We will succeed in Cree syllabics mask

Derek Jagodzinsky, Cree designer, is the founder of Luxx Ready to Wear. During the first lockdown he cut masks from a printed textile he had designed and produced for his fashion line. The “we will succeed” Cree syllabics print, in a super large-scale version, is a phrase to encourage Indigenous peoples who have suffered from systemic racism. It has new meaning when worn as protection from the coronavirus, as he explained on Instragram, “’we will succeed’ is a mantra for all nations because in Cree culture we are all related.”

Derek Jagodzinsky, Luxx Ready To Wear, Canada

June 2020

Designed in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Made in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Polyester knit, dye sublimation print

Royal Ontario Museum 
2021.71.22

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