Ali Richmond’s Fashion for All Loft

Design editor Wendy Goodman takes you inside the city’s most exciting homes and design studios. [Design Hunting]( A visual diary by Design Editor Wendy Goodman [A Loft With a Higher Purpose]( Ali Richmond, co-founder of the nonprofit Fashion for All Foundation, has lived in this Brooklyn loft for almost 20 years with his archive of designer clothing. Photo: Annie Schlechter Back in 2005, when Ali Richmond moved in, the setup on the 3,000-square-foot second floor loft in Prospect Heights was a bit of a throwback: four artists, each with a bedroom, sharing a common workspace and splitting the rent. “I wasn’t a painter or sculptor at the time,” Richmond says, and when he was asked by one of his prospective roommates what kind of art he made, he responded, “‘I’m wearing it’ — I was wearing a sweater that I had reconstructed out of this vintage one, and I said, ‘This is my work; this is also art.’” Eventually the roommates moved out. Which meant that, by 2016, when he and his friend Hannah Stoudemire started the Fashion for All Foundation with the mission statement to promote “diversity, equity, and inclusion in the fashion and art industry through education and empowerment,” there was room for not only his archive of vintage fashion but also to hold meetings there. I also recently visited [Mark Moskowitz and Yuval Hadadi’s Flatiron loft](, with a roof deck whose landscape design was inspired by the High Line. — Wendy Goodman [TAKE A TOUR]( Want more on design, real estate, and city life? [Subscribe now]( to save over 40% on unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. This Week in Design 1. [Frothy Gazebos, Beehive Lamps, and More Design Finds From a Brussels Fair For its New York debut, the Brussels-based Collectible design fair took over two office floors in Fidi.]( 2. [Pete Davidson and Colin Jost’s Ferry Goes to Fashion Week Its first gig is for Tommy Hilfiger.]( 3. [Ruffled Vases, Chaises Longues Made of Pipes, and More Design Finds Plus, a new wedding-veil-inspired collection at Design Within Reach.]( 4. [The 1834 Rowhouse That Two Artists Turned Into a Display Case Richard Tuttle and Mei-mei Berssenbrugge filled the Federal house on Vandam Street with a lifetime of collectibles.]( 5. [Thomas Houseago Was Mad at His Dad (and Larry Gagosian) It’s his first NYC gallery show in a decade, thanks in part to Leonardo DiCaprio.]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More on Curbed]( [Sign up to get The Listings Edit](, a weekly digest of the most worth-it apartments in New York. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1701 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2024, All rights reserved