Beyoncé Honors Black Designers at ‘Renaissance Tour’ for Juneteenth – WWD

Beyoncé celebrated Juneteenth over the weekend by embracing a wardrobe made completely by Black designers for her “Renaissance World Tour” live performance in Amsterdam, on June 18.

The singer tapped a variety of designers for her wardrobe seems all through the evening, together with famed designer LaQaun Smith. She additionally debuted her never-before-seen Ivy Park swim assortment with Adidas. The vacation marks the emancipation of enslaved folks within the U.S.

“In honor of Juneteenth, every little thing I wore for RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR tonight was created completely by Black designers,” Beyoncé captioned her Instagram put up on Sunday.

Right here, WWD takes a better take a look at Beyoncé’s outfits from Sunday evening’s efficiency.

Ferragamo

Created by the Ferragamo’s artistic director Maximilian Davis, the singer’s pink outfit featured allover embroidered with beads, crystals and a high-thigh slit. She coordinated the daring pink quantity with silver arm cuffs.

Beyoncé later switched to a different customized look by the Italian model: a silver lamé jersey draped minidress with scarf detailing, together with matching gloves and thigh-high boots in silver stretch napa.

Davis, who assumed the position simply final yr, wrote in an announcement: “It was an honor to create this seems for Beyoncé and be part of her artistic course of. I wished to design items that felt like they inhabited her spirit and magnificence.”

Ivy Park

Beyoncé even debuted customized seems from her personal model, Ivy Park, in the course of the present, carrying a pink sequin high-slit robe with a crisscross halter neckline.

“I began designing this assortment over a yr in the past. I used to be so engulfed in all issues RENAISSANCE and was impressed by Studio 54, Bob Mackie and the disco period,” a part of Beyoncé’s caption learn on Sunday relating to the soon-to-be launched Ivy Park swim assortment.

Feben

Trying to Black feminine designer Feben, who has curated seems for Emily Ratajkowski and Ashley Graham, Beyoncé wore a sculpted catsuit with boot pants hooked up. The shape-fit look featured studded element all through and warped pink, grey, yellow and black colours.

Balmain

Whereas performing her tune “I’m That Woman,” Beyoncé channeled a robotic aesthetic with a high-fashion twist, carrying a customized silver-armored Balmain bodysuit by the model’s artistic director Olivier Rousteing.

Earlier this yr, Beyoncé collaborated with Rousteing on the “Renaissance Couture Assortment,” which included seems impressed by the “Renaissance” album, one for every tune to be actual.

LaQuan Smith