Pushers hosts first fashion show

By Ryan Brough

Photo Editor

 

Pushers Collective held a fashion show to help bring local fashion designers to the public.

Pushers Collective had their grand re-opening on the afternoon of Nov. 15. Pushers is a clothing line, record label, idea shop and production company founded in 2011. They released their new clothing line Push or Starve. Doors opened at 2 p.m. and by 5 p.m. and the place had customers coming in and out frequently. The store’s owner and founder, Ali Ahmed El Gamrini, said the release of their new clothing line was very successful.

“We had a great turnout and were pleased with the amount of supporters. We sold out of all our promotional clothing from the Push or Starve collection,” said Gamrini.

One of the artists releasing his new line-and his first line-was Anthony Di Fazio. Di Fazio, the designer of Tie Brain, is an artist on many platforms. Born and raised in Windsor, he is currently working on a book, performs in two local bands, draws, paints and has just released his first clothing line called Tie Brain. He said he wants to do film next.

“This is a cool way to release some art work, to have people wear it, it’s just so cool,” said Di Fazio.

When Di Fazio displayed artwork at the Alley Art Show last summer, one of his customers turned out to be Ana Stulic. Stulic is the owner and founder of Chelsea Studios, which organized the fashion show. Stulic got in touch with Di Fazio shortly after purchasing his art work at the Alley Art Show. A couple of months later, Di Fazio’s first clothing line, Tie Brain, was released at the Pushers event. Di Fazio admitted he had no idea what he was getting himself into but was excited to get started.

“It was a lot of work but I didn’t mind, I felt like this is a sign,” said Di Fazio.

Stulic’s fashion background comes from studying Fashion Design at Istituto di Moda Burdo in Milan, Italy. She has worked in Paris, Montreal, and Toronto and also worked for a label called Minga Berlin, in Germany.

Stulic is currently working on her online store and getting Tie Brain in shops around Windsor.

Next for Pushers, they plan to expand and have Pushers flagship stores in all major cities in North America.