Just as the summer approaches, Jamaican trailblazer and fashion change-maker Romae Gordon continues to buck the trends and break the rules of fashion with her latest editorial for WWD.

Gordon is strong, elegant and fierce in a series of high-fashion looks, the perfect pairing and high-fashion palette for the featured 90s sunglasses. All the major brands are represented, from Prada, Tom Ford, Ralph Lauren, to Gucci. Wearing slick leather jackets and high-collared dresses- part matrix, part machine, all elegant for a fitting editorial in one of fashion’s bibles, entitled: Heavy Metal Eyewear Trend: From 90s-inspired Shields to Sharp Rectangular Frames, the story was shot in New York City by Vanessa Granda, styled by Alex Badia with Andrew Chen on hair and make-up by Shaina Ehrlich.

“It was super easy to translate the vision for the creative team,” said Gordon. The looks are so me – I loved the movement, the edge, the sleekness of the direction throughout.” 

Gordon, who came out of retirement last year, has heralded a shift in fashion with the world’s top brands booking her for their runway show and campaigns. Her return began with Versace in Milan for the RTW F/W 2026 collections. But the industry and world sat up and took notice when Gordon stepped on the runway in an exclusive appearance for Mathieu Blazy’s Couture debut in January 2026 and later in March 2026 and later Proenza Schouler.

The Global Model directory, models.com declared Gordon the Model of the Moment shortly after her Couture debut, highlighting the movement to register models of a certain age walking the runways for the top fashion houses.