We are proud to announce our enamel pin line; PINdead! We are taking unreleased pieces from our archives and having them made into limited run, unique and stylish pins to adorn all your fine denims with. The debut pin in the line is Thicc Comfy Couch, and is avaiable in the underbelly. Stay tuned for the next drop in the series! Thicc Comfy Couch ARTWORK … Continue reading PINdead!
Ha-Za! We double did it ya’ll! I had always hoped for this magazine to be a real tangible thing in the world, beyond some pixels on a screen. And alas, the details have all been worked out and we have some freshly printed issues! We can now begin to distribute the issues we have and begin looking toward our second coming issue. If you would … Continue reading titmag #1: Prints Available Now!
In the underbelly, we have recently launched the first phase of season.3, the third installment of the upcycled fashion brand underbellysociety. Starting with a couple simple staple pieces, hand-painted and assembled by the head of house, Nicholas Ridiculous. With a focus on the newly designed manipanic logo, consisting of intersecting smiley faces sharing one mouth that shows two conflicting emotions. A representation of our modern … Continue reading season.3: freedumbxx
I recently did a little photo shoot for some new upcycled pieces I have been working on during all the isolation downtime, I got some awesome help from a fellow creative and alumni of the Seneca school of fashion, Denisse del Carpio. The pieces featured are mainly a hemp poncho, and a fisherman’s raincoat. This is the first shoot for my budding series titled; freedumbxx. … Continue reading QUARANTINE// D A Z E
ISSUE #1: Steppin’ out the shadows In the journey of creation, it can be very difficult to know what to do with the light at the end of the tunnel. By this I mean, you can spend so much time and energy bringing an idea to life. Continuously talking yourself up and down throughout the entire process. The process of bringing yourself down, to then … Continue reading third.i.tired magazine
She came to The Underbelly from the future of 2099 for a custom jacket, but stayed to change the fate of her lineage. But in changing the past to alter the future, will she lose the person she has become? Will the cost be too high of a price to pay for true change? The test awaits for this ballerina of fate. Lolli Atomica ain’t … Continue reading sadbaddies; Lolli Atomica
The Creative Connection I have been leading and facilitating an upcycled fashion based workshop for youths in transition. Bringing Free2Be, a program helping youths transition out of the child welfare and foster care system, together with an organization I work with called VIBEarts, who bring creative workshops to underserved communities and their youth, to bring the first of my CreativeCnnction workshops to life. The first … Continue reading CC; scrappaxx
party spaghetti & bad wifi http://www.underbellysociety.com Continue reading The Gumball Motel
Education is a big part of life, and it is not something finite, but everlasting. It is cliche to say but we should always be learning in life. In regards to formal education, I have spent four years studying the art of fashion design at Seneca College in North York, Ontario. I finished two programs, a 1 year, and a 3 year program, which both … Continue reading College; Fashion Arts
missed connections Continue reading COLDCALLS
Nicholas Ridiculous 