Antoine Gregory

I am interested in seeing how Black designers are represented on the carpet and if they are at all. Yeah. When I think of just like all the incredible work that we've done, we still haven't been able to take ownership over it. We still have to be an accessory to a white institution.

I am interested in seeing how Black designers are represented on the carpet and if they are at all. Yeah. When I think of just like all the incredible work that we've done, we still haven't been able to take ownership over it. We still have to be an accessory to a white institution.

So as incredible as this is, it's like, what can we do to regain some type of ownership over the work that we're creating in our creative production as people?

So as incredible as this is, it's like, what can we do to regain some type of ownership over the work that we're creating in our creative production as people?

So as incredible as this is, it's like, what can we do to regain some type of ownership over the work that we're creating in our creative production as people?

I mean, I think it started as something that was a performance that we as people were placed in. And now it's something that we decide and declare over ourselves, how we look, how we dress. And it's no longer a performance in that way, but it's more of a declaration of identity.

I mean, I think it started as something that was a performance that we as people were placed in. And now it's something that we decide and declare over ourselves, how we look, how we dress. And it's no longer a performance in that way, but it's more of a declaration of identity.

I mean, I think it started as something that was a performance that we as people were placed in. And now it's something that we decide and declare over ourselves, how we look, how we dress. And it's no longer a performance in that way, but it's more of a declaration of identity.

I think Andre Leontali makes a really great point about that in his memoir.

I think Andre Leontali makes a really great point about that in his memoir.

I think Andre Leontali makes a really great point about that in his memoir.

He talks about not being born as an aristocrat, right? But if you want to do that and you want to live that life, great taste and great style and being a person of culture is not something that you need to be born into. It's something that you can create for yourself.

He talks about not being born as an aristocrat, right? But if you want to do that and you want to live that life, great taste and great style and being a person of culture is not something that you need to be born into. It's something that you can create for yourself.

He talks about not being born as an aristocrat, right? But if you want to do that and you want to live that life, great taste and great style and being a person of culture is not something that you need to be born into. It's something that you can create for yourself.

And I think he is a prime example of someone who came from the Jim Crow South, who studied French architecture, went to Paris, could speak fluent French. It was like one of the greatest dandies we've ever known. But he decided all that for himself. And he came from somewhere where every day he was told that's not who he was.

And I think he is a prime example of someone who came from the Jim Crow South, who studied French architecture, went to Paris, could speak fluent French. It was like one of the greatest dandies we've ever known. But he decided all that for himself. And he came from somewhere where every day he was told that's not who he was.

And I think he is a prime example of someone who came from the Jim Crow South, who studied French architecture, went to Paris, could speak fluent French. It was like one of the greatest dandies we've ever known. But he decided all that for himself. And he came from somewhere where every day he was told that's not who he was.

And I think working in fashion, it was more of that, like, you don't belong here. But he decided that I do belong here and I'm going to do the work and you guys are going to remember me. I'm going to be the most educated person in the room. I'm going to be the most tasteful person in the room. I'm going to be the biggest person in the room.

And I think working in fashion, it was more of that, like, you don't belong here. But he decided that I do belong here and I'm going to do the work and you guys are going to remember me. I'm going to be the most educated person in the room. I'm going to be the most tasteful person in the room. I'm going to be the biggest person in the room.

And I think working in fashion, it was more of that, like, you don't belong here. But he decided that I do belong here and I'm going to do the work and you guys are going to remember me. I'm going to be the most educated person in the room. I'm going to be the most tasteful person in the room. I'm going to be the biggest person in the room.