Brick Town

Where music and architecture meet fashion at the junction

By MARIAN SAN PEDRO

From being a popular architectural style in the mid-20th century to facing its descent as a model of bad, even monstrous, taste in the mid-1970s, the principle of Brutalism is once again finding its way to the present era. This time, it’s through the style sensibilities of the up-and-coming, 21-year-old fashion designer Ellis Co. “ARCHIVES is a representation of my growth over the years,” the designer says proudly. “It is a high-fashion streetwear brand that takes heavy influence from Brutalist architecture—an architectural style that I found fascinating due to its emphasis on simplicity, honesty, and functionality.” Aside from the grotesque and straightforward notions embedded in Brutalism, Co has also ingrained the rhythm and beat of music in his process of creation. And almost as if in perfect sync with the architectural approach…

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MEGA (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2022

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