As soon as the partnership was secured, Harbison regarded to his previous. Impressed by the concept of “Black pleasure, freedom, and preservation,” Harbison traveled to Pioneertown, California, a neighborhood within the San Bernardino desert, recognized for its film set-like surroundings, that was first established in 1946. Harbison stated this area — marked by “contemplation, peace, and meditation” — allowed him to assume deeply about his relationship with the ladies in his household that influenced him to enter vogue. By the point he traveled to Pioneertown in 2020, Harbison hadn’t seen any of them in over a yr, which pushed him to dig deep into his recollections with them. “I actually simply imagined this world the place we have been celebrating the pioneering efforts of Black girls,” he stated. All of it got here collectively in a group that mixes the Southern, female aesthetics of the ladies in Harbison’s household with the Western parts of Pioneertown.
