Skylar Caeles is an interdisciplinary artist based in New York whose practice redefines the relationship between technology and tradition. Moving fluidly between 3D modeling, digital fabrication, and the meticulous language of couture, she creates pieces where innovation and handcraft are inseparable. Each work is not only wearable but also a vessel for storytelling, carrying narratives that emerge through form, texture, and technique.
Before she founded CAELES, a studio dedicated to exploring wearable objects and accessories with a strong experimental component, her career began at the prestigious CHRISHABANA studio, where she provided design, CAD, and craftsmanship for pieces that have graced some of the world’s most iconic stages. Her vision has shaped NYFW activations and the forthcoming production of Masquerade – The Phantom of the Opera Revival. This trajectory through fashion and performance underscores Caeles’s ability to create cultural symbols that resonate with spectacle, storytelling, and pop iconography.
CAELES gave rise to projects such as the Snowflake Rings, 3D-printed rings that reinterpret the geometry of a snowflake in minimalist and conceptual jewelry, achieving immediate success at Retail Pharmacy, where they quickly sold out.
Among her most notable pieces is Angelvision, an eyewear proposal that plays with faith and perception: glasses that place cherubs in front of the wearer’s eyes, forcing them to “see” through intuition and trust in external forces.
“Wearing them has a forced tunnel vision effect, but in reverse. Instead of narrowing focus, it forces awareness of the edges while obscuring the center, which is the opposite of how people usually see, so it gives this eerie, almost divine sense of perception, where you can sense things but not directly see them,” Skylar says.
On the other hand, there are the Ripple Shades, which began as an academic experiment inspired by the ocean and ended up exploding in the digital world. Celebrated on platforms like Highsnobiety, AVNT, and ap0cene, these glasses caught the eye of artist Bree Runway, who commissioned a custom pair.
Caeles has also ventured into footwear design with the Houndstooth Heels, 3D-printed platforms that combine animal anatomy with futuristic aesthetics.
While it’s true that fashion often moves between passing trends, Skylar Caeles’ work proposes a different path: one where 3D printing is not just a tool but an artistic language capable of rethinking our relationship with what we wear. Her art resides on the border between the tangible and the conceptual, reminding us that the future of design lies not in choosing between technology and tradition, but in the fusion of both.
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