BINX WEARS_ HOODIE AND R13 SWEATS_ TIE-DYED BY STARHAWK DESIGN STUDIO

THE DYES THAT BIND

In her styling debut, superstar Binx Walton turns the kaleidoscope on a cohort of New York friends by engaging tie-dye master Thom Arcuri of Brooklyn’s Starhawk Design Studio to customize vintage gear in a modern take on an ancient technique dating to the 5th century A.D.

Photography_ Michael Wolever

Styling_ Binx Walton

ISSA WEARS_ JACKET_ HELMUT LANG_ TIE-DYED BY STARHAWK DESIGN STUDIO / T-SHIRT_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / PANTS_ LEE_ 2000S_ TIE-DYED BY STARHAWK DESIGN STUDIO / SNEAKERS_ CONVERSE_ MODEL’S OWN

AMARA WEARS_ HOODIE_ CHAMPION_ 2000S_ TIE-DYED BY STARHAWK DESIGN STUDIO / SHORTS_ DICKIES_ 2010S_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / BAMBOO SOCKS_ TIE-DYED BY STARHAWK DESIGN STUDIO / SNEAKERS_ CONVERSE_ MODEL’S OWN. JULIET WEARS_ JAPANESE SILK WRAP JACKET AND PANTS_ 1990S_ TIE-DYED BY STARHAWK DESIGN STUDIO / T-SHIRT_ MODELS’ OWN / SNEAKERS_ CONVERSE_ MODEL’S OWN

ISSA WEARS_ JACKET_ HELMUT LANG_ TIE-DYED BY STARHAWK DESIGN STUDIO / T-SHIRT_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / PANTS_ LEE_ 2000S_ TIE-DYED BY STARHAWK DESIGN STUDIO / SNEAKERS_ CONVERSE_ MODEL’S OWN

MAHI WEARS_ GOLD CHAIN_ MODEL’S OWN / JACKET_ SUPREME_ SS2020_TIE-DYED BY STARHAWK DESIGN STUDIO / RIBBED TANK_ MODEL’S OWN / BELT_ TELFAR_ MODEL’S OWN / TROUSERS_ MODEL’S OWN

JULIET WEARS_ T-SHIRT_ MODELS’ OWN / JAPANESE SILK PANTS_ 1990S_ TIE-DYED BY STARHAWK DESIGN STUDIO / SNEAKERS_ CONVERSE_ MODEL’S OWN AMARA WEARS_ HOODIE_ CHAMPION_ 2000S_ TIE-DYED BY STARHAWK DESIGN STUDIO / SHORTS_ DICKIES_ 2010S_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / BAMBOO SOCKS_ TIE-DYED BY STARHAWK DESIGN STUDIO / SNEAKERS_ CONVERSE_ MODEL’S OWN

TIEGEN WEARS_ LINEN OVERALLS_ MODEL’S OWN / T-SHIRT_ TIE-DYED BY STARHAWK DESIGN STUDIO / BRACELET_ MODEL’S OWN / BAMBOO SOCKS_ TIE-DYED BY STARHAWK DESIGN STUDIO

ISSA WEARS_ HOODIE_ RUSSELL ATHLETIC_ 2016_ TIE-DYED BY STARHAWK DESIGN STUDIO / PANTS_ DICKIES_ 2010S / SNEAKERS_ CONVERSE_ MODEL’S OWN

MAHI WEARS_ GOLD CHAIN_ MODEL’S OWN / JACKET_ SUPREME_ SS2020_TIE-DYED BY STARHAWK DESIGN STUDIO

ZOE AND TIEGEN WEAR_ DENIM JACKET_ EXPRESS_ 1990S_ TIE-DYED BY STARHAWK DESIGN STUDIO

MODELS_ BINX WALTON / AMARA GUIDO / JULIET GUIDO / ISSA LISH / MAHI MAMADOU /  DANYELLE OSBORNE / MARIE JACQUES / TASHANA MILES (THE CHAIR BEAUTY LOFT BRAIDING CENTER) / TIEGEN MORRISON /  XOE ROCK MORRISON 

Hair_ William Schaedler (Issa), The Chair Beauty Loft Braiding Center (Binx, Amara, Juliet)

Makeup_ Miguel Ramos (Issa)

Casting_ Shawn Dezan

Tie Dye Artist_ THOM ARCURI, STARHAWK DESIGN STUDIO

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