Working for a New Normal in Italian Fashion’s Understanding of Race
Image Edward Buchanan, the designer and founder of knitwear label Sansovino 6, in Milan.CreditValerio Mezzanotti for The New York Times MILAN — At age 26, Edward Buchanan, an African-American graduate of Parsons School of Design, got his dream job: design director for Bottega Veneta. “I’d walk into factories with my dreadlocks, not speaking Italian,” he…