My Grandmother, Her Kareeba Suit: Visiting Family History at the Met’s “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” Exhibition
Ivy Coco Maurice ascended the storied steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, ready to bear witness to a moment in personal, family, and fashion history. When she saw the Kareeba, the original suit style designed by the pioneering fashion designer and her late grandmother Ivy Ralph, she “cried two rivers—maybe three.” “It was a…