When Brooklyn transplant Zana Bayne decided to go pro with her harness line, she went all out. She released her webshop in the really end of last 12 months, then quit her main job and went on a two-week jaunt to Europe. So, "it had to work," she said. Now, much less than 1 year after the official launch of her assortment, the 23-year-old's leather wares have popped up in several fashion editorials, Prabal Gurung's spring runway as well as a host of hot bodies like Ciara, Katy Perry, and most recently, Lady Gaga.
In May, Bayne created gold harnesses for your dancers supporting Gaga's appearance on Saturday Evening Live and this summer she crafted intricate, full-body harnesses for that popstar's latest music video, "You And I." Bayne was already a fixture within the fashion scene when she started experimenting with leather accessories-she runs Garbage Dress, a blog chronicling her penchant for black clothes and sharp details-when she realized that her interest in leather harnesses intersected having a gap inside the market.
So how'd she strike gold with high fashion fetish gear? We sat down with Bayne to discover out.
On her design:
"It's constantly evolving. To be honest, I do not consciously try to wear black each of the time, it just happens that all of the clothes I like come in black. But I'm a real junkie for fit, shape, texture, and it happens when you're sporting all that in black, it matches better."
On Function:
"I've pulled far more all-nighters this 12 months than I feel like I did my 4 years of college. For the last one I did I didn't even drink coffee or Red Bull-I do not like to stop projects in the middle, I'd rather work until it's done."
On inspirations:
"Anything from a collar on a shirt to some lines that just come into my head can inspire me. I'll sometimes sketch things or I'll see a garment and think, 'What variety of harness could function on that? Sometimes I like to start using an idea. Such as the last assortment I was looking by way of a great deal of bullfighter costumes-all the intricate stitching-I guess that sort of attitude carried through."
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