About Me
aszana is the namesake brand of Aszana López-Bell, a multidisciplinary artist and academic from Baltimore, Maryland.
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Through each collection, I have tried to communicate the relationship between nature, the body, and the industrial. As I continue to make, I aim to create for the benefit of now and the future. I hope that my clothes will endure much wear, that they provide use beyond that which was intended, and that they may lend some insight into what the past was, and what the future may hold.
Notable inspirations include Toni Morrison, Octavia Butler, Vanessa López, Alexander McQueen, Charles James, Hayao Miyazaki, Eiko Ishioka, Frank Herbert and Liu Cixin, among many others.
I am currently a seamstress and sewing instructor based in the DMV.
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Photo by Athena Intanate, @atinzzz