And the world was in dire need of beauty — beauty as a kind of emotional sustenance that Piccioli was determined to supply. But at the time it was impossible for couture to be what it was born to be for Black women. Black women used to go to a different toilet from White women. “It was important to do a certain kind of casting, not just with Black women, but Black women with a certain kind of aesthetic,” he says. “It is not about clothes,” Piccioli says.

Source: Washington Post November 16, 2020 15:33 UTC