No other stylist or creative director receives as much media coverage for their clients as they do for themselves. This is not a diss, but a testament to his immense talent to create unforgettable looks for his iconic clients Zendaya and Celine Deon, which go viral, threaten to break the Internet, and quickly shift the visual conversation in the fashion industry and on our social media timelines.
The difference between Law and everyone else is that he has managed to step from behind the velvet curtain into the spotlight and onto the red carpet without distracting from his A-List clients while standing on business and basking in his light as a Black queer creative genius, for real.
Law has cracked the code on straddling the line between art and commerce, service and leading character energy. Subscribe to Native Son’s newsletter for more news, information, and conversations about Black gay and queer everything.In the elite and exclusive high fashion world, Law Roach has combined the innate creativity of Black style, South Side Chicago hood hustle, and the old-world iconoclast sensibilities of André Leon Talley, Karl Lagerfeld, and Halston.
These gay fashion legends lived, breathed, and embodied the nexus of fashion, art, history, and celebrity. They were visionaries who used history, popular culture, and modernity to influence and shape-shift fashion business.