In a major move forward for inclusivity within the fashion industry, New York Fashion Week just debuted their first ever transgender designer.

Showing her brand No Sesso in New York this week, LA-based designer Pierre Davis became the first openly transgender designer to show a collection at fashion week.

Founded in 2015, Davis' brand No Sesso is agender and shows in chapters rather than collections. Her whimsical designs, which blend traditional gendered codes of dress, have won over Erykah Badu and Kelela amongst its many A-list fans.

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The CFDA (that's Council of Fashion Designers to you and me), who represent over 500 designers and creators and heavily supports diversity within the industry, announced the No Sesso show last month, stating that it would be 'making NYFW history'.

In an industry that has traditionally been equally a safe haven for creatives and conflictingly exclusive, the championing of transgender designers is long overdue.

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Davis told the CFDA that she hopes No Sesso 'will inspire people to be more community-minded and to realise not everything is just about aesthetics or commerce. It's also about humanity.'

She added that it's important 'that people of all intersectional identities are given a fighting chance regardless of their identity. The playing field isn't level in the world, and it is even more difficult in fashion.'

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Although this is a positive step for representation in the fashion industry as a whole, Davis is keen not to let tokenism dominate her designs. 'I just want to show the work. I am just humble and happy that I got to show at Fashion Week.'

With the main schedule of NYFW starting tomorrow, here's hoping we can expect more inclusivity from here on in.

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