You don’t have to look hard to notice, but the guard is changing in hip-hop and fashion. Young creatives are\u00a0running things and the rules are being rewrote. The new generation is one that views hip-hop, fashion and design on the same plane, placing the same importance on each facet when creating.<\/p>\n
Anwar Carrots<\/strong> isn’t a product of that generation, he’s a catalyst. At only 20 years of age (he’ll turn 21 this month), Anwar is known as the co-captain of the Peas & Carrots team and a fixture of the Fairfax fashion scene. Set to drop his first footwear collaboration with PUMA<\/strong>\u00a0this month, we caught up with Anwar to discuss his design process, the ever-growing PUMA roster and who he hopes to see wear his sneakers.<\/p>\n Snkrs Day: How did the PUMA partnership first come about?<\/strong><\/p>\n Anwar Carrots:<\/strong> The partnership came about through Roc Nation, where Casey Veggies is managed. Rich Kleiman called me asking for an influencer for the PUMA Social Club that we were doing. It went from making a bike to going to Brazil for a photoshoot, and eventually a shoe came about. The shoe is a year in the making.<\/p>\n Snkrs Day: You’ve been working in apparel for years. How does tackling\u00a0a classic silo like the Suede differ from designing your own clothing line?<\/strong><\/p>\n Anwar Carrots:<\/strong> Working on the Suede versus our own clothing line was pretty simple. We had three colors to work with, and I worked with the PUMA team on it. With the clothing line, you have to come up with concepts, the art director has to go through a bunch of designing steps and I have to choose what I like and what I don’t like. With the PUMA team, it was very simple – it was just colors and where I wanted everything to go.<\/p>\n Snkrs Day: Individuality has long been a key part of your personal style. On the flip side, how does it feel to know\u00a0a bunch of people will be wearing your shoes?<\/strong><\/p>\n Anwar Carrots:<\/strong> It’s amazing. I’ve got them on my feet right now, like, this sh*t is real. It’s going to trip me out, especially when I see people walking in the street in them. What I like about the shoe is that some people might not even know who I am and they might just cop the shoe because they like it. It’s just going to be wild to see. I might even walk past people and they don’t even know they’re wearing my shoe. I’m happy about all that.<\/p>\n