"DOL’LA" is a seven-look fashion collection exploring migration, identity, and survival by drawing parallels between the Great Migration in the U.S. and the Windrush Era in the U.K. Framed through a seven-member Caribbean American family, each look represents a distinct immigrant archetype, loosely based on my own family's experience—navigating New York while undocumented, finding work under precarious conditions, and supporting loved ones in Jamaica.
The designs reflect both the struggles and resilience of migration, capturing the weight of displacement, adaptation, and cultural perseverance. The moment we’re capturing is the end of an argument—tension lingers, but the sharp edges have softened. Reflection, quiet apologies, and unspoken truths mirror the collection’s themes of migration, survival, and family ties to identity. Each exchange weaves resilience, and understanding into a dialogue that lingers beyond the words.
