Designer Gary Graham Speaks

“The garments created for Hyde Hall, using remnants woven by Rabbit Goody, represent a continuation of my work with historic homes. Over the years, while designing garments from textiles sourced from Thistle Hill Weavers, I collected some of the remnants previously woven for Hyde Hall. I see this as a preliminary study for a larger installation throughout the home and as an opportunity for deeper collaboration with the museum and Rabbit-a kind of textile investigation, exploring the stories of the women who have lived in the house over the years.” – Gary Graham

About Gary Graham

Designer Gary Graham launched his first collection of women's apparel in New York City in 1999. Respected for its exquisite detailing, sophisticated craftsmanship and historical erudition, the line was sold at select luxury retailers worldwide (Barney’s Japan, Dover Street Market, Trois Pommes Switzerland) and beginning in 2009, at the Gary Graham flagship retail store in downtown New York’s Tribeca neighborhood. In 2018 Graham relocated to rural Franklin, New York and his eponymous brand was reborn as GaryGraham422. Production has been reconfigured as small-batch fabrication, featuring unique interventions to one-of-a-kind fabrics. The studio’s rural locale has inspired new historical narratives and encouraged experimentation with rare antique textiles, while expanding production of Graham’s signature custom print fabrics and custom engineered jacquards.

Raised in Delaware, Graham studied painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art and earned a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He was honored as a CFDA/Vogue award finalist in 2009 and received the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Legend of Fashion award in 2010. Outside of designing his own line, he has created textile collections for commercial interiors fabric manufacturer Pollack NY, designed a collection of single piece one-of-a-kind women’s wear in a collaboration with Asian retailer Joyce Hong Kong, and has licensed two seasons of a ready-to-wear line to online retailer Amazon. In 2024 he designed the costumes for Kara Walker’s SFMOMA installation, Fortuna and The Immortality Garden (Machine) currently on view. His work has been exhibited at Hancock Shaker Village, the Peabody Essex Museum, and the American Folk Art Museum, and is held as part of the permanent collections of the Peabody Essex Museum, the American Folk Art Museum, the Phoenix Museum of Art, and the Rhode Island School of Design Museum.