RUNWAY: Private Policy SS20

June marks Pride Month and this June is extra, extra special in New York City - where Private Policy showed its SS20 collection. On June 29, it marks the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, which thought of by most as being the most definitive time in LGBTQ+ history. This year's Pride March in NYC is also World Pride Day where an estimate million-plus people are planning to descend on the concrete jungle to celebrate. Private Policy's latest collection pays homage to the on-going effort to bring full equality to this community, especially in light of a barrage of anti-LGBTQ+ efforts by many governments. Private Policy also honors two trans-activists: Marsha Johnson and Sylvia Rivera.

So, what of the collection? It was about celebration, freedom but also about struggle. It was not all rainbows and feather boas and tropes of LGBT life but instead a thoughtful look at the lives, wardrobes and struggles of the community.