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Pyer Moss couture show honors Black inventors
Pyer Moss' Haute Couture collection was inspired by Black inventors and their creations. Scroll through the gallery to see a selection of looks from the show.
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A model sporting a bottle cap dress and hat.
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A green outfit featuring a real curtain rod, draped with tasseled curtains.
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A model dressed in an outfit inspired by a gas mask.
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This Pyer Moss-branded jar of peanut butter was one of the show's most eye-catching garments.
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A horseshoe-inspired evening gown with cut-outs.
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A model wears a gold shimmering dress, accessorized with a padlock-inspired headpiece.
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Pyer Moss reimagined an ice cream cone with dramatic cone chaps and a colorful cut-out top.
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Chessboards got a colorful twist at the show, with one model sporting a brown and tan checkerboard suit.
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A model wearing one of the most colorful looks of the collection: a Super Soaker-inspired blazer and bucket hat.
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A sculptural outfit resembling a hand holding a mop.
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A model poses in a traffic light mini dress.
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A typewriter-inspired white suit, featuring fabric sheaves of "paper."
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A tent outfit featuring artist David Hammons' African-American flag design.
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A model dressed as a bristled wave brush.
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A strappy outfit inspired by the sandal.
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Bicycle handles became an unexpected waist belt for this white long-sleeved leotard look, which was completed with a striped helmet.
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A model wears a black, red and white sculptural Pyer Moss Haute Couture gown.
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Fire escapes get the Haute Couture treatment with this sculptural look.
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A gown paying homage to the hot comb.
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A white suit paying tribute to folding chairs, with one strategically placed across the model's shoulders.
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A gigantic cellphone slung cross-body over a model.
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A model holds up a faux air-conditioning unit.
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Pyer Moss paid homage to the electric lamp, designing an elaborate lampshade headdress fringed with crystals.
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A fridge dress featuring letter magnets arranged to read, "But who invented Black trauma?"