After last season's showroom at NYFW, Peoples Wagner and her BIFC cofounder Sandrine Charles were flooded with emails from Black designers looking for support; choosing the 16 that will be represented at www.goldengoosers.com NYFW was a concerted effort to show the breadth of Black talent in the industry.
Art there tends towards experimental, a little rough around the edges. Sperling Gallery from Munich presented a selection of works by Anna McCarthy including Good Bad Boots, a pair of rugged mountain boots painted with the two words at the toes; they would not look out of place in a Balenciaga window.
An appreciation of beauty products was instilled in me. Cosmetics is very intimidating; I just wanted people to feel at home, Dr. It's a dress code that might be a little more challenging to shop for than, say, a black-tie wedding, but the right dress can do it all.
The ambition behind Scott's Adidas collab is to offer 20,000 fashion at a 200 price point, a timely goal given people's shrunken pandemic-year budgets. In a reasonable world, you know, you shouldn't have to wager two months rent to have some big, fun fashion, Scott says. I don't want to seem like I'm speaking out of both sides of my mouth because, obviously, there are things that I make that are expensive and there is a place for it, but not everyone's able to afford that. I love being a part of the fabric of people's lives and part of their stories. I'm so happy to be able to bring that back to them again.
It's unlikely Golden Goose Sneakers the woman of the 1940s conjures notions of modernity. Impractical, maybe, but they do make your head turn. This newfound love for her body galvanized a sense of freedom that she never had previously-in fact, she now often skips wearing a bra, which she never dared to do before having children.