Palm Angels at Encore

A photographer and art director trained in fashion communication, Milan-born Francesco Ragazzi founded Palm Angels in 2011 as a visual documentation of L.A.'s skater culture. This endeavor evolved into a book, published by Rizzoli in 2014, and subsequently became a clothing collection in 2015. Palm Angels stems from an Italian take on American culture and subcultures, merging an appreciation for sartorial codes and a joy for fabric with a proclivity for using clothing as identity tropes and cultural signifiers. Palm Angels is ultimately a vision, with a real human being behind it.