Black Fashion Fair has teamed up with Brooklyn-based label Theofilio for its first official capsule collection, BAZAAR.com can exclusively reveal.
The e-commerce platform and designer Edvin Thompson have teamed up to launch a Family Portrait capsule. Available in six colorways, the gorgeous t-shirts feature nostalgic imagery from Thompson’s own childhood. Delicately embellished with crystal embroidery, each t-shirt features one of two images: one featuring Thompson and his family posing for a portrait, while the other is a natural shot from the designer’s home island of Jamaica. The release of this collaborative collection follows Theofilio’s Fall/Winter 2021 collection presentation at New York Fashion Week today.
“I’m so excited to partner with Black Fashion Fair during Black History Month,” Thompson told Harper’s BAZAAR about her latest work. “I believe it’s so important to support spaces that empower Black designers and creatives by highlighting my Jamaican roots with photography that is close to my heart.”
Theophilio Crystal Logo “Family Portrait II” T-shirt (limited edition)
Black Fashion Fair founder Antoine Gregory echoed Thompson’s comments, stressing the importance of continuing to champion Black fashion talent at a time of looming change across the industry.
“Black Fashion Fair is the past, the present and the future, and it’s our responsibility to contribute to the conversation around Blackness in fashion,” says Gregory, “Through capsules like Black Fashion Fair and our Family Portrait collaboration with Theofilio, we’re able to create a space for Black designers of all types to share their stories, and we’re able to take those stories and highlight them in a way that everyone can understand.”
“In doing so, we can own the narrative of Black fashion, style and culture and empower our community. That’s our responsibility,” she added.
Bianca Betancourt is the culture editor for HarpersBAZAAR.com, covering all things film, TV, and music. When she’s not writing, she loves compulsively baking cookies, listening to early 2000s pop music playlists on repeat, and sneakily checking Mariah Carey’s Twitter feed.
