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KINGSLEY GBADEGESIN

FOR BUILDING A FASHION BRAND WHERE QUEERNESS LEADS

“IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, one of the first questions I ask is, ‘What’s the intention of this?’” says Kingsley Gbadegesin of his queer-focused fashion brand K.ngsley. The Brooklyn-based, Nigerian American designer worked in sales and marketing for Versace, Celine, and Loewe before launching: ‘First come the gays, then the girls, then the industry.’”

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