John Weir <div style="float:right; width:240px; margin:8px"> <img src='http://static3.shopify.com/s/files/1/0013/4392/files/M-_Meyer_1small.jpg' alt='' width="240"> <p> Photo by <a href="http://www.troybaylessphotography.com/">Troy Bayless</a> </p> </div> <p>Mary Meyer was born in Marin, grew up in Venice, CA and graduated from the California College of the Arts with a degree in painting, funded in part by a Yozo Hamaguchi grant. While in school, Mary studied extensive types of printmaking, weaving, dying, welding and woodwork. She also discovered her talent and penchant for clothing design. Starting production out of her living room, she began to make custom shirts and dresses for her friends and peers.</p> <p>In 2005 she founded her own company, Mary Meyer Clothing. Starting at just a few stores in the Bay Area she found that her customers loved the wearabilty of her basic but unique shapes combined with a print or piece of appliqué that set her work apart from other designers.</p> <p>In 2006 <span class="caps">MMC</span> moved from Oakland to Brooklyn. Her work on the east coast has maintained the straight-forward style of her earlier work, while focusing on branching out towards higher concept pieces. Shapes like the Biggie—a giant one size-fits-all piece, printed or solid, that can be styled in an infinite number of ways—became one of her signature looks and retains its place as a standard in her collection season after season. One buyer called the Biggie “the evolution of the T-Shirt.”</p> <p>In addition to the development of her silhouettes, Mary has, over the years, formed an identifying visual language that has become the hallmark of her work. Her prints are inspired by, to name a few: African textiles, Japanese dye techniques, quilts, pop art, the beach, wheat pasted punk flyers and 80’s graphic tees. The combination of which creates a mark that is both original and yet somehow nostalgic.</p> <p>For Spring 2010 Meyer took the concept “visual language” quite literally and just decided to write one. The thesis pieces of her Spring line are graphic prints with phrases written on them like “High on Love”, but the phrases are coded in her symbols. Each shirt comes with a decoder hangtag that reveals to you what the prints say. Her thinking is “everyone wants so say something, but no one really wants so be defined by or subscribe to anything” and so the new language was born. In addition to this new language, her Spring line also contains her signature tribal prints.</p> <p>In addition to her clothing company, Mary also runs the Mary Meyer Art House, throwing parties that showcase artists and bands that aren’t always seen in the mainstream. She has also co- founded The Step Right Up Program; a free, non-profit afterschool program in New York City’s public schools that writes and produces plays with students.</p> 2008-05-03T19:59:50-04:00 mary-meyer 283642 2008-05-03T19:59:50-04:00 134392 2010-01-28T19:04:50-05:00 <div style="float:right; width:240px; margin:8px"> <img src='http://static3.shopify.com/s/files/1/0013/4392/files/M-_Meyer_1small.jpg' alt='' width="240"> <p> Photo by "Troy Bayless":http://www.troybaylessphotography.com/ </p> </div> Mary Meyer was born in Marin, grew up in Venice, CA and graduated from the California College of the Arts with a degree in painting, funded in part by a Yozo Hamaguchi grant. While in school, Mary studied extensive types of printmaking, weaving, dying, welding and woodwork. She also discovered her talent and penchant for clothing design. Starting production out of her living room, she began to make custom shirts and dresses for her friends and peers. In 2005 she founded her own company, Mary Meyer Clothing. Starting at just a few stores in the Bay Area she found that her customers loved the wearabilty of her basic but unique shapes combined with a print or piece of appliqué that set her work apart from other designers. In 2006 MMC moved from Oakland to Brooklyn. Her work on the east coast has maintained the straight-forward style of her earlier work, while focusing on branching out towards higher concept pieces. Shapes like the Biggie—a giant one size-fits-all piece, printed or solid, that can be styled in an infinite number of ways—became one of her signature looks and retains its place as a standard in her collection season after season. One buyer called the Biggie “the evolution of the T-Shirt.” In addition to the development of her silhouettes, Mary has, over the years, formed an identifying visual language that has become the hallmark of her work. Her prints are inspired by, to name a few: African textiles, Japanese dye techniques, quilts, pop art, the beach, wheat pasted punk flyers and 80’s graphic tees. The combination of which creates a mark that is both original and yet somehow nostalgic. For Spring 2010 Meyer took the concept “visual language” quite literally and just decided to write one. The thesis pieces of her Spring line are graphic prints with phrases written on them like “High on Love”, but the phrases are coded in her symbols. Each shirt comes with a decoder hangtag that reveals to you what the prints say. Her thinking is “everyone wants so say something, but no one really wants so be defined by or subscribe to anything” and so the new language was born. In addition to this new language, her Spring line also contains her signature tribal prints. In addition to her clothing company, Mary also runs the Mary Meyer Art House, throwing parties that showcase artists and bands that aren’t always seen in the mainstream. She has also co- founded The Step Right Up Program; a free, non-profit afterschool program in New York City’s public schools that writes and produces plays with students.