Fashion Designer Nathan McCarthy Embraces DIY

Tired of clothes that are designed to be worn a certain way? Feeling boxed in by shirts with a distinct front and back? Eager to tweak your newly purchased cashmere sweater with the help of a steady hand and your “good scissors”? Fashion designer Nathan McCarthy, age 24 and pictured at left, has just the garments for you and your anti-hierarchical, DIY sartorial weltanschauung (or you know, whatever you want to call it). “My whole thing is that I’m not into imposing styles on what I do, so it’s like, if you want to belt it, belt it.