YOUNG BLACK DESIGNER IS THE MASTERMIND BEHIND COLOMBIAN VICE-PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT DRESSES
Stacy Jackson
September 28, 2022
Screensshot via Instagram/@sinisterra.paz_16 U.S. Embassy in Colombia via Wiki Commons
This Black designer is responsible for creating fashion pieces that the public cannot help but notice.
From the impoverished Pacific region of Colombia, Esteban Sinisterra is the young Black fashion designer behind the colorful patterned dresses Vice-President Francia Marquez has been wearing. Marquez is Colombia’s first Black VP and Sinisterra’s pieces, which he labels as “resistance” fashion, have gained international attention.
“Each and every one of Francia’s outfits evokes that,” Sinisterra said, regarding his Colombian roots. “It is being able to show that this is who we are…so for me fashion, my fashion, is resistance.”
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“In one way or another her history and my history are similar, so I think there was a very lovely spark there,” the 23-year-old fashion designer said.
Sinisterra recognizes the commonalities with the 40-year-old Afro-Colombian VP, as he learned of her similar childhood growing up in Suárez, a town and municipality in the Cauca province. Prior to her role as VP of Colombia, the single mother was a housekeeper. The environmental activist pledged to improve women’s rights and help the poor access health and education upon her victory in the election.
More:
https://www.blackenterprise.com/young-black-designer-is-the-mastermind-behind-colombian-vice-presidents-statement-dresses/
Vice President Márquez with President Petro.
Vice President Francia Márquez
Esteban Sinisterra Paz
Outstanding in his field!
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