nicki minaj performing in a custom built chromat body cage at her concert at the paradise theater in nyc on christmas day. check out a video here
december 2010

chromat featured on infashuated.
december 2010

nicki in chromat on the cut - ny magazine's fashion blog!
december 2010

shout out to the nicki minaj chromat cage on 2 bitchez deep!
december 2010

nicki minaj in full body cage on glamour magazine online!
december 2010

chromat shot by al rodriguez
december 2010

nicki minaj in a custom chromat cage on idolator.
december 2010

write up by pure couture and more: "The Spring/Summer 2010...was every futuristic architectural fashion lover's dream."
december 2010

chromat on nicki minaj in vulture: ny magazine's culture blog: "Fug Girl Smackdown: Who Is Lady Gaga's Crazy - Fashion Heir Apparent, Nicki Minaj or Ke$ha?"
december 2010

nicki minaj in chromat on just jared.
december 2010

shout out from nyc designer mary meyer. "Her cage pieces brilliantly blur the line between garment and accessory, giving a nod to both bondage gear and deconstructed undergarments."
december 2010

nicki minaj in chromat on coco perez.
december 2010

rapper nicki minaj wearing a chromat asymmetrical full body cage on the jimmy kimmel show. check out the video here!
november 2010

chromat featured in an editorial for iconography magazine issue #8. shot by photographer richard cardero and styled by tamera l. darden.
november 2010

big thanks to jess zaino from lost at e minor for the shout out!
"I love that Chromat is bringing back the days of yore when women were wound up tightly in intricate boning. But instead of wearing it under one’s garments, the Chromat Asymmetrical Zipper Full Cage is meant to show off the structured outline of a lady’s lovely humps."

november 2010

mega-hottie and new york fashion designer/stylist extraordinaire vasha Thomas showing off her chromat
november 2010

chromat featured in the battlefield editorial styled by nicole briola and shot by jason obrotka for iconique magazine.
october 2010

interview from steff from kakofonie of si(gh)lens: “What do you picture a Chromat wearer doing while wearing one of your pieces? Going to fabulous crazy parties and tearing it up on the dance floor!”
october 2010

the ‘duet for one’ spread featuring a chromat full rib cage was styled by allison st. germain and shot by filippo del vita.
october 2010

thanks to tiffany of six six sick and triskaidekaphobia fame for the write up on the six six sick blog!
october 2010

chromat featured on high snobette: "The collection is minimal with a hint of bondage and we're smitten with the transformation of boning, elastic and rope into sexy wearble art."
september 2010

chromat spotted on fashion night out at international playground! featured on metromix new york.
september 2010

chromat featured on the veon galore blog.
october 2010

amanda lee of fashionography writes about the chromat spring 2010 collection.
september 2010

chromat cage shout out from the girls at 2bd!
august 2010

thanks to queen michelle at kingdom of style for the props!
august 2010

tiffany gong of Six Six Sick and triskaidekaphobia fame wearing chromat!
october 2010

chromat interview by jennifer romeo in bella magazine.
july 2010

“It’s sexy. It’s edgy. It’s chromat. Started by two architecture students from the university of Virginia, Chromat is an experiment of human form and the unique structures and shapes it can take. Chromat features a strong architectural undertone in all it’s collections, but each collection is truly unique and intriguing in it’s own right.  Using bright colors, somber colors, innovative silhouettes and additional exterior build-ons, student turned designer Becca McCharen and Emily Kappes not only show their creativity in merging architecture with fashion, but manage to keep it sexy and chic the whole time.”
july 2010

thanks to gus magnago from the brazilian blog etrange couture for featuring the chromat underwire half cage!
july 2010

chromat underwire half cage featured in besos y fotos!
june 2010

the chromat white full body cage featured in edition #55 of blink. editorial styled by evren catlin and shot by filippo del vita.
june 2010

chromat shot by fashion photographer shannon sinclair on the crush me tender blog!
june 2010

photographer lauren baker’s snaps of chromat fall 2010.
april 2010

backstage photos at the chromat runway show by myles katherine.
april 2010

photographs by michelline hall of chromat fall 2010.
april 2010

behind the scenes at the chromat runway show. photos by chet white of the news and advance.
april 2010

chromat collection featured on couturious!
spring 2010

chromat runway show reviewed by casey gillis.
march 2010

sweet collage by from brazil with love of chromat photo by shannon sinclair.
february 2010

chromat in soko magazine issue #4 shot by shannon sinclair.
winter 2009

chromat featured in virginia magazine! “I find myself investigating materials for fashion in the same way I do for architecture,” says Kappes. “Whether I’m screenprinting fabric or pouring concrete, I’m trying to figure out what process will best transform a raw material into a finished garment or building.”
winter 2009

behind the scenes photos at the spring 2010 chromat fashion show.
september 2009

spring 2010 chromat preview featured on photographer kim raff’s blog photocan.
august 2009

portraits of the spring 2009 chromat collection.
june 2009

becca mccharen of chromat featured in the blue ridge business journal. awarded one of 20 people under 40 doing big things in the lynchburg community. “It goes without saying the McCharen’s future is as brigh as her colorful creations… Whether at the sewing machine or the computer screen, McCharen will always be occupied with creation- propelled by relentless energy and artistic vision.”
august 2009

chromat runway show reviewed in the lynchburg news and advance.
august 2008

featuring chromat fall 2009 preview by photographer kim raff.
october 2008