Molly is an Los Angeles artist whose subject matter, as their site describes, “blurs the intersection of the dreamy and the deranged.” That might mean paintings of crying Miss Universe pageant queens or people excitedly posing with tigers.
Like Fran Drescher pouring coffee wearing a Todd Oldham stars-and-stripes skirt set, Katerina's style expresses all the ebullient accoutrements of what makes a designer logo so alluring.
Kat talks to us about her process of repurposing deadstock jeans and dresses, that time Dua Lipa wore her jeans, and the "sexy, groovy and fun" iconography of her world.
She created the environment of an imaginary press conference where the minimalism of Swedish courtrooms mixed with hot-pink-and-orange symbols of luxurious power, like a Barbie-dollhouse Range Rover key.
"I have a problem with people ascribing bright colors and fun subject matter to children only. Who decided that! A really boring person probably and that's not who my pieces are for."
Scrolling through her finds makes us feel like we're with her in an intimate boutique in her hometown of Miami, poring through '80s trading cards featuring California beach babes, Betty Boop necklaces, dark 'n' dreamy floral corsets, and handbags made of pink faux fur and denim.