Keko Hainswheeler is a consultant, creative director, and custom designer based in London. He was hired by Rio Warner to help her create the outfits that Melanie Martinez wears on the K-12 Tour.[1] He has also created wardrobe for the PORTALS Tour and The Trilogy Tour.
Works[]
K-12 Tour[]
"Working with incredible and beyond talented @littlebodybigheart thank you for trusting in me :-) I collaborated with Melanie on over 180+ costumes for the whole K12 world tour xxx. I feel honored and humbled to work with such a great and amazing team creating magic ⭐️ Love you x. All costumes are hand dyed and created from scratch with months of hand sewing and sleepless nights. Thanks to my genius team of 25 artisans for making this possible I couldn’t have done it with you xoxo"
PORTALS Tour / The Trilogy Tour[]
"Hardcore Knit"[]
"Weeks and weeks of Painstaking constructed and a true hand sewing Marathon !! 🧵 Everything had to be hand dyed , colourised with specialist breakdown treatments , every bow, every mushroom ,every textile had to purposely created for all our tour looks , this is one of many !!"
"Worm Madness"[]
"For this tour we wanted to create something earthy visceral, deeply rich and unique totally my vibe !! And I love the results!! It takes a village, me and my atelier worked beyond creating this magic. All full looks and dancers are lovely created by hand with a huge dose of textiles, Dyed, ripped, frayed , soft sculptures worms , you name it we did it !! I'm so happy how it turned out the proportion, and depth of delicate layers, mixed with weeks of hand sewing and uniquely created couture textiles.."
"The Green One"[]
"One of the simpler looks me and my London team created , deep in the world of Mel's earth goddess vibe ☘️🐛🎀 All hand dyed with unique custom deep textile treatments created with soft stuffed sculptures and Chest harness !!"
"The Blue One"[]
"One of my favourite pieces out of all the looks we made. This is full on Couture !!! Custom created and produced in with my team in my London atelier. Like all the looks it's hand dyed , unique textiles and created from scratch to feel very couture luxury and iconic !! I was inspired by John Galiano the Dior days and with a got dose of slightly Japanese fairy emotion ethereal emotion"
"Amoeba" dancer outfits[]
"Loosely inspired by Amoeba cell division and mutations, layered textiles and treatments all custom created , hand dyed and painted with breakdown techniques. These outfits were created to transform with removable sleeves, and special construction techniques to allow maximum movement and durability on tour."
Trivia[]
- He has worked with many other artists, including Lady Gaga, Madonna, Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry, and Ashnikko.