Saturday, July 10, 2021

Pyer Moss adds commentary on black erasure to Paris couture week

The first black designer to show at the week, Kerby Jean-Raymond’s statement collection is surreal and powerful feast

Six months after designing the “new wave” coat Kamala Harris wore during inauguration week, Pyer Moss made history again on Saturday when creative director Kerby Jean-Raymond became the first black designer to show at Paris couture week.

Forty-eight hours after the original show was rained off by Tropical Storm Elsa, the collection – entitled Wat U Iz – was oblique and powerful. In part a celebration of black camp, it called to mind one of Raymond’s forebearers Patrick Kelly, whose exaggerated, racially tinged clothes told an off-the-catwalk story of American culture.

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