New Orleans Independent Fashion is a new initiative
aiming to bring the community together
to celebrate the fashion art of our vibrant and culturally diverse city.
Board
Melissa Clark
Melissa Clark is a lingerie designer based in New Orleans, LA.
Her design and styling work have been featured in “Summer in Hindsight”,,Cake Diary, Vogue Italia photovogue and Only Monday Magazine.
She operates the art space Happyland Theater in the Bywater with her partner Jeff where they have hosted the New Orleans Giant Puppet Festival, Prospect 5, InFringe Festival, the Minimalism Concert Series and other art events since 2016.
Boyfriend
Boyfriend is a songwriter (Big Freedia, Charli XCX, Pussy Riot, Mykki Blanco, Slayyyter, Mala Rodriguez, etc.), producer and performer.
A festival darling ("Bonnaroo's Best Find" - Bob Lefsetz, "Top 10 Performances of Outside Lands" - Rolling Stone), Boyfriend is best known for her over-the-top live show which blends components of cabaret, pop music and theatrical elements such as costume changes, props & interactive set pieces.
Peregrine Honig
San Francisco native, Peregrine Honig, has made Kansas City her home and creative epicenter since the age of 17. Honig's work is currently included in the permanent collections of The Whitney Museum of American Art, The New York Public Library, The Chicago Art Institute, and The Albright Knox Art Gallery.
Honig’s private and public endeavors have gained her award winning recognition domestically and internationally; she has produced work in art residencies in China, Argentina, attended Art Omi, and began printing with Landfall Press in 1998. Her art and community work as The Senior Artistic Director of The West 18th Street Fashion Show, co founder of Birdies, and curator of Greenwood Social Hall have landed her articles in The New York Times, Art In America, Art Papers, WWD, Vogue, and Elle Magazine.
In 2020, in response to the evolution of “norms” regarding one’s imagined self in relationship to culture and society, Honig wrote a screenplay, “Summer In Hindsight”, which was produced as a feature-length film. To date, the film has won fourteen international awards including The Harlem International Film Festival’s “Best Independent Film” and was exhibited in twenty five festivals in 2021.
Most recently, Honig joined Boyfriend, Melissa Clark, and Cole Williams in March of 2022 in platforming New Orleans Independent Fashion and sustainable garment making through an independent magazine, Parvous, in which artists are linked together through cinema, limited- edition production, performance, and low carbon footprint media.