Childs New Products Debut In New York Men'S Wear Week

Robert Childs from west lock Island, Florida, rashly rang the doorbell of Thom Browne office when he had just arrived from New York.

Soon after graduating from the FIT, another one.

Adam Kimmel's studio has been working for a while.

The man who grew up in soccer and surfing was originally a business major in University, but soon dropped out of school and studied for men's wear.

He was dressed casually, and he didn't even have a suit in the wardrobe. He himself admitted that the intention of entering the fashion industry was not to wear it.

But they want to work for Thom Browne.

Robert Childs

The office of Adam Kimmel and Thom Browne is in the same building, and Robert Childs has no appointment. He directly rings the doorbell with his resume. He is the chief financial officer of the brand at that time: "he asked me what to do. I said I was working upstairs in Adam Kimmel. Now I am looking for a new job. I hope to give my resume to Thom. The other party has heard and said no problem, and will pass my information to the design department. I saw everyone wearing a suit at the moment of entering the door."

The next day, Thom Browne dialed the Robert Childs phone and asked him to interview.

"I hurried home and made a series of proposals for the mini series. There are 12 to 15 shapes. I don't know what to wear, I don't have a suit, so I borrowed a set from Kimmel.

The second day I saw Thom and we talked for a long time. I thought I was very bad at that interview, but I guess Thom liked me very much. He called me the next day and told me that he could give me a job. I was shocked. "

Thom Browne 2010 autumn winter men's wear series

The 30 year old Robert Childs has worked in Thom Browne for four years, and has been the design director from the initial entry level. His job is to help Thom Browne pform her mind to the reality on T platform and the fashion and accessories that eventually appear on the shelf.

Later, he returned to the studio of Adam Kimmel. In 2012, Adam Kimmel cancelled the design and production of his men's wear line, and Robert Childs moved to Opening Ceremony as chief menswear designer.

Today, with the help of former colleagues, former Thom Browne market and communication manager Matthew Foley, he founded his own brand name "Childs" and completed the virgin release at the beginning of the year, and in the 2017 spring and summer New York men's wear week just ended, the brand launched a new spring and summer series of 2017: "I don't want to do those tight or large outline designs" - is this alluding to those weird and exaggerated styles in the Thom Browne show? But his former boss doesn't see it like this: "Robert is a strong minded person, I am proud of him," Thom Browne said.

Robert Childs also said that one of its major characteristics when working in Thom Browne is to inject its own less Browne style elements into the brand.

Childs brand's first 2016 autumn winter series Lookbook, most of the models are designers Robert Childs's private friends.

"Childs is neither a brand name nor a future. It is not so fashionable, but no matter whether you are going to match those weird designs or classic styles, it will not appear abrupt," Robert Childs told WWD.

But what he learned from Thom Browne is not to attach too much to external force: "Thom doesn't like to refer to the so-called inspirational photographs. He never looks at them.

We don't use color cards. Color is determined when we design fabrics.

At Thom Browne, we will redesign more than 90% of the fabric.

The price range of men's clothing sold by Childs ranges from 200 to 2000 dollars, manufactured by factories in the United States and Japan.

The first 2016 autumn and winter series have been set up in luxury retailers such as Totokaelo, Neighbour, Contraband and so on. The brand is also preparing to launch online sales stores on the official website.

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Childs 2017 spring and summer series men's wear

Like Thom Browne, Robert Childs wants the brand not to develop too fast - "I respect Thom Browne, everything he does."

In addition to the old bole, Robert Childs's personal appreciation designers also have Junya Wantnabe and Patrik Ervell, and from Childs's works, we can see the traces similar to those of the two designers. "I was very good at sewing and cutting lessons when I was in school, and I also loved learning from the planner and sewing machine the technological knowledge."