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For Pride Month, WWD asked young Black creatives to share their coming-out stories. While Pride Month is over, the challenges facing the LGBTQ community, and their experiences, require more than a once-a-year focus. So WWD reached out to more Black creatives about their own coming-out stories to keep the conversation going.
 

El Lewis
My coming out was more of an invitation in. The first person in my family I felt most comfortable enough to tell was my mother. I remember the moment being fueled with liberation and I just proceeded to tell her the full truth about myself and my interests. It was a candid conversation that was uncompromising, yet vulnerable. It felt like I opened the door and it was her choice to walk in and have a seat.

Lex Porter
First, I’d like to introduce myself. My name is Lex, my pronouns are she/her/hers and I identify as a lesbian. I recently started a podcast called “She|Her|Dyke” to create a space where masculine-presenting women can share their stories and day to day struggles.
“Coming out” was never a thing to me. At a young age I knew I was different, but I was unaware of the need to “come out” about it. I

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(TrendHunter.com) Like all new fashion collections that are being shared with the world, the Viktor & Rolf Haute Couture A/W 2020 collection was revealed in a different way than usual. In place of in-person…

MAISON MARGIELA:
The last day of digital shows at Paris Couture Week started with John Galliano’s initial teaser for his Maison Margiela Artisanal Coed Collection.
Galliano will show the collection in a manner that couldn’t be done live (at least no one has tried it): in installments. Today’s teaser will be followed by two others, on July 11 and 15 and the culmination, on July 16, which a brand statement referred to as “a final revelation.”

FRANCK SORBIER:

GUO PEI:
Guo Pei brought a herd of giraffes, elephants and zebras to life via three-dimensional embroideries in an artfully crafted but cartoonlike collection.

ELIE SAAB:
Elie Saab offered a preview of the inspiration for his upcoming collection that will be revealed in September. Entitled “The Sound of the Sacred Source,” the 90-second film offers close-ups of hand-embroidered beadwork and glimpses of sketches, juxtaposing flashes of couture handiwork with nature scenes. A woman’s perfectly manicured hand slides across cracked earth, insects buzz, rain drops fall and water splashes. An electronic soundtrack is punctuated with sounds of the outdoors, a steaming iron and fabric being unfurled.

BOUCHRA JARRAR:
Bouchra Jarrar’s short black-and-white film, directed by Marcel Hartmann, takes place mostly at her home, where she unveiled her comeback collection. She cast twin

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(TrendHunter.com) Balenciaga’s latest Drive sneakers are stark and bold informed by its latest colorway that is detailed by the red accents throughout the model. The luxury fashion house originally launched a…