While many are fleeing New York City to their country homes, some diehard New Yorkers remained loyal and local in the wake of the pandemic. In fashion, we have found talent that are resilient, have committed to making New York their home, and work around the new normal. We sat down in conversation with one such designer, Neil Grotzinger, of eponymous brand NIHL, a fashion provocateur whose first collection was the talk of industry with his Parsons MFA Collection. The collection consisted of redefining male silhouettes, frayed knitting, and wrestling singlets walking down the runway.