Claire Fleury spent twenty years directing, writing and performing for theater, mainly in Europe, before moving to New York City from Amsterdam in 2011, when she started designing costumes and fashion for nightlife performers and dance companies. Fleury has created shows for Fashion Week Brooklyn, The Phluid Project, DapperO at the Brooklyn Museum, and most recently Ready to Dance, featuring Afrofuturist musical artists The Illustrious Blacks and former Warhol superstar and political poet Penny Arcade. Her first three collections were sold at Patricia Field, the eponymous shop of the Sex and the City stylist. Fleury’s work can be seen in Vogue Italia, Paper Magazine, Schon Magazine, Lucy’s Magazine, New York Times and other publications. Fleury’s vision is radically inclusive, with colors, cuts and patterns not assigned to a single gender, body type, age or season. Her studio is committed to a sustainable practice of using at least 80% of industry surplus fabrics and trims. Fleury holds a BFA from The School for New Dance Development and an MFA from DasArts (The Amsterdam School of Advanced Research in Theatre and Performing Arts), both in the Netherlands.
