MI Leggett

Since 2017, non-binary artist MI Leggett has synthesized their interests in environmental justice and expansive gender expression into a brand that’s quickly garnered acclaim. In the span of just a few years, Leggett’s shown multiple collections at New York Fashion Week and been labeled by the CFDA as “one to watch.” Leggett’s years working in food justice shaped their design process—upcycling and reworking discarded garments felt like a natural choice for them given the marked worldwide ecological impact of the fashion industry. In altering these unwanted garments, Leggett dissociates them from gendered categories and creates an alternative space where both materials and identity are fluid. The cultural and industrial norms that ground the fashion industry and our society are destabilized in the creation of a new order, one where a concern for the future of our planet and free self-expression are prioritized.

Challenging the boundaries between art and fashion, they have shown work at New York and Berlin Fashion Week, international galleries and New Art Dealers Alliance. Their work and words have appeared in The New York Times, Teen Vogue, Vogue Italia, Paper, Bloomberg, i-D, Milk, Office, Antidote and other outlets.

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