KidSuper founder Colm Dillane arrived at Williamsburg’s Madonna Bar wearing a soccer jersey, thanks to a dream collaboration with childhood idol Ronaldinho.
He’s currently busy closing down Gustaf Westman’s whimsical pop-up at his label’s headquarters, working on a new music video for Quavo and Giggs to launch a record label, and finding a venue for his co-party his annual birthday to be held this Saturday Center for more than 2,000 people. This hard work seems to define every ordinary day in Malcolm Dillane’s life. But October 24 is no ordinary day on the calendar, it’s Colm Dillane’s 33rd birthday, so we’re having a celebratory dinner.
Sitting in a booth at this cozy restaurant, Colm Dillane is excited about his upcoming birthday. Every year, he hosts a Brooklyn rave where you have to dress up, which is also a Halloween celebration. Chingy and the late Homie Quan). This year, he’s hosting another massive warehouse party, featuring Paul Wall and rock band Panic At The Disco!
“Nobody knew what Panic was! At the Disco like, so everyone thought it was true,” Colm laughs. He was tight on who would play that night. At past parties, he played Paris Hilton in Juicy Couture and Cassie Sydney Sweeney in Euphoria.
According to his horoscope, Colm Dillane is a Scorpio, the eighth sign of the zodiac, known for his passion, charisma and determination. However, Colm Dillane was skeptical about astrology. He added, “Drake and I share the same birthday, does that mean we feel the same way?”
However, we gave him (and Drake) his horoscope: “Highly intelligent, strong-willed, honest, loyal, and capable of bringing joy to the lives of others, this is your most creative year, Year’s Eve.” New.” more new ideas and plans than you currently know, so write down new ideas every day for future use Also, your intuition is very accurate, so be sure to listen to the you have intuition.”
After hearing this, Colm Dillane said: “Now I want to ‘listen to my heart’ more.”
And when we look back at the explosive results that Colm Dillane has achieved in recent years, you will really feel that the age of 33 is his most creative year to date. Almost scary.
This time last year, Colm Dillane saw the Louis Vuitton fall and winter 2023 series he created as a guest menswear designer being sold in stores around the world; and in January of this year, he met his idol Ronaldinho and invited him to design the KidSuper 2024 spring and summer show “String” show “Theory”; opened a sprawling headquarters in Williamsburg that includes a whimsical KidSuper store, a painter’s studio, an art gallery, a design district, and a soon-to-be speakeasy. In June, KidSuper collaborated with Cirque du Solei to organize a spectacular show that combined the worlds of circus and theater at Paris Fashion Week in September, during New York Fashion Week, he organized a comedy show at Theater historical Apollo; it also brings a series of collaborations with Lovesac, PUMA, Canada Goose and other entities.
“Colm, you’ve achieved so many amazing things in just 12 months, how do you top yourself now?”
“The fashion industry is always in need of new ideas, so you have to be creative quickly. You can’t be too attractive and you can’t be too perfect because the business is always changing and will continue to grow even without you. .”
“It’s very difficult to be really creative because I find myself in a lot of meetings all day now, and to be creative you need downtime. But the fashion industry is always in need of new ideas, so you have to be very quick Creativity. You can’t be too attractive or perfect because this business is always changing and will continue to grow even without you.
Colm Dillane also helped a lot by deliberately working in places that inspired him. For example, the Bar Madonna we are in was opened in April this year by a good friend of Colm Dillane, Eric Madonna, who lived in the old KidSuper headquarters for several years. Today Colm serves as the artistic director of Bar Madonna, so the restaurant’s staff now wear uniforms designed by KidSuper; the walls of the restaurant are covered with Colm’s artwork, and the food plates given to Colm’s customers for the Madonna family are printed on them. .
“I like this place because the kitchen is open until 2 in the morning, and it’s hard to find a restaurant in New York where you can get a steak late at night,” said Colm as he arrived for Calabrese-style fried chicken wing, it’s unbelievable and then suddenly you’re part of it, which is really cool.”
