Culture @ F/W 2025 in partnership with Getty Images and Canon

Tati Gabrielle

Tati Gabrielle for Culture@ F/W 2025

For this portrait, Tati Gabrielle brings together Korean heritage, diasporic creativity, and modern circular fashion in a look that feels both expressive and grounded. Her style draws from the evolving lineage of the Hanbok while incorporating upcycled workwear, thrifted Americana, and the personal history held in her own jewelry. The result reflects her wider commitment to identity-led sustainability—fashion shaped by where we come from, what we keep, and how we give existing materials a longer life.

Honoring Heritage Through Modern Design
Tati’s Hanbok-inspired jacket by Leesle reinterprets the Hanbok, the traditional Korean garment known for its flowing silhouette, wrapped structure, and centuries-old symbolism. Leesle is part of a new generation of designers bringing the Hanbok into everyday life—transforming a garment once reserved for ceremonies into something wearable, functional, and expressive.

By adapting traditional construction methods for contemporary dressing, the jacket preserves the Hanbok’s cultural essence while making it accessible to a global audience. On Tati, it becomes a modern expression of Korean identity, illustrating how heritage can evolve and remain alive within today’s fashion landscape.

Circular Craft and American Upcycling
She pairs the jacket with upcycled Timberland patchwork jeans made from reclaimed denim and surplus materials—an approach aligned with Timberland’s broader regenerative and circular design initiatives. The jeans carry a history of workwear, reimagined through patchwork construction that rescues materials from the waste stream and transforms them into something new.

Thrifted Roots and Personal Details
Her thrifted cowboy boots introduce another cultural thread, extending the lifecycle of a classic Western silhouette while grounding the look in reuse. Tati completes her outfit with jewelry from her personal collection—pieces chosen over years, not seasons—which reinforces the idea that sustainability often starts with what we already own and cherish.

The Takeaway
Tati’s look brings together heritage, sustainability, and personal storytelling. Through reimagined Korean design, upcycled American workwear, thrifted boots, and meaningful personal adornment, she shows how conscious fashion can honor identity, preserve cultural memory, and express individuality with intention. It’s an approach that aligns with BLACK PEARL’s cultural sustainability ethos: style as a living dialogue between who we are, what we value, and the world we hope to build.

Sebastian Chacon

BLACK PEARL Culture@ Sustainable Look Profile: Sebastian Chacon

For this portrait, Sebastian Chacon draws from his Colombian, Ecuadorian, and Amazonian heritage to create a look rooted in cultural sustainability. His approach reflects how ancestral craftsmanship, family objects, and mindful fashion choices can come together to tell a living story. Rather than styling for effect, he shows up in pieces that carry lineage, memory, and the environments that shaped his family across the Andes and the Amazon.

Heritage Carriel & Andean Textiles
Sebastian wears a traditional Carriel, a small structured leather bag originating from Jericó in rural Colombia, historically used by coffee farmers traveling through the mountains. Known for its durability and signature hidden pockets, the Carriel is both a practical tool and a symbol of Colombian campesino culture. He pairs it with a ruana woven in Boyacá, a highland region of the Colombian Andes known for its centuries-old weaving traditions. Ruanas are thick, poncho-like garments crafted for warmth in cold mountain climates, and remain foundational to Andean identity. This piece connects Sebastian to the textile practices of Indigenous and rural communities who have preserved these techniques for generations.

Ancestral Jewelry & Circular Meaning
Sebastian’s jewelry carries an intimate family history. He wears a necklace inherited from his great-great-grandfather, who lived in the Andean highlands of Ecuador, alongside huayruro seed jewelry from the Tsáchila people of the Amazon—seeds believed to bring protection and good fortune. Personal pieces, including rings and chains passed down through generations, reinforce sustainability through continuity by valuing objects that already hold meaning instead of acquiring something new.

Modern Circularity with Personal Touches
Sebastian balances these cultural pieces with upcycled garments and his own well-worn boots, integrating circular fashion into his everyday expression. His choices highlight a sustainability philosophy grounded not in trend but in care—repairing, reusing, and honoring garments with history. The combination creates a look that feels lived-in, intentional, and connected to the landscapes and communities that shaped him.

