Michael Romeo
Collection
Bio
BFA AWARD: Couturier Designer of the Year
Michael Romeo is a multidisciplinary creative working across fashion and visual design. His practice focuses on fine tailoring and artisanal craft, often using deadstock materials. He explores the relationship between garment and wearer through an emphasis on process, precision, and care. His work reflects a commitment to thoughtful construction, where time and labor are integral to the final piece.
TERN
TERN(a small, slender seabird)
This collection explores ecological mourning through the lens of a deteriorating coastal Brooklyn environment that I grew up with, translating personal memory into one-of-a-kind, bespoke garments that juxtapose fine tailoring with intricate lacework and feather work inspired by the seascape to express the fragility of both nature and the feminine form.
This collection explores ecological mourning through the lens of a deteriorating coastal Brooklyn environment that I grew up with, translating personal memory into one-of-a-kind, bespoke garments that juxtapose fine tailoring with intricate lacework and feather work inspired by the seascape to express the fragility of both nature and the feminine form.
Through labor-intensive, handcrafted techniques and the reuse of delicate and dead stock materials, each piece becomes an act of devotion—preserving what is disappearing while embodying the emotional weight of environmental loss.
Single pleated suiting trouser
Silk chiffon godet skirt
Handmade heels with scraps of suede
Clipped brocade bralette with option strap
Open back skirt, hand embroidered with ostrich and rooster feathers
Handmade heel from fabric scraps and embroidered with rooster feather.
Silk faille dress with an internal corset and pointed hip pads. This dress features an opening at the back with a godet. Deadstock lyon lace was cut out and used as applique.
