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Sham, Dee, & Ricky
With as many collabo’s in the works as there are 6” heels at Fashion Week, it’s hard to pinpoint the best of the best. Designers Dee & Ricky and blogger superstar Sham are the next big thing when it comes to teamwork. The three worked together on a view gifts for the Lateboots.com brand and have been fast friends ever since. Vital personalities in the cool kid scene, Dee, Ricky & Sham are on our radar and after a two hour wait and an awkward 30 minute shoot, we learned just what makes them so sought after.
Dee
1. What’s your AMMO? (What’s inspires you?)
CAFFEINE !
2. Did you think as a child that you’d be a fashion icon just by using something as simple as a Lego?
Nope never thought about that, [I] thought I would be a kid forever; never thought I’d grow up. Should have moved to Never, Neverland.
3. If you weren’t designing, what would you be doing?
I’d probably be apart of the GOP or Maybe Mayor of NYC.
4. What are you plans for the Dee&Ricky brand in 2010?
Aiming to open up the official Dee&Ricky Restaurant, dropping that CASIO watch, [and] our official clothing line release this fall.
Ricky
1. What’s your AMMO? (What’s inspires you?)
Guns…guns guns guns.
2. Did you think as a child that you’d be a fashion icon just by using something as simple as a Lego?
Nah …Who would’ve thunk? Really…. who would’ve thunk?
3. Are there any solo projects in the works?
Yea, we’ve got an abundance of solo projects and in different genres.
4. If you weren’t designing, what would you be doing?
Flipping bricks or probably culinary arts.
5. What are you plans for the Dee&Ricky brand in 2010?
Drop this line like it’s hot.
Sham
1. What’s your AMMO? (What’s inspires you?)
The simple life I lived before I moved to New York–before LateBoots started.
2. Lateboots? Explain the title?
Sham + Marquis= LateBoots.com
3. When did you fall in love with Fashion?
I wouldn’t say I fell in love. Some things are just by default.
4. Are there any solo projects in the works outside of Lateboots?
Art is Life [which] is a Global Creative Platform dedicated to enrich its audience through Cultural Exhibits and Mixed Media Programs. Our first show was last November which featured Wesley Martin Berg, Daniel Galas, Aaron Ginsberg, Michael McGrane, PleaseDontFront, Pierre Francillon.
5. Who is Sham? (A writer? An artist? A visionary? Or just Sham?)
I’m whoever you want me to be…
Still not sure… check out Dee&Ricky at deeandricky.com and Sham at lateboots.com
Photographer: Ashley Sky Walker