The Takeaway
Sebastian’s look illustrates how sustainability and cultural identity can reinforce one another. Through traditional Colombian craftsmanship, Andean weaving, Amazonian symbolism, and heirloom jewelry, he shows that fashion can be a form of storytelling—a way to keep heritage visible, protect disappearing crafts, and wear ancestry with pride. His approach aligns with BLACK PEARL’s cultural sustainability ethos: style as a bridge between past and present, carrying forward what matters while reducing the need for anything new.

Jack Dylan Grazer

BLACK PEARL Culture@ Sustainable Look Profile: Jack Dylan Grazer

For this portrait, Jack Dylan Grazer brings forward a fresh expression of conscious American style—mixing heritage craft, upcycling, and personal ease. His look centers on Angel Gentle, a Los Angeles–based maker known for transforming discarded textiles into one-of-a-kind pieces, paired with thrifted finds from New York and items from Jack’s own wardrobe. The result reflects a playful yet grounded approach to sustainability, showing how creativity, identity, and reuse can shape modern fashion.

Upcycled Craft from Los Angeles
Jack wears a bespoke jacket from Angel Gentle, a family-run brand led by a mother-and-son duo who specialize in upcycling vintage textiles into hand-made outerwear. The jacket is crafted from a repurposed tapestry—a woven textile originally used as home décor—depicting historical, pastoral scenes. By giving this material a new life as contemporary clothing, Angel Gentle highlights the ongoing value of discarded objects and the potential of American upcycling culture.
The brand’s work is rooted in circularity and narrative design, using rescued fabrics, deadstock materials, and vintage bases to build garments that feel both intimate and expressive. Their approach celebrates slow fashion, where each piece carries visible history and craft.

Thrifted Pieces & Personal Staples
Jack layers his jacket over a thrifted linen shirt and short set sourced from New York City, a nod to the city’s long-standing culture of secondhand fashion and reinvention. He completes his look with his own well-worn shoes and jewelry—pieces that add continuity and personality, grounding the outfit in his everyday style rather than performance.

The Takeaway
Jack’s look represents a modern sustainability ethos built on creativity, reuse, and personal storytelling. Through Angel Gentle’s reimagined Americana, NYC thrifting, and the authenticity of his own accessories, he shows how upcycling can feel youthful, cool, and culturally resonant. His approach aligns with BLACK PEARL’s commitment to cultural sustainability—fashion that carries history forward, supports independent artisans, and reduces environmental impact while remaining deeply personal.

Samata Pattinson

Samata Pattinson for Culture@ F/W 2025

For this portrait, Samata wears a look by Erica Marché, founder of the Philadelphia-based label 1389 Woodliff. Erica’s work centers the stories and aesthetics of the Black American South, blending heritage, craftsmanship, and modern sustainability. Her designs honor the cultural memory of the South while reimagining its visual language for contemporary fashion.

A Modern Reflection of Black Southern Style
The dress draws from the tradition of Southern Sunday’s Best—a longstanding expression of dignity, pride, and artistry within Black American communities. Erica infuses elements of Southern Gothic influence and nods to Black quilting traditions, using shape and symbolism to preserve cultural narratives without relying on literal reproduction of historical garments.

Slow Craft and Natural Materials
Erica produces her work in small batches, prioritizing intentional design and minimizing waste. Most pieces are made from 100% cotton, a natural and biodegradable fiber that aligns with long-wear, low-impact fashion. Her approach supports a more thoughtful, human-centered production model while honoring the region’s textile lineage.

Ghanaian Symbolism & Fair Trade Gold
Samata’s accessories deepen the sustainability story. She wears a Gye Nyame pendant made from fair-trade gold, an Adinkra symbol from the Akan people of Ghana meaning “Except God,” associated with spiritual protection and resilience. Her cowrie beads, also sourced from Ghana, carry cultural meanings linked to prosperity, feminine strength, and ancestral connection across West African traditions.
She also wears a gold cuff—repurposed as an ankle cuff—introducing a creative circularity that reinforces longevity and re-use in personal styling.

The Takeaway
Erica Marché’s work represents a layered vision of cultural sustainability—honoring Black Southern heritage, prioritizing natural materials, and centering storytelling through design. Paired with Samata’s symbolic jewelry and grounded styling, the look reflects how sustainability can be both culturally rooted and personally expressive.