Urban Outfitters - Features

DESIGNED BY:
PRATT INSTITUTE

This summer, we gave fashion students at Brooklyn's Pratt Institute the chance to design an Urban Outfitters dress. Here, meet the students and see their creations.

UO DESIGNER COLLABORATIONS
THE OUTCAST

We've collaborated with THECAST's Ryan Turner to create The Outcast, a new menswear collaboration. Here, Turner shares some of his war stories and inspiration.

UO DESIGNER COLLABORATIONS
EMMA FLETCHER
OF FLETCHER BY LYELL

Emma Fletcher, the designer behind Lyell and one of our newest collaborations, Fletcher by Lyell, gives us a peek inside her inspiration files.

UO DESIGNER COLLABORATIONS
SCORPIO RISING

We partnered with astrologer Susan Miller to create specialized horoscopes for our new Scorpio Rising collection and couldn't be more psyched. Read on to find out what your sign should be wearing, and download personalized Scorpio Rising wallpapers!

UO DESIGNER COLLABORATIONS
COOL, CASUAL,
BY SLOW AND STEADY WINS THE RACE

Slow and Steady Wins the Race, the conceptual New York-based fashion line, has now created Cool, Casual, a collection exclusively for Urban Outfitters that combines clever construction with a humorous, quirky, and casual aesthetic.

UO DESIGNER COLLABORATIONS
KIM GORDON
OF MIRROR/DASH

Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth is well known for experimentation and creativity through her music and visual art. Gordon directs her talents towards her newest project Mirror/Dash, designed exclusively for Urban Outfitters.

UO DESIGNER COLLABORATIONS
SAMANTHA PLEET
OF RAPSCALLION

Brooklyn-based designer Samantha Pleet graduated from Pratt in 2005, Pleet established her design studio, working on rebellious, fantasy-filled collections. Continuing in this vein, Pleet frolicked on her enviable rooftop with jaw-dropping views of Manhattan to tell us the story behind Rapscallion, her new collaboration with UO.

Designer Collaborations:

Designer Collaborations: Designed By: Pratt Institute

Designer Collaborations: The Outcast

Designer Collaborations: Emma Fletcher of Fletcher by Lyell

Designer Collaborations: Scorpio Rising

Designer Collaborations: Cool, Casual, by Slow and Steady Wins the Race

Designer Collaborations: Mirror/Dash

Designer Collaborations: Rapscallion for UO Interview

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