At Paris Fashion Week, accessories were more personal than anything else

A few weeks ago, I was bound to crutches after fracturing the neck of my femur while running a half-marathon with Image’s fashion director at large, Keyla Marquez. This happened right before Paris Fashion Week for the men’s spring/summer 2026 season, which we both had plans to attend, and I was left with two options: resign myself to a Frida Kahlo summer, where I would work, make art and take visitors while injured from bed, or go to Paris on the crutches and hope for the best. I picked the latter, because I am insane.

The idea of crutches on cobblestone streets was comical, ridiculous and potentially dangerous. The idea of crutches during fashion week was criminal. As I hobbled around the city chasing the fashion week shuttle to the next show, or glacially made my way up two flights of marble stairs in an opera house to see the charming Bode presentation without causing further damage, the hollow metal crutches rubbed against the studs on my leather belt, or made it impossible to carry my belongings in anything but a vintage Prada fanny pack. Keyla dubbed this version of me “extreme sports Juju.”

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