Rebirth Garments
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Rebirth Garments
Sky Cubacub (They/Them/Xey/Xem/Xyr) is a non-binary xenogender and disabled Filipinx queer from Chicago, Illinois. They are the creator of Rebirth Garments, a line of wearables for trans, queer, and disabled people of all sizes and ages, which started in the summer of 2014. Sky is the editor of the Radical Visibility Zine, a full-color cut-and-paste style zine that celebrates disabled queer life. As a multidisciplinary artist, Sky is interested in fulfilling the needs of disabled queer life, emphasizing joy. Additionally, they are the Access Brat and the editor of a section on ethics and inclusion called “Cancel & Gretel” at the literary fashion magazine “Just Femme and Dandy.”
Sky has also created a queer fashion program series with Chicago Public Library Called Radical Fit. They have had over 45 fashion performances and lectured at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Rhode Island School of Design, the University of Utah, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Northwestern University. Rebirth Garments has been featured in Teen Vogue, Nylon, Playboy, Huffington Post, Buzzfeed, Vice, Wussy Mag, and the New York Times. Sky was named 2018 Chicagoan of the Year by the Chicago Tribune and is a 2019/2020 Kennedy Center Citizen Artist and a Disability Futures Fellow.
