Boy.Brother.Friend #08
Boy.Brother.Friend #08 Faith
- Condition: New
- Language: English
- 148 Pages
- 23cm x 30cm (9.06" x 11.81")
- Published in London, UK
- Summer 2024
- Frequency: Quarterly
Guest Editor & Creative Director Riccardo Tisci
Riccardo is luminary of fashion; his creativity is irresistible, his approach, redefining and his cultural impact, ultimately undeniable. Over the years, he has raised the bar exceptionally but what is less documented is how he led the way in inclusive casting, using models of diverse backgrounds and highlighting overlooked stories. For those of us equitable minded people in the industry, we can occasionally view allyship through a sceptical lens but since our first issue, Riccardo was a strong advocate (when others weren’t) of our longstanding mission to champion voices and names that don’t always get a look in in the legacy media. So, when the time came to plan this ‘Faith’ issue, it was clear to me that there was no better person than Riccardo to take the helm. It’s been a joy to see his vision unfold over 140 pages; a vision that sees beauty equitably, passionately and collaboratively - a worldview that I am intimately connected to. I am thrilled and honoured to be able to present his supremely crafted world to you bringing together names that are new, some legendary and others simply beloved. I can’t wait for you to enjoy his artistry”
Boy.Brother.Friend might be primarily London-based, but the essence is global.
In the time between the last issue and this new one, Boy.Brother.Friend have come across more people with pressing stories. This includes the Afro- Palestinian experience, in which Palestinian writer Ahmad Harhash sheds light on the prejudiced policing of young Afro-Palestinians, and the frequent raids that afflict the minority communities there. As Ahmad reveals, it is not very uncommon for Afro-Palestinian teenagers as young as 14 to have encounters with the police that end in arrest. But upon closer inspection, the marginalization, incarceration, and lack of opportunities are common threads in the collective Black experience on a global scale. In a personal conversation, one of the members of the BBF crew mentioned that documenting Afro-Palestinians is a really important task, as he had never known that there were Black Palestinians prior to interacting with the story. The narrative felt especially urgent to share, chiming perfectly with the resilience theme and adding questions to the discourse in order to encourage pragmatismand progress.
Boy.Brother.Friend is a print publication and digital platform which seeks to examine the diaspora and male identities through contemporary art, fashion, and theory.