the same studio space and regularly putting on exhibitions and events. I had a chat with studio curator and multi-artist Brian Shevlin about what was currently happening on Ludlow Street's art scene. Check it out on our Live Stream.

At Conartists, they speak in color

Hand-drawn cap designs

STYLE SPOTTING: New York Street Trends

Vintage was definitely the key ingredient when Fashion Beat TV bumped in to this creative duo consisting of photography student Monnet Lucki, who attends Parsons School of Design and L.A. hair stylist Deandre Peoples. Both were wearing outfits consisting primarily of vintage clothes and accessories with Deandre mixing in some cool, zippered trousers he had gotten from a fashion show he had styled. Check out the Live Stream video interview where Monnet goes in to more detail about her sources of inspiration and mixing art with fashion in her photography as well as us taking a closer look at Deandre's outfit.

Deandre Peoples (left) & Monnet Lucki (right)

VINTAGE: The Pattern Market

Vintage umbrellas and bags

We took a stroll through Dalston and came across the new pop-up vintage/art/fashion boutique 'The Pattern Market". Curated by the London-based style guru Amechi Ihenacho, the boutique features an art gallery, selected high-end, vintage fashion, which Amechi hand-picks from around the World, hand-made wall paper, selected vintage art and fashion books, hand crafted lamps and much much more. The shop is open from Thursday to Sunday and can be found at 242-248 Kingsland Road. Check out our live streaming video where we interviewed Pinky about the concept of The Pattern Market. For more photos go to the Photos page.

Amechi Ihenacho