Patrick Cupid: Brand Spotlight in Costa Rica

I learned of Patrick Cupid, a talented designer from NYC, while writing up an article “5 Black Male Fashion Designers Who Are Slaying The Game” 
as part of my “Going Against the Grain: Black-Owned Brands Spotlight” series last summer.

Here is what I wrote about Patrick and his eponymous brand back then: “Patrick Cupid makes playful clothes that draw on his US and European design roots. Playful coloring, printed crepe, soft wool, it’s a European elegance in a nutshell that fits right into the old streets of Paris and perhaps a vacation at French Riviera. This emerging designer had to battle through so much to get where he is now – originally self-taught, he has worked almost every job in the fashion world while working on his own label – overseeing a model agency, PR agency, a consultancy, being a photographer, as well as working at a furniture showroom and an art gallery. And there is also the fact that Patrick hails from the Bronx and breaks the stereotype of what a designer making elegant and feminine clothes should look like. “People have said to me: “you are Black, and from the Bronx, you should do streetwear; it will sell big in Europe because they like Black American style. They are obsessed with the ghetto. So you should pretend to be more hip-hop” to which Patrick just laughs and continues to follow his vision. On his own terms.”