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Launched in L.A. in 1998, Grant Krajecki’s Grey Ant started as a never-ending party of campy eighties fashion. The actual shows were just as theatrical; runways were crafted under freeways, and a Cher impersonator made a cameo. The line has been a favorite on the West Coast—its flash more suited to the sun-loving young things on Rodeo Drive than anywhere else. But with Krajecki’s decision to show in New York in spring 2007, the designer could be laying the groundwork for a strong East Coast following.
“When people ask what my inspiration is, it's difficult to answer…. I've run out of lies for that question. Suffice it to say, I always just ask myself, Would Siouxsie Sioux or Kate Bush wear this? If the answer is yes, I move ahead from there.”—Jessica Hundley The Advocate
“They kicked off this morning with Grey Ant. [T]heir clothes always remind us of what we'd want to wear if the apocalypse were a party. They're shredded and sullen, but still pulse with heart - for instance, there's nothing robotic about Grey Ant's famous high jeans, which might be fall's perfect pant….”—Fashionista
“[T]hank God for the Ant's return! The spring collection incorporated the current ecological Zeitgeist of our post-An Inconvenient Truth lives. It was futuristic bohemian - tie-dyed shirts and dresses, floppy bonnet-hoods made of hemp and organic silks and cotton - through a Japanese filter. Call it Kubrick meets Haight-Ashbury. Designer Grant Krajecki said he'd been spending a lot of time in the Pacific Northwest, and the vibe of the place started to influence him. It was hippie, but not dirty hippie. ‘More preppie hippie,’ he said. ‘A little more conservative.’”—Linda Immediato LA Weekly
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