The Teaching Student
by Gary Symor
View Work"He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist"
— Franciscus van Assisi
About Me
Gary Symor (Paramaribo, January 1971) is a visionary teacher, fashion designer, pattern maker, and fashion consultant. After studying mechanical engineering (LTS and MTS) in Suriname, he left for the Netherlands in 1999 to study fashion design at HKU Utrecht. He graduated in 2004 with the Archetype π collection, a collection inspired by/by the labeling and pigeonholing of people, situations, genders, products, races, etc.
During his studies, he worked as a fashion designer and student assistant in pattern making at HKU Utrecht. His first major commission came from L'Oréal in 2002, for which he designed costumes for the Asian market. He also designed the costumes for the theater show Interpretationzz By John Agesilas (2003) and for five choreographies by the Toppers in Concert in 2004.
The Collection
Discover the projects that define my practice
“If you can't make it, you can't teach it (to a robot)”— Gary Symor