Colm Dillane grew up in New York City and went to high school in Brooklyn, where he would hang out in Union Square and the streets of Brooklyn, selling his first T-shirts , with the idea of becoming a celebrity at an age. 14. dream. Today, the KidSuper he founded occupies an entire block of Roebling Street. He is sitting in a restaurant he designed, wearing clothes made in collaboration with his childhood idol Ronaldinho. “I was very motivated as a child, but I didn’t have a plan for how to do what I wanted to do. It still feels unbelievable today,” he said.
In Colm’s introduction, the boy behind KidSuper is just like himself, an art-obsessed, football-loving, Austin Powers-loving goofball, but weirder and louder. In a way, all of Colm’s live creations from KidSuper – clay animations, the cartoon series featuring Usain Bolt and stand-up comedy – are designed to make his inner child happy. “It would be great if I could coach myself as a kid. If I could go back in time and send a message to that teenager myself, I would tell him: Everything you want to do is possible. You have to do it now. Focus on it.”
“KidSuper is a world where anything is possible.”
Colm is willing to do whatever it takes to be creative, having paid around a million dollars for a fashion show in the past. However, it was Malcolm’s commitment to creativity that kept this young dream alive. KidSuper is more than just a fashion brand, it’s a film production company, theater division, record label, auction house and more. “KidSuper is a world where things are possible. Many of our successes have been from nothing to something possible. I’ve done a lot of completely crazy things at KidSuper, but sometimes things done just for the sake of creativity end up being my best idea ever. this reason,” said Dillane.
In short, as long as there is deception, there is a chance to get a reward.
As he spoke, Bar Madonna’s main course – New York steak with capers and lemon brown butter, meatballs with a Parmesan cheese sandwich and garlic fries – was brought to the table, and friends Colm Foda and Juanda walked in. to the restaurant, and they talked to Eric about this “birthday boy”. “He’s the funniest guy I’ve ever met,” Foda said, “He might not look like it, but he’s also a great football player.” He said, “Don’t give him a microphone at any party existence.”
Another “hero” in Colm Dillane’s fashion journey is J Balvin. Colm Dillane and J Balvin met many years ago when J Balvin sent a private message to KidSuper on Instagram asking if he could go to the store to check out the latest collection. Like Colm Dillane, J Balvin even prepared a special birthday message for him and sent it to Colm Dillane at our “Birthday Dinner” (provided by J Balvin’s longtime publicist Brittany McGovern).
This birthday party includes the following:
Dear Malcolm,
I am so proud of you, brother. I remember going to that special place in Brooklyn with my good friend Roman, bringing your art, bringing your dreams, bringing your vision, and it all came true.
I remember when you were in Amsterdam, selling clothes out of the trunk of your car, and then coming to our hotel with the clothes. I don’t know if that was free or if I paid for it, but thank you. I am so proud of you, brother.
I think you are a good person and someone who deserves respect. Your vision, how you change the game. When everyone else is going forward, you go left, and you keep bringing your ideas to life. To this day, you are still the same person I first met.
You know our vision, let’s build this football team together and make a difference. I love you, G! I am proud of you and wish you all the best. Keep shining and keep making people feel like KidSupers.
Love,
J Balvin
“I was going to die,” Colm said after reading the blessing. “I was still living in the back of the shop and I couldn’t believe it was coming. I’m going to make it big.’ It was a great time for me. Keep an eye out for future big games.”
The early collaboration with J Balvin was undoubtedly an important milestone for Colm Dillane, and although Colm has had many amazing moments now, he will never feel that he is ” carried out”. He explained: “If you feel ‘successful’, you might stop. And I don’t want to stop. I hope to continue to be creative and imaginative when I am 60 years old.
Colm gave us a few hints about what’s to come next year, including a big fashion show, his interest in taking on the role of creative director for another fashion brand, and more.
At the end of the Birthday Dinner, a chocolate cake with “Happy Birthday” written on it and candles was brought to the table as a successful end to this delicious and joyful meal. After blowing out the candles and eating the cake, he returned to his normal, crazy life again.
“What’s your birthday wish?” We finally asked Malcolm a “corny” question, and he told us: “I hope to build a football field on the roof of my building.”
