Kerby Jean-raymond Celebrates Black Inventions In Debut Pyer Moss Couture Collection
12 Aug The first Black American to present haute couture as a guest of the Chambre Syndicale paid homage to Black innovation. A rain delay couldn’t put a damper on Kerby Jean-Raymond’s haute couture debut for Pyer Moss, which finally walked on Saturday afternoon. The original time slot assigned by the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture might not have worked out (not that the crowd assembled in Irvington, New York on Thursday minded — it was quite the party), but Haute Couture Fashion Week was willing to wait. Same goes for the guests, who came together at Madam C.J. Walker’s Villa Lewaro a second time over the weekend, eager to witness fashion history. With the Wat U Iz show, Jean-Raymond became the first Black American to present a couture collection as a guest of the Chambre Syndicale. And the designer used the opportunity to pay homage to a long, often overlooked history of Black innovation. Referencing a list housed in the Library of Congress, Jean-Raymond showed a series ...