On the premiere episode of The Collinas, Tommy Dorfman heads to New York City for the opportunity of a lifetime: an internship at Collina Strada. But when she struggles to adapt to the workplace culture and a plant-based diet, her dream job turns into a wake-up call. Can Tommy make it in the high-stakes world of sustainable fashion?
This digital show was made amongst a community of creatives. In this moment of global precarity, the importance of solidarity has never been clearer; in the absence of systems that can hold us, we are forced to hold ourselves. We brought together a network of collaborators—longtime co-conspirators and new friends alike—to construct a new virtual world of inclusiveness and joy.
Employing 3D-scanning techniques, 12 models take on the roles of video-game avatars in a virtual world created in collaboration with designer Hillary Taymour. As the game players explore their environment and plant virtual trees, we are encouraged to contemplate notions of change, growth and community. Founded by American designer Hillary Taymour, New York-based Collina Strada is both a womenswear brand and platform for climate awareness, change and self-expression, using repurposed textiles, psychedelic prints and sustainable practices.