

It’s safe to say that Supreme and its designer are no longer underground - they’re part of a mainstream they helped create. (In his acceptance speech, he said, “I’ve never considered Supreme to be a fashion company or myself a designer.”) The brand’s famous stealth is slowly eroding in recent years it’s had lengthy profiles in GQ and Vogue. Jebbia is now 56 years old and has a CFDA Award for best menswear designer under his belt.

And its success and enduring relevance rely openly on tenets of community and collaboration. All of which is to say that Supreme isn’t a closed-off entity but a porous one. Supreme has collaborated with a roster of impressive names who are also represented in the book, including artist Cindy Sherman, photographer Nan Goldin and brands such as the avant-garde Comme des Garçons and the sneaker and sportswear behemoth Nike. (Perennial “It” girl and fashion plate Chloë Sevigny also shows up, of course.)

There are enough buzzy names to secure Supreme as an influential arbiter of taste: photographs by Larry Clark and director Harmony Korine, the now iconic image of Kate Moss in a Supreme box logo shirt and cheetah print coat, holding a smoldering cigarette shot by Alasdair McLellan. My parents were in public service, my brother was a police officer and (was) in the military," she said at the time, "and being in the public defenders' office felt very much like the opportunity to help with my skills and talents.The book makes little use of words and instead serves mostly as a visual chronicle, a nostalgia-tinged look at a subculture’s dramas playing out amid a changing city and the internet era waiting to replace these hazy pre-digital days. "I come from a background of public service. She was a member of the debate team at Miami Palmetto Senior High School before earning both her undergraduate degree and law degree at Harvard.Īt her 2021 confirmation hearing for the appellate court, she connected her family's professions - her parents worked in public schools - to her decision to work as a public defender. Jackson was born in the nation's capital but grew up in the Miami area. She previously served on DC's federal appellate court, and she had been considered the front-runner for Breyer's seat after Breyer announced his retirement. Jackson, 52, was nominated in February by President Joe Biden. She replaced Justice Stephen Breyer, who retired. Ketanji Brown Jackson made history in June when she was sworn in to become the first Black woman on the US Supreme Court.
