I wouldn't look like a woman of my word, and I would kind of look like an asshole, or, like, that bitchy woman if I said, 'No, I don't want to switch.'" However, Meg stated, "It's so important to me to respect and acknowledge the fact that he wanted to design for his own culture. Meg didn't love the idea of trading models 16 hours into the design process. However, this made Kenneth realize that he wanted an Asian model for his Asian-inspired design, and the only Asian model just so happened to be assigned to Meg. Meg continued, saying, "This should be a Black magic moment and, like, I feel like we missed the mark." Prajjé said that he began to feel a little "uncomfortable" with Meg's comments, but it wasn't until later when the real drama happened between Meg and another designer, Kenneth Barlis, that Prajjé's real feelings about her came out.īasically, Prajjé, who is from Haiti, planned on creating a look that referenced his culture, so it only made sense to designer and mentor Cristian Siriano that he have a Black model.
And that's usually a big misunderstanding in the community and how support comes," shared Prajjé. "Oftentimes when you find people in support of our issues, as Black folks, it kind of comes off as if they know what our troubles are and they're our saving grace. "We can't be afraid to say the 'racism' word, and we can't be afraid to say, like, 'whitewashing' and 'appropriation.' Like, you design because you grew up not seeing people like you on the runway," Meg told Prajjé, who was trying his best to do his work and not continue the conversation. On Thursday night's episode of Project Runway, the theme was streetwear, which immediately sparked a conversation regarding racism and cultural appropriation between contestants Meg Ferguson and Prajjé Oscar Jean-Baptiste.