The boss has been a newspaper editor when print was all the fad. The designer is usually known to have models come down the runway playfully, typically even operating or on bicycles. I arrive on the Fashion News venue on the outskirts of Paris, where often quiet industrial streets are actually full of blacked out taxis and supercars. Designs make pointed references to political discontent and social unrest.
Bobby Kolade, founding father of Ugandan model Buzigahill, and who has introduced his collections at Berlin Fashion Week, has comparable gripes. “Initially, I didn’t really feel supported. I went to banks, I …