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Cassidy Haley
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Cassidy Hugaert Haley is an American singer-songwriter and clothing designer based in Los Angeles.
Haley was born in Oakland, California, and grew up in the nearby city of Richmond, California, raised by his mother. He has three sisters and two brothers. His ancestors are mainly Irish, Scottish, German, French, and Native American. As a teenager he was part of the Bay Area rave scene. Haley was among the 1999 WTO protestors in Seattle and has cited this as a formative experience in his life.
Haley has performed with circuses including the avant-garde cirque nouveau Lucent Dossier Experience at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and El Circo. He performs stiltwalking and silks aerial; he performed on stilts in Las Vegas on Halloween in 2009. Haley developed design and sewing skills making costumes for himself and other circus performers, which he has applied in two clothing design companies and for his band costumes and music videos. He moved to Los Angeles to pursue his career in music and fashion.
Haley founded the company Ernte with Evan Sugarman in 2003. In 2005, he left the company to work on his music career. In 2006, Haley returned to fashion, founding a company called Skin.Graft with Jonny Cota. They were later joined by Katie Kay. Skin. Graft has been described as having "raw underground fashion and sleek, high-end couture." The company runs a downtown Los Angeles boutique, as well as producing custom designs. They presented a fall/winter collection at LA Fashion Week 2009. Haley sold his half of Skin. Graft in January 2009 to focus on his music.
American Idol (season 7) winner David Cook wore Skin. Graft designs during the competition and during public appearances. Haley is a friend of American Idol (season 8) runner-up Adam Lambert and designed pieces worn by Lambert on during the competition and on the American Idols LIVE! Tour 2009; Skin. Graft was featured in an ABC News 20/20 segment about Lambert on June 13, 2009. Other celebrities to wear Skin.
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