Meet the Talented Black Designers Who Made History at Milan Fashion Week
Last February, when Milan Fashion Week purveyor Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana partnered with Tamu McPherson to spotlight Italian creatives of color, Stella Jean — then the only Black designer featured on the calendar — pulled back from showing her collection. For Jean, it was an act of voicing her justifiable frustration with the fashion industry's lack of representation, as well as an effort to bring awareness to a series of hate crimes throughout Italy. She quickly took action by teaming up with the Italian Office Against Racial Discrimination to launch a social media campaign and corresponding lookbook,