Bozoma Saint John Talks Fashion, Loss, and Wearing Head-to-Toe Black Designers on ‘The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’

After which from there it simply snowballed. I used to be identical to, you recognize what? I believe each single look—it doesn’t matter if I’m at house cooking with my daughter or if I’m going to lunch or I’m going to the ball—I do not care the place I’m going, it’s going to be head-to-toe Black. And that’s going to be my contribution. That’s the assertion I’m going to make.

Saint John in a Yaura Vogue set and Tru Face by Grace earrings.

Saint John in Philthy Ragz.

What does this appear to be by way of planning? Did you get a filming schedule and plan all of your appears forward of time?

Woman, I want it was that organized! It will’ve made styling a lot simpler. I might say that I do know what I’m doing a few days beforehand. So then, sure, I may be like, What am I going to put on to lunch with so-and-so? However it simply meant that I needed to simply proceed to name in outfits. Fortunately, loads of them had been already in my closet.

I obtained a rack after which pulled out every thing in my closet that was by Black designers, after which pulled out all my jewellery by Black designers too. The problem was that three weeks into filming I used to be like, Rattling, I’ve worn 40 outfits already. The place do I’m going now? So then I used to be calling designers that I knew to be like, Woman, what you bought? Are you able to ship me one thing? Or I’d go to their web sites and be like, Okay, I want to purchase this. It did grow to be somewhat little bit of a problem because the weeks went on as a result of I didn’t have sufficient in my very own closet and I wished to proceed. However it additionally identified that I don’t know sufficient Black designers. I have to know extra.

Saint John in Ivy Park (above and at proper).

I discover you’ve gotten fairly a little bit of Ivy Park.

Sure. Any individual on Twitter was like, “We know she’s part of the Beyhive! Look at her. This is like the fifth Ivy Park outfit she’s worn.” However they’re really easy as a result of they match already. So you set it on and folks suppose you set in some type of effort.

You’ve worn numerous designer, too.

Yeah, Dapper Dan made a set customized for me when he was partnering with Gucci, in order that’s one thing I already owned. I got here as much as Harlem and he helped me decide the material, and we picked the appliqués—the entire thing. I carry Chanel, however it’s a bag from Pharell’s collab. And I put on Louis, however it’s obtained to be Virgil.

Saint John in Nichole Lynel denim and a Chanel x Pharrell Williams bag.

Saint John in a Dapper Dan Harlem x Gucci set and Jordan Model sneakers.

You got here onto the present very well-versed in vogue, however has your intentionality about your appears been a studying expertise in any respect?