Cincinnati - A New Fashion Hub?

Cincinnati isn't famous for its fashion but there has been an upsurge in "the creative class" moving into the city. The Art Institute has recently moved down to Over-the-Rhine on 12th Street and all the new development is making it affordable for the younger, upper middle class to live in the city without going broke and still be homeowners - not just renters. There's a lot of good and bad - but I'll focus on the good. ArtWorks, an organization that promotes art within Cincinnati, has a new exhibit up for the month of June: Pre-Shrunk. It's a graphic t-shirt show promoting the work of local artists. Here are just a few:

Uproot Clothing Co. - www.uprootclothing.com

Although started in Columbus in 2005, Uproot is a hiphop/skater influenced artist company that designs t-shirts for all.

Nati Envolvement Clothing Co. – www.natievolvement.com

Nati Envolvement was designed to be a platform for Cincinnatians through art – anyone can submit designs and anyone can buy the gear (t-shirts to hoodies to hats). Most of the designs involve ideas about the City and it also has a skater feel

Terrence Hammonds –

Born in Over-the-Rhine and a graduate of the School for Creative and Performing Arts in Cincinnati, he is very involved in ArtWorks. He works mainly with screenprinting and obviously has placed some of his designs on t-shirts.

Cincinnati might be finally up and coming!

-aw