Vaquera's Sublime Subversion of All-American Aesthetics

“It’s Greek vs. Greek. The Greek system, Abercrombie, frat, sorority vs. ancient Greece, Caesar, grapes, Grecian urns and gladiator sandals,” explains Patric DiCaprio, founding member of Vaquera – the NYC design trio that encompasses Dicaprio, David Moses and Bryn Taubensee – on their S/S17 collection. The designers, each in their early twenties, are brilliantly unaffected and enthusiastic, answering all queries in a stream of consciousness that one starts and the others…