Revolt World tapped fashion industry giants Law Roach and Kollin Carter to lead a riveting conversation about the future of fashion. On the final day of the three-day summit, the two style visionaries indulged in an intimate conversation moderated by Domo Wells, during which they shared their journeys, inspirations, and much more.
Law Roach & Kollin Carter discuss the future of fashion at Revolt World
Wells kicked off the conversation by referencing the evolution of both stylists and how their neighborhoods and surroundings inspired their careers. Born in Chicago, Law Roach attributed the polar opposite personalities of the inner city to his ability to create various looks that span the spectrum of fashion.
“I was raised in Chicago, so you had two cultures, right? You had church culture, and then you also had street culture. That’s what I grew up seeing. For us, our high class and who we wanted to be like and emulate were the drug dealers and the pimps. There’s a term that comes from that lifestyle called peacocking, and it is about putting on your best so that you can draw attention to yourself no matter what your economic status is or how much money you have; you want to put on your best all the time. And so I think that carried through into my work. And so my work became, I think, in my career, very polarizing,” Roach explained.
Carter on the other hand had limited access to the fashion world. “I was born in California and moved to Mississippi when I was 13. So there wasn’t a lot of fashion there at all. It created this drive in me to go out and see the world and explore other places. It put me in a position to study fashion because I didn’t have access to it there,” he said.
“I would go into my friend’s closet and style out of her closet because there were no showrooms and nothing accessible to us in Jackson. I feel like, in a way, it did shape and motivate me to get the f*ck out of there and go see the…
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