ISTANBUL’74’s short questionnaire meets with leading thinkers and creatives from across disciplines, each shaping their own cross-cultural and multi-layered practices.
Fashion designer and eco-activist Hillary Taymour brings a future-facing vision to fashion, merging sustainability with self-expression. Through Collina Strada, she challenges norms with playful, purpose-driven collections rooted in circular design, inclusivity, and climate awareness.
Q&A:
Where are you from and where are you now?
From Los Angeles, CA — now residing in New York City.
What are you working on recently?
I’m currently working on the Collina Strada Spring/Summer 2026 collection.
A space you return to time after time?
There’s a curved rock formation in the Mediterranean I often find myself returning to — but I have to gatekeep this one.
What does the word ‘real’ mean to you?
Offline, truthful, or something you can feel.
An illusion you’d like shattered?
Politics.
