'I think that initial Bay mind-set at least got me to where I am at the moment,' Tommy Bogo says. Bogo’s collection invoked the surrealness of rushing back to normalcy while paying homage to the necessity of nature. Nature Is Healing was a critical spin on what are now classic pandemic memes: scenes of Lime scooters dumped into lakes, dinosaurs in Times Square, polar bears on lawns in Ohio. Since 2019, TOMBOGO has used sustainable materials to transform multifunctional pieces into collections that are young, earthy and designed to the beat of world events. Flanked by houseplants, they picked up books and walked out, symbolizing the end of our pandemic isolation period and a return to the outside world. When his TOMBOGO collection Nature Is Healing debuted at New York Fashion Week last year, models emerged through the skeleton of a greenhouse in earth tone parachute pants, vegan leather tote bags and wood-grain knitwear sets. One idea he has been exploring through his work is healing.

Sustainability, for designer Tommy Bogo, is about providing a lens to see the world differently. luminaries redefining the narrative possibilities of fashion. This story is part of Image issue 13, “Image Makers,” a celebration of the L.A. (Darren Vargas/For The Times) (Darren Vargas/For The Times)

Here, he is pictured in TOMBOGO apparel, Balenciaga sunglasses and Saucony X TOMBOGO Butterfly shoes. Sustainability, for Tommy Bogo, the designer behind TOMBOGO, is about providing a lens to see the world differently.

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