Jonny Cota

Jonny Cota is an American fashion designer and the creative director of 'Skingraft,' a progressive streetwear label founded in Los Angeles. After receiving his degree in Journalism at UC Santa Cruz, Jonny set out to follow his creative dreams and joined an underground performance-art troupe as a stilt walker and fire dancer. Jonny fell in love with the ornate costuming in the troupe's shows and quickly evolved from circus performer to costume designer. He then found his calling in fashion design as the founder of Skingraft in 2005, alongside his brother Christopher Cota. Credited with pioneering the new American avant-garde by GQ Magazine, Skingraft's roots in performance art-inspired fashion influence its seasonal collections, where music and its lifestyle-driven subcultures play a defining role in shaping the cuts, colorways, and fabrication of the brand's signature dark designs. Skingraft is manufactured in Bali, Indonesia where Jonny spends half of his year designing and developi