These Head-To-Toe Fashions Were Inspired By Grandma’s Sunday Best

Growing up in Baton Rouge, fashion designer Christopher John Rogers attended church with his grandma on Sundays. “There was a big emphasis on head-to-toe monochromatic dressing,” Rogers says. “So, if the jacket [was] red the skirt was red, the bag was red, the hat was red — or green, or violet, or marigold. That sense of color and the taking up of space with hue really inspired me.” On Saturday afternoon, the 26-year-old designer will have his show at New York Fashion Week. Rogers won $400,000 from the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) and Vogue Fashion Fund in November. The prize also includes a year of mentorship from a member of the CFDA. Actor Regina King wore his emerald-green suit to a party. Model Karlie Kloss featured his cobalt blue silk dress on her Instagram. And Rihanna wore his blood orange strapless “wiggle dress.” Those outfits all share that monochromatic punch inspired by the Sunday mornings he spent sitting in church. At his grandmother’s urging, his