Fashion’s artifice was not lost on illustrator-turned-fashion designer Franco Moschino. With his Moschino brand, he openly mocked the well-established classics, like adding over-the-top trimmings to the revered Chanel jacket silhouette—yet his designs drew in the well-heeled set thanks to his technical prowess.
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Fashion’s artifice was not lost on illustrator-turned-fashion designer Franco Moschino. With his Moschino brand, he openly mocked the well-established classics, like adding over-the-top trimmings to the revered Chanel jacket silhouette—yet his designs drew in the well-heeled set thanks to his technical prowess.
When designer Jeremy Scott took over as Moschino’s designer in 2014, he carried the mantle of lampooner to the fashion set, making everything from ready-to-wear clothing nipped at the waist with caution tape to a frock seemingly sculpted out of bubble wrap. Whether he co-opts cleaning supply logos for a dizzying print or fabricates a gown that spoofs a bodega bouquet of flowers, Scott injects Mochino with the playful wit that makes up the brand’s original DNA. Guest artist Angela Garza possesses this type of ingenuity, putting her own boisterous spin on any type of nail art request that comes her way. Whether turning Moschino’s Pablo Picasso-inspired dress on its head or hand painting the juxtaposition of a traffic cone with ornate flowers (another Moschino print), Garza proves sartorial satire is also welcome in the nail art world.
Austin, Texas-based freelance nail artist Angela Garza (@pretty_nail_gang) specializes in intricate hand-painted and 3D nail art. With four years under her belt, she counts Austin’s most prolific drag queens amongst her growing roster of clients.
