Barker Black, shoemaker

As described by his friend Derrick Miller, creative director of Barker Black shoes, Kogi “puts everything—present and past, genres and products—through the Poggy blender, and with the most astonishing results.” With his humorous touch, Kogi morphs historical references into avant-garde contemporary fashion, dangling a digital watch at the end of a 19th-century pocket-watch chain or adding a tie with an insouciant message to an ensemble that would otherwise indicate buttoned-up propriety.