Timothy K

Grey Sheep

Location

new york / united states

Timothy K was created in 2010 as a merging of talents amongst a group of young artists under the design direction of Timothy Kuzmeski following his acclaimed undergraduate collection, “Opus 1.” Originally conceived as an outlet in which to shift the direction of what a fashion label could represent in today’s fast-paced, mass-produced world, the mission has remained to create beautiful garments as “l’art pour l’art.”

Using the human body as its natural canvas, with an emphasis on technique and detail, each garment is designed with structure and craftsmanship in mind before being hand-constructed in studio. The end result is a piece of clothing which transcends modern standards and is not only wearable, but could stand on it’s own as a work of fine art.

As an artist, Timothy continuously finds himself existing in the space between the limitations presented by the medium at hand and the limitless sources of inspiration, seeking the beauty of creation which lies within this struggle. This creative process, he says, is the most self-rewarding because he finds it to be the most difficult.

Latest Collection

Opus 2

Living and working within a collective of underground New York City artists, musicians and punk intellectuals, Timothy found a creative drive spurred by his peers and the predecessors to this culture: revolutionary bands, poets, artists, directors and cultural icons that went against the grain in their respective fields to creative a paradigm shift. Driven by this desire to provide a continuous change of perceptions and influence the views of fashion, art and culture ,Timothy began to take in inspiration for his forthcoming collection. A fateful trip to the Guggenheim museum would prove to be the cornerstone of this endeavor, which would continue to evolve over the following year. Timothy visited the 2010 exhibition, “Broken Forms: European Modernism from the Guggenheim Collection”, where he came upon a cubist piece depicting a woman in a dress. He saw a dress depicted in a way he had never seen before, its broken planes, unconventional interaction with the organic form of the body and the use of color instantly sealed the theme for the new collection: a cubist-inspired collection like never before would be the goal and revolutionary fashion based on architecture, invention of new construction techniques and utilization of uncommon materials would be the vehicle. The timothy k team aimed to produce pieces that did not mimic the color blocked “cubist” inspired fashion of old but rather give nod to the grandfathers of architectural fashion design, Charles James and Balenciaga, using the body as a foundation on which to create innovative silhouettes and forms, pushing the envelope of what is considered possible in both design and construction.

Previous collections

Opus 1