Kamala Harris is in theory the front runner in 2028. At least if you believe the polls. But somehow every time that Kamala appears in public, she somehow manages to embarrass herself. It’s a dubious achievement, but it’s all hers.
Former Vice President Harris made her debut at the Met Gala this year. Harris’s Met Gala look selection was custom-made by the clothing brand Off-White. A photo featured in Vogue’s reporting on Harris’s attendance at the event shows the former vice president in a floor-length dress split between black and white at her right shoulder.
Is this making some dubious point about race? Of course it is.
Harris’s selection of Off-White, a brand founded by legendary Black designer Virgil Alboh, is notable given this year’s Met Gala theme of exploring Black style through “Tailored for You.” This year’s gala is the first to specifically focus on Black designers.
Vogue has said that this year’s Met Gala theme looks through the tailoring of clothing when it comes to shaping Black identities, featuring a focus on the “emergence, significance, and proliferation of the Black dandy.”
Ibrahim Kamara, Off-White’s art and creative director, told Vogue in a statement that for him, “the true core of dandyism is rooted in confidence and strength.”
“There is no person who exemplifies these characteristics more than Kamala D. Harris, someone who has overcome adversity and continues to be a beacon for so many,” Kamara added.
Kamara, not to be confused with Kamala, claims that Kamala represents the true core of dandyism. Kamala doesn’t have much in the way of achievements (I doubt Kamara does either) but loving fashion is definitely one of them. I’m not too sure that a love of high fashion is a huge selling point to today’s voters, but no one can take if away from Kamala who began dressing in high end fashion during her dubious career as a prosecutor back in San Francisco. The clothes were reported funded by her boyfriend, Willie Brown.
Now that’s overcoming adversity.
