Gianna Ross - Upcycled Workwear-Streetwear
Modeled by Keyera Childs
Billboard Artwork by Zaire McPhearson
Featured in ArtPop’s 6th Annual Upcycled Fashion Show & Community Arts Fundraiser
The Fabric Between Us explores denim as a fabric connecting generations, communities, and cultures. This piece represents the history of denim, cotton, and labor in the American South, honoring the cultural journey of denim in everything from Southern workwear to Northern city streetwear. Patchwork and safety pin details represent the connections between communities and generations. Sculptural transparent chambers preserve cotton and symbolic fragments of denim’s journey, while visible mending traces its evolution through resilience, migration, and identity.
Meet the Designer:
Gianna Ross is a Charlotte-based fashion designer, educator, and founder of Street Serenade. Originally from New Jersey, her work blends luxury streetwear with the storytelling traditions of hip-hop, using fashion as a vehicle to explore identity, resilience, culture, and community. A graduate of Charlotte Is Creative’s CEI program, Gianna is building Street Serenade beyond the runway, using fashion to inspire action, provoke thought, and encourage others to stay true to their vision and remain students of the game.
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Runway photography by Rico Marcelo. White backdrop photography by Robb Webb.
