Backstage with Designer Tracy Reese
(The Root) — Tracy Reese, one of the top American talents showing at the tents in Lincoln Center this week, made her case for creative and fashionable clothes that women can actually wear. Dashing,...
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(The Root) — Top models see more clothes up close than anybody else. They’re constantly slipping in and out of dresses, visiting showrooms and witnessing the best designers at work. Lois (pronounced...
View ArticleJanet Hill Talbert: Jewelry Maker with a Message
(Uptown) — When Janet Hill Talbert began her first career as an editor at Doubleday, an air of glamour swirled in her workplace, thanks in part to her colleague at the publishing house, Jacqueline...
View ArticleA Designer's Wooden Disposition
(Uptown) — Tamara Bowens is easily one of Atlanta’s most fashionable women. Last year, the former SVP/CMO for The Dawson Co., a multigenerational, black-owned real estate firm, made her greatest style...
View ArticleFashion Designer B. Michael on Blacks in the Industry
(The Root) — Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week begins today, kicking off more than 200 fashion shows and events that will happen at Lincoln Center and other locations through Sept. 15. Shows will...
View ArticleDesigning Duo Finds Inspiration Everywhere
(The Root) — Somalian-American twin designers Ayaan and Idyl Mohallim, of the line Mataano, presented their Spring 2012 collection Sunday night at the Time Warner Center, offering a mix of tropical...
View ArticleGrowing an Accessory Line by Design
(Black Enterprise) — Identical twins Corianna and Brianna Dotson left their hometown of Minnesota at 19 to make their dream move to New York City. Starting with little-to-nothing, these two go-getters...
View ArticleDesigner Moves from Project Runway to Runway Reality
(The Grio) — As his first New York Fashion Week show slides into the past, Mychael Knight, 33, is already contemplating how he can outdo himself in his next collection. ”I always like to pick up where...
View ArticleDo Black Designers Skip Over Black Models to Gain White Customers?
Black designers' model choices may impact the way the broader fashion community perceives their brand.
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