Vancouver Fashion Week FW26 Interview w/ Call & Response Clothing

Call & Response will be showing their latest collection on the runway at Vancouver Fashion Week on Friday, April 10th at 7:50. Purchase tix HERE!

Bio - 

Call and Response Clothing is an art-minded, music-influenced concept studio created by Catherine Robinson, Lori Marcuz, and Annie McDayter. Founded in Toronto, Canada in 2004, C&R quickly grew a following of musicians, creatives, and artists looking for the wild, the unrestrained, and the audacious. Together, the team craft pieces to blend texture, movement, and silhouette using unusual textiles and meticulous techniques.

Design is without boundaries, as music, art, and creation must be to flourish and thrive. Both architectural yet breathing: ebbing and flowing. Call and Response are designers for those who wish to be, those who are, and those who were, forever and always, personal and experimental: raw and refined. 

Interview - 

Please share a bit about your journey to embrace fashion design as a career. Looking back, were there any early signs fashion would be your future?

The three of us found our way into fashion through different entry points, but fell in love for the same reasons. A love of art, technique, and creation.

How did you learn your skills? 

Cathy and Lori are both self taught, while Annie went to TMU for Fashion Designl.

Who are you as a designer? Aesthetic? Customer? Brand?

As we are three designers, we do have our own distinct voices and strengths. Cathy is a textile artist and experimental designer who creates mosaics out of material. Annie focuses on a dark, romantic opulence. Lori is technical and measured with her work. She often leans towards a tailored cool.

What comes easiest for you as a designer? What is hardest?

The easiest part of our work is creation. There are always ideas. There is always the next thing to create.

The hardest part of our work is deciding what creation wins the final battle in the decision process.

Where do you find inspiration for new collections? How important is color to your design process?

We take a lot of inspiration from music and from fellow artists. When we were designing pieces for Prince, we used to listen to his influences for inspiration while we worked.

Readers would love to know more about the collection you are showing at Vancouver Fashion Week FW26.

Our work is fluid and vibrant and purely influenced by our own design legacy. Because of this, its difficult to pick only one look

Where can readers purchase your designs?

Our pieces will be available for pre-order through our website at www.callandrepsonseclothing.com

What's next for you as a designer and your brand?

We are always growing and adapting as designers. The big push for us right now is expansion into Europe and Asia. We are excited to see how these new markets react to our designs.

Links - 

• Website - www.callandresponseclothing.com
• Instagram - @callandresponseclothing
• Facebook - www.facebook.com/callandresponseclothing