Die van Lewis heeft wel een mooi verhaal:
”The theme of the outfit is focused on celebrating the life of John Ystumllyn, believed to be the first Black gardener of Britain, who lived in the 1700s. He had a really tough start to life being the victim of the Atlantic slave trade. However, despite all that hardship, he found a way to shine bright. Being a gardener, there’s a special rose named after him, the John Ystumllyn Rose. It’s a pretty yellow color, like sunshine in flower form. It’s believed to be the first rose flower to be named in the UK after a person from an ethnic minority.”
En:
“His Met Gala look is inspired by the story of John Ystumllyn, one of Britain’s first Black gardeners, and by the language of flowers in Black history. The coat was embroidered with periwinkle that symbolise endurance, yucca for eternity and protecting restless spirits, daffodils representing hardiness and cedar branches that signal everlasting life.”
