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Recommended Resource - Harlem’s Fashion Row and Black Designers
Harlem’s Fashion Row and Black Designers Harlem’s Fashion Row is a creative agency dedicated to bridging the gap between designers and...


Donyale Luna - Pioneers Who Have Shaped America's Fashion Industry
Donyale Luna, born Peggy Ann Freeman, was considered to be one of the first Black supermodels, gracing the cover of British Vogue in...


Recommended Resource - Everywhere and Nowhere by Lindsay Peoples Wagner
Everywhere and Nowhere: What it’s really like to be black and work in fashion by Lindsay Peoples Wagner This article addresses how Black...


Kwame Brathwaite - Pioneers Who Have Shaped America's Fashion Industry
Kwame Brathwaite is an American photographer who helped popularise the Black is Beautiful cultural movement in the 1970s. Brathwaite...


Recommended Resource - Illuminating Black Culture’s Influence on Fashion
Illuminating Black Culture’s Influence on Fashion Today’s recommended read is an article deconstructing events in African American...


Naomi Sims - Pioneers Who Have Shaped America's Fashion Industry
Naomi Sims is considered to be one of the first Black supermodels. While the term gained popularity in the 1990s with the likes of Naomi...


Recommended Resource - Black Fashion History Podcast
Black Fashion History Podcast The Black Fashion History Podcast, hosted by Taniqua Russ, is a podcast exploring the history of Black...


Beverly Johnson - Pioneers Who Have Shaped America's Fashion Industry
Beverly Johnson is an American model, and is known for being the first Black model to appear on the cover of American Vogue in 1974, as...


Recommended Resource - The Next Generation of New York Designers
The Next Generation of New York Designers This documentary, by i-D magazine, explores design talent in New York, through highlighting...


Patti Wilson - Pioneers Who Have Shaped America's Fashion Industry
Patti Wilson is an American stylist, known for her vivid imagery and provocative style sensibility. Wilson currently works as the Fashion...


Recommended Resource - African American Designers: Kevan Hall, Patrick Kelly & Willi Smith
African American Designers: Kevan Hall, Patrick Kelly & Willi Smith In this interview, The Way We Wore, Doris Raymond interviews Kevan...


Misa Hylton - Pioneers Who Have Shaped America's Fashion Industry
Misa Hylton is an American stylist, designer, and image architect known for her signature style influences on American hip-hop and pop...


Tyler Mitchell - Pioneers Who Have Shaped America's Fashion Industry
Tyler Mitchell is an American photographer, known for being the first Black photographer to shoot the cover of American Vogue, with his...
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