puppets and puppets

puppets and puppets —> CARLY MARK + AYLA ARGENTINA interview and photography by OLIVIER ZAHM style by MASHA ORLOV  nyc’s new cool kids bring their art background to fashion, crafting handmade sustainable garments and fighting corporate american fashion with fantasy theatrics for a woke generation OLIVIER ZAHM — So, fashion’s a brand-new activity for you… CARLY MARK — It is. I’ve been a working fine artist in New York City for many years, and Ayla [Argentina, Mark’s collaborator] was my assistant, helping me make garments for sculptures and short films. Ayla was pushing to do a full season, and I resisted until I didn’t anymore. And F/W 18/19 was the first full collection we put out. OLIVIER ZAHM — That’s interesting. What’s the difference between art and fashion? Is fashion a more immediate way to express yourself? CARLY MARK — It’s all-encompassing, in a way that I don’t think fine…