Thai blooded LA hustle fashion brand ‘Tank Air’ just dropped a short film titled ‘Clothing and Ideas in Service of the Matriarchy.’ The credits look like home: directed by Tank Air with a homegrown Thai-heavy crew involved in every step of the making. At its heart is the Sarasas Witaed Bangbuathong School Choir.
Tank Air’s been doing this dance since day one. They take fractured roots and spin them into something cohesive and tangible you can actually wear and live your life in.
Behind this is Claire Robertson-Macleod, Bangkok-born, Hong Kong-raised, Thai-English. She’s tuned into today’s cultural conversations and answered with a fashion statement. Tank Air’s sculpted cuts cling to the body like memory itself, born from her lineage of women and shaped by her Thai mother’s grace, her British father’s grit and the electric pulse of Hong Kong’s creative underground where she came of age.
Something deeper happens when each piece begins as rescued textile, taking fractured roots and spinning them into something cohesive and tangible you can wear and live in.
Tank Air’s rooted in Bangkok’s streets, reaching toward California’s horizon. Let us spotlight the Bunny knitted baby tee, emblazoned with Tank Air in Thai – ‘แทงค์แอร์’ – telling a story of quiet resilience.
‘No matter the loss, spring back into action in this baby-soft tee, symbolising the world's strongest mammal – pound for pound – mentally and spiritually,’ says Tank Air.
Then comes the Mai Thai top and sheer sarong, a literal modern translation of Thailand’s traditional ‘sabai’. This top is a clean cut homage to the classic slink across one shoulder once worn by Thai women. Its partner the sarong barely skims the skin, tradition being spun into something sultry.
The SS25 collection will surely continue Thailand’s cultural conversation within the global fashion dialogue. The true currency of Tank Air probably lies in that electric moment when skin meets fabric, when Tank Air dresses bodies while celebrating souls. Not just eco-consciously but emotionally.