Haitian-American fashion designer Kerby Jean-Raymond isn’t letting COVID-19 stand in the way of the New York Fashion Week experience he’s creating for spectators, and he has already come up with an innovative workaround for his Pyer Moss brand.
Jean-Raymond’s 2019 spectacle “Sister” put Black culture front and center at the yearly fashion event.
“The whole thing is really to recognize our worth, and us as Black people, what we’ve contributed to what pop society is in America,” Jean-Raymond told The Associated Press after his 2019 show.
Jean-Raymond has already garnered quite the impressive résumé outside of New York Fashion Week as well, having already collaborated with Erykah Badu, making the Forbes “30 Under 30” list in 2015, and, more recently, appearing as a guest judge on the Netflix fashion competition “Next in Fashion,” as well as landing a role as artistic director at Reebok.
After the NYFW debut of “American, Also,” Jean-Raymond plans to take the drive-in event on tour across the country.
