The following year, Waithe and Pyer Moss designer Kerby Jean-Raymond wore custom suits featuring statements on the back.
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Waithe’s periwinkle suit featured several tributes to the LGBTQ+ community, Jean-Raymond told The Cut. The pinstripes were made of lyrics from the songs “I’m Coming Out,” “You Make Me Feel,” “We Are Family,” “Supermodel,” “Don’t Leave Me This Way,” “I Will Survive,” and “Take Me or Leave Me,” and the buttons featured the faces of queer icons like Grace Jones and RuPaul. The back of her suit read “Black Drag Queens Invented Camp,” in a reference to the 2019 gala theme of “Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion.”
Jean-Raymond’s pinstripes were comprised of lyrics by rappers Nipsey Hussle, Tupac, Jay-Z, Nas, Drake, Meek Mill, Kendrick Lamar, and J. Cole, and the buttons featured their faces. His suit read, “Fix your credit. Pool money. Buy back the block.”
“We collaborated on really bringing a message,” Waithe told E! News in May 2019. “To me, I really wanted to make sure my outfit represented the Black drag queens who started this camp thing about being over the top and all that jazz.”
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