Callix Jace

Hometown: Akron, Ohio
Collection name: Kinzoku no Akuma (Metal Devil)
Collection in three words: J-fashion. Gothic. Idiosyncratic.

Instagram: @Prince.of.Pixels (fashion) & @PixelBoyCos (costume)
Email: pixelboycosplay@gmail.com

Calix Jace's interest in fashion stemmed from learning to sew at the age of five, but quickly grew when he discovered the art of cosplay and Harajuku street fashion
(J-fashion). Kinzoku no Akuma (Metal Devil) features garments and accessories handmade by Jace. The designs are inspired by the Japanese “visual kei” style, specifically a substyle known as “angura kei”, which melds traditional Japanese garment silhouettes with ’80s glam rock and modern gothic streetwear aesthetics. The collection’s color palette is intentionally pared down, allowing the materials and silhouette in each look to stand out. Each look uses a variety of fabrics like faux leather and custom jacquards, fur, mesh, and thermoplastic, which can be cut, heated, molded, and shaped to provide a wide range of applications. Jace’s focus lies in bringing more high-quality alternative fashion to the alternative transmasculine/masculine-leaning nonbinary scene–especially important since he himself is an alt fashion-wearing transgender man. “My creative process for this collection has been a few years in the making and I’m excited to finally show everyone what I’m capable of,” he says.