The pattern-making duo behind HIPS has worked with three CFDA Award winners.
,” Datinguinoo told me one rainy morning at the Long Island City studio they moved into a year ago. “Then we just liked each other, and…” As he trails off, their one year old baby Ayanni giggles in the background, finishing the sentence for him.
It was 2017 that Arocena quit her job to become a full-time freelance pattern-maker and design developer, though HIPS didn’t formally start until 2018. Their first client, which they landed via Craigslist, was a menswear brand. “He was doing pretty basic stuff, but it was helpful because, without that, we’d never be able to now do these wild silhouettes.” They continued picking up clients and projects, and by 2019 Datinguinoo was able to drop his barber gig and devote himself to HIPS full time.
The first fitting they had with Rogers was a nerve racking moment for the pair. “Clarissa stayed up to make the skirt until the wee hours of the morning, and when the model tried it on, Chris goes” Datinguinoo recalls, remembering how worried they were they had made a mistake. “But two seconds later he says,” Rogers, for his part, says, “Clarissa and Bryan are able to distill the idiosyncrasies of our brand into toiles and patterns.
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