Aitor Throup

Aitor Throup
Aitor Throup (portrait by Meinke Klein)
Born (1980-08-30) 30 August 1980 (age 44)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
NationalityBritish
EducationRoyal College of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University
Websiteaitorthroup.com

Aitor Throup (born 1980, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an artist, designer and creative director.[1][2]

Throup is best known for his menswear label 'New Object Research' which has shown at London Fashion Week Men's.[2][3] Throup's G-Star Raw Research line is shown during Paris Fashion Week in a gallery setting.[4] His work for, and collaborations with, Damon Albarn,[5] Kasabian,[6] Flying Lotus,[7] Umbro,[8] C.P. Company,[9] Stone Island,[10] and G-Star Raw are well known and often still studied.[11]

Throup most recently debuted his modular costume designs for the 'Autobiography' dance work by Company Wayne McGregor.[2][12] Aitor Throup's work is always informed by anatomy and movement.

  1. ^ "Aitor Throup". London Fashion Week Men's. Archived from the original on 23 October 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Skidmore, Maisie. "Aitor Throup – The Anomalous Designer: We meet Aitor Throup in his studio to discuss his unusual practice". It's Nice That. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  3. ^ Blanks, Tim. "Decrypting the Manifesto of Aitor Throup". Business of Fashion. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  4. ^ Cook, Xerxes (15 May 2017). "Aitor Throup Adventures in Denim". SSENSE. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  5. ^ Jones, Charlie (20 January 2014). "Exclusive: Aitor Throup on working with Damon Albarn". Dazed And Confused. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  6. ^ Cooper, Leonie (2 July 2014). "Aitor Throup on his curtain-raising moment". Dazed And Confused. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  7. ^ Cardiner, Brock. "Aitor Throup Teams Up with Flying Lotus on Death Veil Mask (v.002)". High Snobiety. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  8. ^ Oliver, William (15 August 2011). "Umbro & Aitor Throup: Archive Research Project". Dazed And Confused. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  9. ^ Fischer, David. "C.P. Company 1000m Goggle Jacket By Aitor Throup". High Snobiety. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
  10. ^ Fischer, David. "Stone Island x Aitor Throup Spring/Summer 2009 Articulated Anatomy". High Snobiety. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
  11. ^ Chodha, Dal (23 June 2016). "Introducing G-Star RAW Research by Aitor Throup". Wallpaper. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  12. ^ Boddington, Ruby. "Aitor Throup designs modular, layered costumes for Wayne McGregor's Autobiography". It's Nice That. Retrieved 5 October 2017.