Fashion, Memory & Kinship — A Conversation with Designer Tremaine Emory

Written By Jennie Williams

Kinfolkology Executive Director Jennie K. Williams Ph.D. joined designer and storyteller Tremaine Emory (Denim Tears), alongside Kinfolkology Board Member BK Fulton and collaborating artist Nic[o] Brierre Aziz, to explore how fashion can carry memory and honor kinship. From the cotton wreath as talisman to Georgia’s red clay and Queens’ Liberty Rock, Tremaine showed how place, history, and care shape his practice. You can watch the whole conversation here.

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