The Digest | New Jersey Magazine
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Going into fashion school, Josh's goal was to learn how to construct and style clothing. He started off designing different patterns of yarn so people could create the clothing themselves, so he did not think that he would be in the fashion industry making ready-to-wear clothing before he even graduated. "I like to do everything the most difficult way possible," Josh joked, "I want to make it all." When Josh and Michael began working together, Josh realized that fashion is a much bigger thing than just creating and that the design process is much more strategic than most people think. One of Josh's most outstanding collections is a limited edition hand knitted sweater collaboration with Marvel. Josh wanted the collection to move away from anything that was mainstream superhero and focused on telling a story through the clothing. Marvel has an extraordinary cra for making connections through the characters in their films, so Josh wanted to stick with that intertwining theme in his designs. e goal of the collection was to inconspicuously tell the story of the superheroes while making each piece fashion forward enough for both Marvel fans and sweater- lovers. Along with ensuring the sweater matched the hero's story, Josh also considered whether he would wear the sweater as a large factor while designing. "It was a fantastic challenge to merge the two worlds together. ey're (Marvel) so big on their storytelling, and I wanted to tell it with them," Josh explained. e line features sweaters inspired by superheroes like or, whose sweater includes mythological influences and Black Panther, whose design represents the transfer of a human becoming superhuman. V U E N J . C O M 63