Aaron Rose Philip didn't simply appear on fashion's most exclusive red carpet on Monday night. She arrived after spending more than a decade demanding that the industry see her.
The 25-year-old Antiguan-American model became the first Black transgender woman with quadriplegic cerebral palsy to attend the Met Gala on 4 May at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. Wearing an all-black monochromatic ensemble with matching shoes for the event celebrating this year's 'Costume Art' theme, Philip chose deliberate minimalism. Her presence was the statement.
