ANDO EN REVERSO
COOL CYCLE_25 - ANDO EN REVERSO
"With the detritus of good design strewn about history, the contemporary hype-beast "luxury" brand-world has overpopulated our lives with meaningless, yet powerfully manipulative, clothing. Like Tadao Ando, we at KZ_K are on a lifelong design quest to focus on the modern movement: in our case, to develop conceptually designed pieces (Cool Cycle_25 Collection is driven by precepts found in Ando's architecture) of precise development and manufacture, highlighting the power of the individual to create her own dream chamber, to fill up with as much life as one's imagination can encompass.
- KZ_K Studio
“After World War II, when Japan launched on a course of rapid economic growth, the people’s value criteria changed. The old, fundamentally feudal family system collapsed. Such social alterations as concentration of information and places of work in cities led to overpopulation of urban centers and underpopulation of agricultural and fishing villages and towns (as was probably true in other parts of the world as well). Overly dense urban and suburban populations made it impossible to preserve a feature that was formerly most characteristic of Japanese residential architecture: intimate connection with nature and openness to the natural world. What I refer to as an enclosed Modern Architecture is a restoration of the unity between house and nature that Japanese houses have lost in the process of modernization.”
-Ando
KZ_K STUDIO
STUDIO DISCIPLINE: MODERNIST DESIGNS, PRECISELY CUTTING CLEAN YET BOLD FORMS, TAKING THE UNIQUE IDEALS OF THE MADE-TO-MEASURE PROCESS TO ENHANCE GARMENTS WITH CONVERTIBILITY, PERSONALIZATION, FUNCTIONALITY AND FIT.
OUR ETHOS: RESPONSIBLE, LOCAL MANUFACTURING, CONNECTED CLIENT RELATIONSHIPS AND MINDFUL CAPSULES THAT MINIMIZE ORNAMENTATION, BYPASS TRENDS, CONSTRUCTED FOR A LIFETIME OF USE.
the great jones street studio
WITH AN ARCHITECTURE STUDIO MENTALITY - GROWING DIRECT CLIENT RELATIONSHIPS VIA UNIQUE, PERSONALIZED, ENGAGING EXPERIENCES: KZ_K STUDIO SHARES ITS GREAT JONES STREET STUDIO. A DIVERSIFIED SPACE-USE PLACE, CONTAINING: DESIGNER SHOWROOM, LIBRARY BAR, COCINA, PATTERN/DESIGN ROOM, AND ROOFTOP TERRACE.
DESIGNED BY KZ_K CO-FOUNDER, TRAINED IN ARCHITECTURE, JESSE KEYES, THE STUDIO EMpLOYS A REARVIEW INNOVATION APPROACH TO:
ATELIER-STYLE FITTINGS FOR PERSONALIZED CAPSULES
SOCIAL EVENTS LARGE AND SMALL
INDUSTRY BRAINSTORMS
DESIGN / DEVELOP / MARKET / STORE / SHIP / PHOTOSHOOT / IMBIBE / READ / FETE
BY APPOINTMENT FOR COLLECTION VIEWINGS, THE STUDIO WILL ALSO BE OPEN TO INDUSTRY PARTNERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, AND OTHER CREATIVE FRIENDS IN AN EFFORT TO GENERATE PRODUCTIVE INTERACTIONS.
MODERNIST MULTI-FUNCTIONAL
KZ_K STUDIO EXTOLS THE TENETS OF MODERNISM: TO USE TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED MATERIALS, VIA CONCEPT-DRIVEN DESIGN, RESULTING IN THOUGHTFUL FUNCTIONAL FORMS. WE DEVELOP FOR STYLIZED EFFICIENCY AND VERSATILITY, MINIMIZING EXCESS, ACCENTUATING SLEEK FEMININITY. DESIGN OUTCOME: REFINED, ESSENTIALLY AESTHETIC PIECES AND LOOKS THAT ARE INTEGRATABLE, AND DESIGNED FOR SUSTAINED AND SUSTAINABLE USE. THE STUDIO VISION HAS BEEN CRAFTED BY CREATIVE DIRECTOR AND FASHION DESIGNER, KAROLINA ZMARLAK, AND HER LIFE & CREATIVE PARTNER, TRAINED ARCHITECT, JESSE KEYES.
TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED FABRICS
THE KZ_K STUDIO HAS DEVELOPED EXACTING MANUFACTURING STANDARDS, SPECIFIC TO OUR PARTICULAR MULTI FUNCTIONAL DESIGN DISCIPLINE. WE SELECT FABRICS OF ADVANCED TECHNICAL CAPACITY, USING JAPANESE TEXTILES, FRENCH WASHABLE LEATHERS, AND CREATIVE SPANISH SHEARLINGS, WHILE WE’VE INNOVATED VARIOUS, COMPLEX CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES: SEAMLESS FINISHES, ENABLING DOUBLE FACED FABRICS, UNIQUE CINCHING, MULTI LAYER ABILITY, AND OTHER DESIGN SUBTLETIES.
STYLIZED MINIMALISM
“MINIMALISM IS A PURSUIT OF THE ESSENCE OF THINGS, NOT THE APPEARANCE.”
“MINIMALISM IS NOT ABOUT HAVING LESS. IT’S ABOUT MAKING ROOM FOR MORE OF WHAT MATTERS.”
“MINIMALISM IS NOT A STYLE...IT’S A FUNDAMENTAL REACTION AGAINST NOISE, VISUAL NOISE, DISORDER, VULGARITY.”
“Minimalism is not subtraction for the sake of subtraction. Minimalism is subtraction for the sake of focus.”
transformational habits & Core pants
hab·it
1. A SETTLED OR REGULAR TENDENCY OR PRACTICE, ESPECIALLY ONE THAT IS HARD TO GIVE UP
2. A GARMENT WORN BY A MEMBER OF A PARTICULAR ORDER, IN OUR CASE, THE ORDER OF MODERN WOMEN'S FASHION with CONVERTIBLE CLOTHING AND CONVERTIBLe fASHION.
CORE PANTS
KZ_K creative director, Karolina, has spent two decades, designing, fitting, adjusting, fabric selecting (from Japanese mills), silhouette perfecting and body interacting with thousands of clients to develop a set of pants (of precision manufacturing by our partners in NYC's Garment District), to strengthen the form, ease the feel and build the core of any wardrobe, for a lifetime of use
CORE VALUABLES
PERFECT FITTING AND DEPENDABLE SIGNATURE UNDERPINNINGS THAT PAIR WITH ALL CYCLES, TRANS HABITS AND CORE PANTS.
MADE WITH EXPERT FEMININE FIT, SILHOUETTE AND FABRICS IN NEUTRAL COLORS FOR CONTINUOUS WEAR.
KZ_K SERVICES
PRIVATE IN GREAT JONES STREET STUDIO APPOINTMENT
(FRIENDS AND FAMILY INVITED)
KZ TRY ON BOX
VIRTUAL APPOINTMENT
CURATED LOOKBOOK
PERSONALIZED STYLE GUIDE
PIECE ALTERATIONS + REPAIRS
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