Back-in-the day, for me (and maybe for some of you), a typical autumn afternoon unfolded something like this: you step out of a schoolhouse with your empty lunch box and a couple of hardback books, ...

When Cianciolo started out 30 years ago—her label, Run, was active from 1995 to 2001—New York was a grittier place and her practice was likewise scrappy. “I would just run around and find weird ...