Nigeria-born designer Joy Meribe opens Milan Fashion Week


              A model wears a creation of Joy Meribe's Spring Summer 2022 collection, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              A model wears a creation of Joy Meribe's Spring Summer 2022 collection in the backstage of the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              Fashion designer Fallylah Nyny Ryke Goungou, from Togo, poses in front her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Fashion designer Zineb Hazim, from Morocco, touches her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Fashion designer Sheetal Shah, from India, is reflected in a mirror as she adjusts her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Fashion designer Judith Borsetto, founder of label Judith Saint Jermain, poses in front of her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation of Joy Meribe's Spring Summer 2022 collection, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              Designer Joy Meribe poses for a photo in the backstage of her Spring Summer 2022 collection, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              A model wears a creation of Joy Meribe's Spring Summer 2022 collection, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              A model wears a creation of Joy Meribe's Spring Summer 2022 collection in the backstage of the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              Fashion designer Fallylah Nyny Ryke Goungou, from Togo, poses in front her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Fashion designer Zineb Hazim, from Morocco, touches her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Fashion designer Sheetal Shah, from India, is reflected in a mirror as she adjusts her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Fashion designer Judith Borsetto, founder of label Judith Saint Jermain, poses in front of her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation of Joy Meribe's Spring Summer 2022 collection, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              Designer Joy Meribe poses for a photo in the backstage of her Spring Summer 2022 collection, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              A model wears a creation of Joy Meribe's Spring Summer 2022 collection, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              A model wears a creation of Joy Meribe's Spring Summer 2022 collection in the backstage of the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              Fashion designer Fallylah Nyny Ryke Goungou, from Togo, poses in front her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Fashion designer Zineb Hazim, from Morocco, touches her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Fashion designer Sheetal Shah, from India, is reflected in a mirror as she adjusts her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Fashion designer Judith Borsetto, founder of label Judith Saint Jermain, poses in front of her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation of Joy Meribe's Spring Summer 2022 collection, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              Designer Joy Meribe poses for a photo in the backstage of her Spring Summer 2022 collection, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              A model wears a creation of Joy Meribe's Spring Summer 2022 collection, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              A model wears a creation of Joy Meribe's Spring Summer 2022 collection in the backstage of the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              Fashion designer Fallylah Nyny Ryke Goungou, from Togo, poses in front her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Fashion designer Zineb Hazim, from Morocco, touches her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Fashion designer Sheetal Shah, from India, is reflected in a mirror as she adjusts her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Fashion designer Judith Borsetto, founder of label Judith Saint Jermain, poses in front of her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation of Joy Meribe's Spring Summer 2022 collection, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              Designer Joy Meribe poses for a photo in the backstage of her Spring Summer 2022 collection, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              A model wears a creation of Joy Meribe's Spring Summer 2022 collection, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              A model wears a creation of Joy Meribe's Spring Summer 2022 collection in the backstage of the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              Fashion designer Fallylah Nyny Ryke Goungou, from Togo, poses in front her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Fashion designer Zineb Hazim, from Morocco, touches her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Fashion designer Sheetal Shah, from India, is reflected in a mirror as she adjusts her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Fashion designer Judith Borsetto, founder of label Judith Saint Jermain, poses in front of her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Designer Joy Meribe poses for a photo in the backstage of her Spring Summer 2022 collection, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              A model wears a creation of Joy Meribe's Spring Summer 2022 collection, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              A model wears a creation of Joy Meribe's Spring Summer 2022 collection in the backstage of the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              Fashion designer Fallylah Nyny Ryke Goungou, from Togo, poses in front her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Fashion designer Zineb Hazim, from Morocco, touches her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Fashion designer Sheetal Shah, from India, is reflected in a mirror as she adjusts her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Fashion designer Judith Borsetto, founder of label Judith Saint Jermain, poses in front of her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Designer Joy Meribe poses for a photo in the backstage of her Spring Summer 2022 collection, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              A model wears a creation of Joy Meribe's Spring Summer 2022 collection, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              A model wears a creation of Joy Meribe's Spring Summer 2022 collection in the backstage of the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              Fashion designer Fallylah Nyny Ryke Goungou, from Togo, poses in front her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Fashion designer Zineb Hazim, from Morocco, touches her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Fashion designer Sheetal Shah, from India, is reflected in a mirror as she adjusts her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Fashion designer Judith Borsetto, founder of label Judith Saint Jermain, poses in front of her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Designer Joy Meribe poses for a photo in the backstage of her Spring Summer 2022 collection, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              A model wears a creation of Joy Meribe's Spring Summer 2022 collection, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              A model wears a creation of Joy Meribe's Spring Summer 2022 collection in the backstage of the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              Fashion designer Fallylah Nyny Ryke Goungou, from Togo, poses in front her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Fashion designer Zineb Hazim, from Morocco, touches her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Fashion designer Sheetal Shah, from India, is reflected in a mirror as she adjusts her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Fashion designer Judith Borsetto, founder of label Judith Saint Jermain, poses in front of her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Designer Joy Meribe poses for a photo in the backstage of her Spring Summer 2022 collection, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              A model wears a creation of Joy Meribe's Spring Summer 2022 collection, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              A model wears a creation of Joy Meribe's Spring Summer 2022 collection in the backstage of the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              Fashion designer Fallylah Nyny Ryke Goungou, from Togo, poses in front her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Fashion designer Zineb Hazim, from Morocco, touches her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Fashion designer Sheetal Shah, from India, is reflected in a mirror as she adjusts her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Fashion designer Judith Borsetto, founder of label Judith Saint Jermain, poses in front of her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Designer Joy Meribe poses for a photo in the backstage of her Spring Summer 2022 collection, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              A model wears a creation of Joy Meribe's Spring Summer 2022 collection, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              A model wears a creation of Joy Meribe's Spring Summer 2022 collection in the backstage of the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              Fashion designer Fallylah Nyny Ryke Goungou, from Togo, poses in front her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Fashion designer Zineb Hazim, from Morocco, touches her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Fashion designer Sheetal Shah, from India, is reflected in a mirror as she adjusts her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Fashion designer Judith Borsetto, founder of label Judith Saint Jermain, poses in front of her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Designer Joy Meribe poses for a photo in the backstage of her Spring Summer 2022 collection, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              A woman takes pictures of fashion designer Sheetal's creations, as part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Fashion designer Zineb touches her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Fashion designer Sheetal, reflected in a mirror, adjusts her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Fashion designer Judith poses in front of her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Fashion designer Nyny touches her creation, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              Fashion designer Nyny poses in front her creations, part of the Black Lives Matter Spring Summer 2022 collective fashion event, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
            
              A model wears a creation of Joy Meribe's Spring Summer 2022 collection, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              A model wears a creation of Joy Meribe's Spring Summer 2022 collection, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              A model wears a creation of Joy Meribe's Spring Summer 2022 collection in the backstage of the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              Designer Joy Meribe is overcome by emotion at the end of her Spring Summer 2022 collection, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              A model wears a creation of Joy Meribe's Spring Summer 2022 collection, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              A model wears a creation of Joy Meribe's Spring Summer 2022 collection, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              Model Tina Izac wears a creation of Joy Meribe's Spring Summer 2022 collection, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              A model wears a creation of Joy Meribe's Spring Summer 2022 collection, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
            
              Designer Joy Meribe acknowledges the applause at the end of her Spring Summer 2022 collection, unveiled during the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)