""Fashion isn't larger than culture,""
""Culture comes first.""
""I'm making work from real-life experiences, I want to humanize us.""
""I started my brand two years ago with love, hope and the pursuit of creating epic, beautiful designs,""
Daveed Baptiste is a Haitian American designer raised in Little Haiti and based in Brooklyn. Baptiste grounds creative work in communal spaces such as Anaiz Hair & Beauty Braiding Salon and draws strength from neighborhood life. The practice moves between high fashion, photography, immersive experiences, institutional acclaim, and communal memory. Baptiste prioritizes culture over fashion and centers work on real-life experiences to humanize people. Baptiste won the CFDA 2025 Empowered Vision Award, which includes a $100,000 prize and a year-long mentorship valued at $100,000. Baptiste emphasizes that visibility does not equal security and calls for collective care and early support to sustain creative life.
Read at The Haitian Times
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