Guess Who’s Coming to Art Basel: SANKUANZ

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Casa de Costa isn’t one to sit on the sidelines. The New York gallery will make its Art Basel presence known — via Miami Arts Week — with something no one else has: SANKUANZ. Designed by Zhe Shangguan, the provocative Shanghai men’s label is straight-up “bonkers,” a term used by the gallery.

To wit, for SANKUANZ’s last outing (spring ’15 in London), Shangguan sent enormous Popeye-like plastic hands down the runway, citing inspiration ranging from boxing and Russian prisoners to teenage street style and Japanese manga — hence the models’ preternaturally large eyes.

“This is a revolutionary time for art, culture, and fashion in China,” says the gallery, “and SANKUANZ is at the center of it all.”