Kerby Jean-Raymond sends a message with this hand-holding-a-mop dress<

FASHION - After the rain, the good weather. This Saturday, July 10, fashion designer Kerby Jean-Raymond presented his first haute couture collection in New York at the close of Paris Fashion Week, the day after a last-minute cancellation due to storm Elsa. .

The designer, the first African-American to be invited to the official calendar of the prestigious French Fashion Week, has remained faithful to the purpose of his brand, Pyer Moss. He offered a series of surreal pieces that blended pop culture and social commentary to highlight narratives different from the pain-filled ones usually told about African Americans.

“The stories we tell each other about our lives are about our grandmothers and how they loved us against a backdrop of Bible verses and lemonade, but also why bloodlines never defined who they really were. our uncles and aunts or how our home has always been big enough to accommodate everyone we love,” a statement read.

He adds: “We carry stories full of glory in our bodies. Dark imagination is the greatest technology in this world.”