Fashion! It’s a feast for the eyes. It rotates from the camp, the outrageous and the chic. When you gaze into its alluring eyes for a split second you’ll be left inspired, moved, and utterly awestruck by the power of innovation and creative design. It’s only when you dive deeper, past the immediate visual satisfaction, when you unpin, undress and loosen the seams. It’s clear that this seductive and blinding industry is built on and thrives on queer excellence and artistry. Queer creativity is everywhere, in every garment and image. Behind any iconic fashion moment, there is most likely always a queer spirit in the room guiding and facilitating its creation from ideation to conception. Fashion, afterall, provides a vibrant space where queer creatives can transform their lived experiences, unique energies and emotions, dynamic thoughts and feelings into works of art. It’s a place where one’s intersectional thoughts and identities can be explored and expressed with nuance and balance. Fashion, just like the people who exist within it, cannot be defined as one thing, word or look. It is an energy that lives in the eye of the beholder, as there is nothing truly quite like seeing someone stand in their authentic power and beauty. It’s this thought that inspired us to showcase and profile three multi-dimensional queer models – Sheerah, Munya Jani, and Lucky Love – who are beyond the boxes the industry would like to place them in. They’re models, creatives, musicians, dancers, writers, speakers, change-makers and pioneers for a new wave of fashion.
How would you introduce yourself to the world?
My name is Munya Jani and I am a Black trans woman. I’m 24-years-old and originally from Zimbabwe. I grew up in Hull, where I completed my early education. I am a creative, lover and an active member of the Ballroom scene. In the London Ballroom scene I am known for walking the categories Best Dressed, Fashion Killa, European Runway and Voguer.
How did your modeling career begin? How were you discovered?
My modeling career began
