Through the Eyes of Drew Curry (Airei)

By Laurence Benaïm

AN EYE ON WORKWEAR

“I grew up in the suburbs of Seattle and there were neither artists nor museums. My father was very poor growing up and he made it through. He loved to dress up, to make a good impression. He would say, ‘See this tie?’ He taught me to pay attention to every detail. For him, wearing a suit was a statement about himself that involved honour, a form of dignity,” Drew Curry explains. Behind the Airei brand lies a vision: “To promote humanity, to express fragility between construction and deconstruction”. With him, Japanese jeans and Italian cashmere celebrate the inspiring imperfection of the world. Most broadly, Drew Curry sees his style as “a clash between all his experiences and beliefs”