Ye didn’t just attend the VMAs, he exposed how dead the room was. Imagine Rihanna performing and an entire room full of celebrities needing Kanye West to teach them how to have fun. Some of these people are famous but have absolutely no star power.
I do not have a white parent. I am Nigerian. Attributing my success to proximity to whiteness is WILD AF. My father, mother and grandmother were all designers in Nigeria. Creativity is in my blood. I came to London with zero connections in the fashion industry.
The lack of Black women in creative director positions has always perplexed me, but I’ve never allowed that to dictate my own possibilities. I just do what I want.
i hate to say it but when you’re a black designer and you create something good they gotta see it on someone that don’t look like you for it to make sense to them & i hate it. i always advocate & push for black muses. i don’t care