“A traditional French house has just appointed their first Black designer,” she explains. “We have to look at the why and the how. Why Virgil? How did it come to be him and and not any of his successors?” She continues: “I think still having Black 'firsts' in 2018 requires we examine these things a bit more closely. It demands we ask the tough questions and have the uncomfortable conversations. Especially in the luxury space, which is a space founded on exclusion and exclusivity.” When we asked if she thought Abloh may have a position for West at Vuitton, she said: “The evidence points to no. Did he bring Kanye into his Nike deal? Or his Sunglass Hut deal ?”