Elias Faizi is rejecting fashion school for DIY success
Forgoing the usual path of fashion school and intern applications, the Oakland-based designer is building a distressed, deconstructed world his own way
Black News 
“Making things I don’t want to buy” is the caption of Elias Faizi’s latest Instagram reel. In it, the young designer rips references from a Chrome Hearts bag, replacing the brand’s signature cross motifs with Islamic calligraphy scrawled across black leather. Now viral, the bag has been listed on his online store, along with various other pieces: some with similar Islamic motifs, others cut, washed, and heavily (heavily)hellip;
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