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HOW HDBNGR RVWR IS SHAKING UP FESTIVAL FASHION

HOW HDBNGR RVWR IS SHAKING UP FESTIVAL FASHION

Miranda Pratt
Festival Fashion, Interview

Lexi Williams, the 25-year-old designer, and headbanger behind the startup rave fashion brand “HDBNGR RVWR,” is going to take the festival scene by storm. Born and raised in New York city she has been raving for years and recently decided that I was time to bless the rest of us with some of her awesome designs so we can rage along with her. She attended the Fashion Institute of Technology and graduated with a BFA in Advertising design where she focused on illustrator and photoshop, but fashion was always on her mind. She decided to create the HDBNGR RVWR after a chance meeting with one of her favorite artists during his New York show.

HOW @MELANINRAVERS IS GIVING BLACK RAVERS THE PLATFORM THEY DESERVE

HOW @MELANINRAVERS IS GIVING BLACK RAVERS THE PLATFORM THEY DESERVE

Miranda Pratt
Culture, Interview

Melanin Ravers is the kind of account that the rave community on social media, particularly Instagram, needs more of. Started in summer of 2018 on the last day of EDC, when co-founders Serena and Jasmine decided that enough was enough when it came to the lack of representation, Melanin Ravers is one of the first accounts to give black ravers the platform they deserve. “The thought behind the Instagram page {came} from a friend of mine after a conversation about a news clip of a black raver asking to be seen because you rarely see black ravers in the limelight when it comes to EDM,” said co-founder Serena when asked how the account first came into existence. “We were in the car to go to EDC, and I went back and forth about the idea because I didn’t think this page would be THAT popular.

@CURVYRAVEBABES IS BRINGING SOME MUCH NEEDED INCLUSIVITY TO RAVE FASHION

@CURVYRAVEBABES IS BRINGING SOME MUCH NEEDED INCLUSIVITY TO RAVE FASHION

Miranda Pratt
Culture, Interview

Despite the accepting and open nature of the rave community at large, it would be impossible to say that when it comes to size inclusivity in festival fashion, there isn’t any work that needs to be done. Though plus size ravers may not face active attacks online or at events, where festival fashion is concerned they are consistently ignored, and occasionally dismissed. With three thousand plus followers and counting, “Curvy Rave Babes” is attempting to right some of these wrongs.