September 2022

In 2020, Stella Jean pledged to only return to the runway when she would not be the only Black designer on the Milan schedule. She and Edward Buchanan, in addition to Michelle Ngonmo, are to be credited for igniting a change inside the country’s fashion system once they first established the We Are Made in Italy, or WAMI collective, and shortly thereafter got the support of the Camera Della Moda. On Friday night, their dream got here true because the collective mounted a show combining displays of Buchanan’s Sansovino 6 latest collection – hinged on denim that was distressed, bleached, acid-washed and worn back front – Jean’s spring effort, and a number of other looks by the Fab Five, the moniker utilized...