One-of-a-kind garments made with reclaimed fabrics in New YORK.

About the STUDIO

Helena Eisenhart New York is a circular fashion brand creating garments from reclaimed materials, sustainably made to order in New York.

Helena Eisenhart New York is a Brooklyn-founded fashion practice producing one-of-one garments from unconventional materials. Early work incorporated found objects such as vinyl construction mesh and knits made from cassette tape. Recent collections focus on circular design, working primarily with upcycled vintage textiles and reclaimed trims.

Each garment is produced in Helena’s New York studio. The work combines precise tailoring with layered textiles that carry their own histories. Recent collections incorporate oil painting, digital embroidery, and screen prints of the designer’s poetry and sketches.

About Helena

Helena Eisenhart is an artist and designer from the Bay Area, California. Their background spans fine arts, tailoring, and styling, and their practice moves between fashion and art, exploring material, identity, and storytelling through clothing.

Their work has appeared in performances and projects with artists including SOPHIE, Tinashe, and Rico Nasty, as well as Oneohtrix Point Never with Kelsey Lu, King Woman, Debby Friday, Ian Isiah, Dev Hynes, and Tei Shi.

Their designs have been worn by Billy Porter, Alton Mason, Suzanne Ciani, Julia Cumming, May Rio, The Frost Children, Jimi Lucid, Blake the Man 1000, and Meka Boyle for Jeffrey Campbell, and featured in the short film One Magenta Afternoon by Vernon Jordan III.

Helena previously worked with Hood By Air and Anonymous Club, KTZ, Zana Bayne, and Glazed NYC, and alongside stylist Lori Goldstein and artist Ruth Root.

Helena presented a solo runway show for the Fall/Winter 2023 collection at Theaterlab in New York’s Garment District. Earlier presentations include DRØME’s NYFW show at the Ace Hotel (2017) and a self-produced group show in 2018. Their work first debuted publicly as part of Pratt Institute’s Spring/Summer 2015 thesis show.

The work has been featured in exhibitions including a special fashion presentation at the Isamu Noguchi Museum and was the winning look at Susanne Bartsch’s Love Ball III.

Editorial placements include Vogue, Vogue Australia, Elle, Numéro Netherlands, Dazed, i-D, WWD, PAPER, and Nylon, among others.