Viktor & Rolf: I Am Art
I’m not sure if it was a full-circle moment. The return of the artist, if you will. But this moment felt different. Maybe it was because nearly every one of my senses was activated—everything besides taste. However, the taste level was there, in my face, in a major way. My heart, my brain, my love for […]
In Good Hands
I never knew her name. But I knew she had style. I love estate sales. The process is different from thrifting. They’re usually organized, and you have the ability to move through each room of a home. Oftentimes, estate sales are associated with affluent areas, and if you’re lucky, you’re likely to find a fashion […]
Fashion Finds Me
Before I knew to call it an archive, I was already preserving the evidence. Fashion has followed me through childhood, Atlanta, family, pauses, and creative rebirth. Threads & Testaments is not where I pick up where I left off. It is where all those threads finally come together. “Before I knew to call it an […]
The Photograph
A photograph can capture a moment, but without the names, memories, and stories attached to it, how much can it really tell us? Through the photographs of my grandmother, Janie Mae Washington Lesuire, I reflect on family albums, personal style, memory, and why preserving the story behind the image matters.
