👍🏽👍🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽👊🏽👊🏽#repost @erikmannby ・・・ Pitti Uomo is cancelling all plans of making the fair happening this year. Horrible for the Pitti Immagine organisation, but couldn’t really be helped, seeing as how the corona situation is right now. That’s not what I wanted to post about though. I wanted to dedicate a post to the fair itself and how it’s helped to promote several businesses run by POC. Here’s where I first saw a lot of new (and old) designers and craftsmen from Africa, West-Indies, African-American community and big parts of Asia irl for the first time. E.G. winter Pitti 2016 showed us the likes of designer @ikirejones on the runways, during their “Generation Africa” initiative. The booths feature countless of talents of all nationalities, challenging the white stereotype of the (mostly classic) menswear business. Please tag menswear businesses in the comments, that you think fit the bill! The guys in the picture are (left to right): @thebkcircus @purpus.co @officialbespokecouture @tmichael_bergen @officialbespokecouture again, and @acuratedman. Thanks for all the positive DM’s! It’s been eye-opening for me to realise just how skewered the representation is, in the coverage of the #menswear business (regular media and social media alike). #entrepreneursofcolour #africandesigners #africanamericanbusinessowners #challengeideas #pitti #pittiuomo (at Firenze, Italy) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBDUn3UpKow/?igshid=saibgstb07ek
