Kingsley Gbadegesin is designing tops for the girls — The designer of the brand @k.ngsley believes the higher purpose of his brand is to make space “for the Black femme queer community.” He tells us that his clothes are “made for the girls, by the girls.” He likens this to the famous acroynm (and fashion brand) FUBU (For Us By Us), but his version “makes it gay.” For him this saying “touches on the notion of us leading our own narrative, telling our own stories, and supporting each other the best way we can. I’m not the only one, there are designers taking up space and innovating, and serving the communities we’re a part of. But that’s the idea. We don’t need anyone else taking our ideas and selling them right back to us to turn a profit. No ma’am.”


Shot on 35 & 120 film.