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Pacific designs hit the fashion runway at London Pacific Fashion Week

“FierceFashionByRL”
compiled by Samoa News staff

London, ENGLAND —  “FierceFashionByRL” represented American Samoa in the London Pacific Fashion Week — Teaser Show — Feb. 25, 2019 —featuring designs by Berta Laumoli, who grew up in Vailoatai, American Samoa. On her FB page, Roberta notes that she “was instilled with the love of all that surrounded her — nature, people and the beautiful culture… From this, her love of fashion and art flourished.

Roberta says she’s a “proud faafafine Samoa” and a member of the SOFIAS, a group that “embraces gender equality on our island and around the Pacific.” She is considered to be a transgender woman and an activist for LGBRQI, and hopes “to invite people to see beyond the physical appearance and to see how faafafine can be a positive change in the world through fashion and talent.” [courtesy photo]

“FierceFashionByRL” represented American Samoa in the London Pacific Fashion Week — Teaser Show — Feb. 25, 2019. — it featured designs by Berta Laumoli, who grew up in the village of Vailoatai, American Samoa. [courtesy photo]