Filipino Designer – Insanity: A Look into the Madness of Rocky Gathercole (Illustrado)
They say there’s a very thin line that separates genius from
insanity. And nowhere is the thinness of that line even more pronounced
than in the case of FIlipino designer Rocky Gathercole.
During a virtual
tête-à-tête with the
avant gardiste, we unearthed not only the method in his madness, but also the proverbial can of worms… or two.
Story By Lalaine Chu-Benitez
Photo by Filbert Kung
Styling, Hair and Make-Up by: Ginno Alducente
Model: Jasmine Maierhofer
Experimental, unpredictable, explosive and quite simply – mad. He,
of the fantastical creations, whose muses include insect women, gaudy
showgirls, and phantasmagoric goddesses who all exist in a warped
intersection between total fantasy and hyper reality. Rocky says on
his take on style as-a-matter-of-factly, “My designs are, to put it
simply, from my weirdest, wildest, wonderful world (www.rg) where I am
the ultimate dictator of fashion. I have a gazillion idea in my mind and
fantastical is probably the simplest adjective we can associate them
with. The real word to appropriately describe them has yet to come from
another universe!” He adds, “More than anything, my primary concern,
most often than not, is the availability of materials to be able to
realize my vision.”
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