Editor
Drew Curry called his spring 2023 collection — Airei’s second presented in Paris, fourth overall and first following his LVMH Prize semifinalist nomination — “Sunflower Gardens,” after a building in Calcutta he lived in years ago. That was a formative time when the Los Angeles-based designer volunteered in nonprofits and made his first cut-and-sew pieces.
Sunflower Gardens represented comfort and safety, and…
