The erratic energy
of Trudy Benson’s
abstract scrawls
colour a bomber
jacket.George Gorrow, left,
and George Benias.Benson’s work on a
Cocurata skirt.hen former Ksubi designer
George Gorrow met New
York art dealer George
Benias, he was inspired to
mergeartandfashionafresh.“Wethought
togetherwecouldcauseadifferentkindof
collision–comingatiffromtheartistand
gallery perspective,” they say. The result is
theirlabelCocurata,whereartisthe
focus,thoughwearabilityisonpoint,too.
The label fuses art to street-slanted unisex-
feel pieces that are re-energising the link
between the two creative spheres.WORDS: ALICE BIRRELLcurators
AN ART DEALERmeets
afashiondesigner:alabel
that CREATES fashion
fromart is born.W
Artist Steve More’s
chevron patterns and mixed
mediaonaCocuratajacket.BÄST LINE
“Aguesteditbygraffiti
artist Bäst of the spring/
summer ’15 collection
in Lane Crawford.”“Ruby-Jean Wilson
lookingfierceinthe
trench printed with Trudy
Benson’s work, with Liz
Ham behind the lens.”ARTISTS’
PROOFS
For aut umn / w inter
’15, artists Trudy
Benson,MattJones
and Steve More
lent their visuals
tothepair’spieces.FASHIONASART
“These posters went up all
over New York city during
New York fashion week,
and all over Hong Kong
during Art Basel.”UNIQUE BOUTIQUE
by Paul Insect and Bäst.The
Cocurata
top, $290. ocurata skirt, $450.
fromDavid Jones.Cocurata
jacket,
$730.84 – MAY 2015
in VOGUE