gender anarchy
gender alchemy
gender atv
gender artistry
gender archery
gender arachnid
Gender Apathy
gender assholery
gender anarchy gender alchemy gender atv gender artistry gender archery gender arachnid Gender Apathy gender assholery
BIO
Lou Croff Blake is a trans fashion practitioner, scholar, artist, and community organizer based in Berlin, Germany. Their work integrates queer theory with queer community-building, with the aim of fostering intersectional equity and radical visibility of marginalized genders. In their multidisciplinary body of work, they dissolve the barriers between creative play and critical analysis, choosing fashion and dress practices as a medium for generating collectivist, grassroots solidarity. As an advocate for intersectionality in queer fashion communities, they focus on building bridges to other related movements, such as decolonial fashion, Crip fashion, and sustainable fashion. Reaching towards allies, they also speak and present on topics of queerness, host a ‘Gender Inclusivity Boot Camp,’ and offer consulting services on how to be a more active ally to the queer and trans community.
Photo by Teres Bartunkova
what I do
an internal ecosystem of practices
Fashion Hacking & upcycling
design & illustation
writing
Workshops & moderation
curriculum development
dj bricks: embodiment on the dance floor
CV
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202030 – The Berlin Fashion Summit
Moderation & Organization
studio MM04 & The Beneficial Design Institute
2022-PresentNaturopathic Somaesthetics
Workshop with Madelyn Byrd
ROTA Festival, by AADK
Blanca, Spain 2023Fluidity & Dynamism: Queer is a Catalyst (And So Can You!)
Keynote Presentation & Panel “Reality Bites: Perspecives on Diversity”
Macromedia University
Online, 2023Queer Needlework Circle & The Incidental Quilt
Workshop & Commmunity Project with Theodoor Adriaans
De-Fashioning Education Conference
Berlin, Germany, 2023
Queering Fashion
Workshop via Daisie
Online, 2023
Songs for The Crossing
Performance at KWIA with Pablo Diserens
Berlin, Germany, 2023The Rolodex of Radical Design
Presentation, Panel Member on “Transforming Narratives”
Ways of Caring – Practicing Solidarity
ArtEZ University of the Arts
Arnhem, Netherlands, 2022 -
Queer Handmade Market
Co-organizer, panel moderation
Berlin, Germany, 2023
Queer Needlework Circle
Co-facillitator, Practitioner
Berlin, Germany, 2023
The Hologram
Facillitator, Practitioner
Online & Berlin, Germany, 2021-present
MOLD Collective
Co-founder
Berlin, Germany, 2020-present
TUF Collective
Collective member, workshop facillitator
Seattle, USA, 2015-2020
Lion’s Main Art Collective
Collective member
Seattle, USA, 2013-2017 -
Cultural Innovation Research, DEIB Trainer
studioMM04
Berlin, Germany, 2021-present
Researcher & Educator: Positive impact fashion design
The Beneficial Design Institute
Berlin, Germany, 2022-present
Curriculum Development & E-learning Content
Akademie Mode & Design
Berlin, Germany, 2022-present
Program Management & Coordinator
202030 – The Berlin Fashion Summit
Berlin, Germany, 2022-present
Apparel Design Tutor
School of Apparel Design & Development
Seattle, USA, 2019-2020
Studio Intern
Cilium
New York, USA, 2019
Studio Assistant & Copywriter
MOO-YOUNG
Seattle, USA, 2017-2019
Design Center Associate
Blick Art Materials
Seattle, USA, 2013-2017 -
Certification: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging Trainer
BAMIK
Berlin, Germany, 2024
M.A. Sustainability in Creative Industries
Akademie Mode & Design
Berlin, Germany, 2022
A.A.S. School of Apparel Design & Development
Seattle Central College
Seattle, USA, 2020
B. A. Studio Art: Painting, Minor in French Language
University of Puget Sound
Tacoma, WA, 2013 -
Trans Unraveling Ritual
Essay in SOFTEIS3: Loss
Berlin, Germany, 2023
Hisako Nakaya Apparel Design Endowed Scholarship
Seattle Central College, 2019
International News-Mike Alesko Apparel Design Endowed Scholarship
Seattle Central College, 2018
Grant for Artist Projects: “Deck Out”
Artist Trust, Seattle, USA, 2017
Graduate Artist Studio Residency: HALLE 14
Leipzig, Germany
Awarded by the University of Puget Sound, 2013