This was the exact thing Jean-Raymond spent his career combating: the fashion industry’s flagrant exploitation of those it had deemed outsiders, monetizing them for profit, making their stories tepid and meaningless.
This is a very good point and it doesn't just relates to black culture. It's also about orientalism, about native american culture, and so much more.
Left: Pyer Moss shirt, $850, and pants, $850. Pyer Moss in Collaboration with Aurora James boots, $895. Right: Pyer Moss shirt, $600, cummerbund and pants, price on request. Pyer Moss in collaboration with Aurora James boots.Credit...
The designs, the use of color red, the print on the red pants, the confrontational stares from the models, and the LAPD sign written on the wall all serves to demonstrate how Jean-Raymond boldly talks about race and police brutality through his work.
Progressiveness and diversity themselves have become commodified as yet another fad that the web of global media can exploit while patting itself on the back.
Very good point. It reminds me how businesses only support the LGBTQ+ community in pride month. This is creating the illusion that our world is already very equal, which it certainly isn't.
He has a standing appointment here every couple of weeks with a group of childhood friends from Flatbush, a Brooklyn neighborhood
Daily details like these help readers build up who Jean-Raymond is in their heads, and they bring the "high-end fashion designer" side of him down to earth, make him more approachable
his father’s green-card photo, printed on numerous designs, was Jean-Raymond’s madeleine. Models walked in clothing that reimagined Jean-Raymond’s father as a young man. He had been a pre-med student in Haiti before immigrating to New York in 1979, and always maintained an effortless sense of style.
These descriptions of his design show readers that his family and experiences are inseparable to the designs, laying the groundwork for the point that his work is truly authentic.
He repeated the phrase “This just doesn’t feel new enough” like an incantation.
The diction "incantation" shows the readers Jean-Raymond's strong conviction in his fashion principles and his high standards.
But these broad experiences are anchored by an almost novelistic attention to detail.
very smooth transition, showing his balance between broad political topics and detailed and considerate design