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Elena Velez - Graduate

Central Saint Martins

Graduate Diploma Fashion

About me

info@elenavelez.com @_elenavelez | A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Elena is a designer and artist based in New York City. Elena graduated with a BFA from Parsons School of Design and a graduate diploma from Central Saint Martins. At 24 years old, she has been named by i-D magazine as one of 'five under-the-radar designers to discover at NYFW'. Her undergraduate thesis collection was shown in September of 2018 at both New York Fashion Week, with showcase VFILES Season 10 Runway, and London Fashion Week, as a guest of the Swedish Fashion Council. Dressing celebrities like Solange Knowles, Grimes, Arca, Charli XCX, Kim Petras, and Brooke Candy, her most recent collaborations include custom tour looks for the Kali Uchis, Ariana Grande, and Halsey. Elena is one of Teen Vogue's 2019 Generation Next designers curated by Anna Wintour and Lindsey Peoples Wagner as “a designer representing the future of fashion”. Featured in BOF, WWD, WGSN, Vogue, i:D, Dazed, Paper, and The Cut, her work has taken her around the world from Paris, Sydney, New York, and London.

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Portfolio projects

HOMECOMING

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VESSEL

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_AND CARRY ON

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