Tessa Thompson's 'Sorry to Bother You' Costumes Are a Wardrobe Road Map to Fighting the Patriarchy

And while a middle-finger-up glove bikini is not an everyday look for most—though, how amazing if it were—there is something to Detroit's style that can be co-opted by anyone fighting the patriarchy. Govan incorporated plenty of real-life references into her wardrobe (and collaborated with artists and stores one could actually shop to create it); plus, slogan T-shirts have had a bigger presence on the runway in recent seasons, from Dior's wildly popular "We Should All Be Feminists" to Prabal Gurung's "Our Minds. Our Bodies. Our Power." Interested parties can cop Detroit's "female ejaculation" T-shirt from Otherwild for a cool $36. More importantly, we're in a cultural climate where activism can mean many things—organizing a Women's March, chanting #BlackLivesMatter, and, sometimes, putting on a "Feminist AF" T-shirt.

Clothing has become a platform in and of itself, as loud as any social media post, to make your opinion known—or, in some cases, for others to assign meaning to. Look at the fervor around Melania Trump's "I Really Don't Care, Do U?" jacket, from her visit to the U.S.-Mexico border: While Trump's team claimed the jacket didn't have any larger significance or hidden message, it's taken on a new life with clap-back "I care" shirts that have raised money for Democrat-backed causes. Nowadays, a top isn't always "just" a top—and Detroit's fashion sensibility exemplifies the power your sartorial choices wield.

It's easy to imagine Detroit making her own riff on the "I Really Don't Care, Do U?" jacket, maybe even finding a way to take it a step further. As Govan puts it: "I don't want to sound so cliché, but [this is a woman who] sets her own rules. She is her own design. That sense of individualism is what I really wanted to bring across, because that’s the most exciting thing about her. She is her own tastemaker."