Cesar Padilla will be the first artist to talk at the Sew to Sow lecture series at NSCAD University. His talk is the first of a series of artist lectures related to sustainable fashion thanks to a generous gift from the Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation.
#GoFindIt: Archiving Vintage Punk and Rock Fashion for Film, Television, Music Video, and Retail
Cesar Padilla will share stories and experiences from his 25 years as a clothing archivist and fashion consultant working with leading directors, actors, and musicians on major film, television, music video, and stage productions. He will also share his thoughts on the meaning and importance of vintage clothing, not only as a window into the past, but also as a vital resource in today’s creative culture industries.
Monday, November 6, Noon – 1 p.m.
Learning Commons
Fountain Campus
Brown bag lunches will be served.
About Cesar Padilla
Cesar Padilla is a vintage clothing archivist, filmmaker, writer, and musician whose work revolves around the style, fashion, and sound of British and American underground music scenes of the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. Born in Los Angeles, he soon became a fixture of the city’s emergent queer, punk rock, and underground Latino music scenes in the 1970s and early 80s. After relocating to New York, he co-founded Cherry Vintage NYC, which has been ranked in the top ten vintage clothing outlets worldwide by Vogue, the New York Times, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, and others. He has been active as a fashion consultant and outfitter for film, television, music video, and stage productions, including American Gangster, Boardwalk Empire, Mad Men, The Idol, The Get Down, and American Hustle, and he has dressed leading musicians including Billie Eilish, Travis Barker, Rihanna, Frank Ocean, and Will Oldham.