Telfar

Telfar Clemens was born in Queens to Liberian parents. In 2005 he started his brand as an undergraduate at Pace University.

Globalization has produced a lingua franca of T-shirts and jeans, sweats and tracksuits, polo shirts and basketball shorts. These everyday garments are the ones Clemens has returned to most often in his designs. The label’s clothes are standardized forms that seem to have undergone a process of estrangement. They’re sold under the slogan “Not for You, for Everyone.”