@wwd: Marking Distance is headed to the runway with street-savvy labels. Marking Distance started out as @lukasabbat’s “finsta,” or Fake Instagram, an account he started in 2020 solely to document his life through photographs and drawings without having his name attached to it. It turned into a label almost two years later, after he connected with James Pierce, a New York-based designer who cut his teeth by working a range of jobs before landing an internship at Interview Magazine and alongside stylist and costume designer Mimi Fischer. When the time came to give a name to their project, Marking Distance felt ideal. Read our review at WWD.com. #markingdistance #lukasabbat #jamespierce #TikTokFashion