{"id":7221,"date":"2013-05-27T20:25:41","date_gmt":"2013-05-28T00:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork?p=7221"},"modified":"2013-05-27T20:25:41","modified_gmt":"2013-05-28T00:25:41","slug":"reuben-reuel-meet-the-man-behind-de-mestiks-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/reuben-reuel-meet-the-man-behind-de-mestiks-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"Reuben Reuel &#124; Meet the Man behind De-Mes&#039;Tiks NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"afric-1780283420\" class=\"afric-before-content afric-entity-placement\"><amp-ad width=300 height=250\r\n    style=\"text-align:center;\" type=\"doubleclick\"\r\n    data-slot=\"\/21718337565\/AMP-Banner\">\r\n  <div placeholder><\/div>\r\n  <div fallback><\/div>\r\n<\/amp-ad>\r\n<\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2013\/05\/demestiks.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7222 lazyload\" alt=\"demestiks\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2013\/05\/demestiks-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the winter of 2007, Reuben Reuel left Virginia Beach, VA to follow his dreams into the fashion industry in New York City. After working as a freelance sampler and design assistant for several design companies, he decided it was time to create a business of his own. In 2010, Demestiks NYC by Reuben Reuel launched its first women&#8217;s line which was sold exclusively on edressme.com.<\/p>\n<p>Reuben is dedicated to providing contemporary, classic designs with a hint of vintage flair. The aesthetic of the label is finding fabrics that inspire creativity. It&#8217;s initiative is to support domestic commerce, sourcing locally in efforts to help preserve the Garment District. A large percentage of\u00a0 fabrics, trims, and notions used for his designs are found right in New York City.\u00a0 De-Mes\u2019Tiks NYC by Reuben Reuel strongly believes in its motto:<em> \u201cLive to create, create to live.\u201d<\/em><\/p><div id=\"afric-257016754\" class=\"afric-inbody afric-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><!-- \/21718337565\/AFW300 -->\r\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1609524218907-0' style='width: 300px; height: 250px;'>\r\n  <script>\r\n    googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1609524218907-0'); });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">To shop: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/DemestiksNewYork\">www.demestiksnyc.etsy.com\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Adiree | A.S<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"afric-1865997992\" class=\"afric-after-content afric-entity-placement\"><amp-ad width=300 height=250\r\n    style=\"text-align:center;\" type=\"doubleclick\"\r\n    data-slot=\"\/21718337565\/AMP-bottom\">\r\n  <div placeholder><\/div>\r\n  <div fallback><\/div>\r\n<\/amp-ad><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the winter of 2007, Reuben Reuel left Virginia Beach, VA to follow his dreams into the fashion industry in New York City. After working as a freelance sampler and design assistant for several design companies, he decided it was time to create a business of his own. In 2010, Demestiks NYC by Reuben Reuel&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72,73,75],"tags":[90,102,83,1430,201,1431,298,1834,1835,1190,1836],"class_list":["post-7221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afw","category-made","category-news","tag-africa-fashion-week","tag-africa-fashion-week-in-new-york","tag-african-fashion","tag-african-influences","tag-african-inspired","tag-african-inspired-fashion","tag-african-print","tag-demestiks","tag-demestiks-nyc","tag-new-york-fashion","tag-reuben-reuel"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}