NEW YORK – Kerby Jean-Raymond knows how to make a statement. It was the young New York designer who caught the attention of the fashion industry when his entire last season was dedicated to the Black Lives Matter movement.
But after so much attention was given to the designer, he found himself in a quandary. Was he pigeonholed into becoming the industry black designer who would be defined by his political stances?
That led to depression a couple of weeks later.
“It was freeing to be able to create that collection and I have no regrets, but I went through the emotions,” he said to Mashable backstage at his show, Saturday. Read more…
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