PRESS
V MAGAZINE
DECEMBER 2019
Today, The Prince Estate is releasing a special collaboration with Prince’s late-career clothing designers Cathy Robinson and Lori Marcuz, better known by their studio name Call & Response. The duo dreamed up an evocative, hand-crafted collection of custom jackets, vests and hand-dyed tunics for Prince’s most devoted fans.
VOGUE
April 2018
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NY POST
December 31, 2019
Prince fans can now wear clothes made by his favorite designers!
Designers who worked with the late rock icon from 2011 until his death in 2016 havereleased a collection of stylesinspired by his “1999” album — a move entirely fitting for the end of this decade.
Retail Insider
July 2019
Canadian Clothing Brand ‘Call & Response’ Attracts Celebrity Customers in Toronto Retail Space
After spending many years under the radar, Toronto-based clothing design firm Call & Response has begun to move into the spotlight. A popular label among musicians, including stars such as Cher, Shania Twain and the late Prince, Call & Response has quietly developed a global reputation for its edgy hand-made clothing, purely through word of mouth.
FAJO MAGAZINE
January 2020
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Refinery29
December 2019
Prince’s Go-To Toronto Designers Are Releasing A Made-To-Order Line
To coincide with the deluxe reissue of Prince’s iconic double album,1999, the Purple One’s estate commissioned a special, limited-edition fashion collaboration with Toronto-based brand Call & Response. The line is a hand-crafted collection of custom jackets, vests, and hand-dyed tunics inspired by the clothing they used to make for Prince himself.
Toronto’s Best Dressed: CanCon music mainstay Kardinal Offishall
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Now, Offishall (né Jason Harrow) designs his own pieces with the team at Toronto’s avant-garde boutique Call and Response (formerly Magpie), who aren’t afraid of his ideas. “I’ll say I’m thinking of something with feathers and sequins, and they’ll be like ‘We got you.’
Together, they imagine one-of-a-kind looks that reflect his boundless energy. “I want every piece I wear to speak for me. I love when my outfit tells people I’ve arrived.”
Donna Grantis
March 21, 2019
Jimi Hendrix’s Voodoo Child blares in the background of an east-end Toronto studio as a seven-months pregnant Donna Grantis poses with her guitar. She’s outfitted in pieces by Queen West clothing designers Call & Response for NOW’s photo shoot, a label she came to know through her collaborators Shakura S’Aida and Prince.
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