The partnership is a tipping point for luxury fashion, which has had a history of racism and appropriation.

Both Baldwin’s and Jenkins’ work shine a light on the simplicities and joys and fears of being a person who is black and who is alive in America.

Heavy is the head that wears the crown, and Kerby Jean-Raymond wears his crown well.

“My goal was always to capture the beauty of black women, to restore black pride and the spirit of black women.”

Beyoncé’s and Rihanna’s Vogue covers reminded me of the 18th-century black women who rebelled against the assault on their beauty in colonial Louisiana.

Grace Wales Bonner pulls from many, varied sources when creating, but her references never corrupt her vision. Nor do her clothes ever bastardize their inspirations.