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In America, and in the Met Gala: Who Showed Up and Showed Out at 2021’s Biggest Event in Fashion?
After a 17-month delay, Monday saw a star-studded return to the steps of the Met for In America: A Lexicon of Fashion. Which invitees understood the assignment?
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The Breakthrough: Harlem’s Fashion Row Mentors Designers to Success—and a Lion King Collaboration
Ahead of the July Fourth weekend and the multimedia marathon that was Essence Fest 2019, where we connected with groundbreaking fashion luminaries like Dapper Dan in New Orleans, New York-based incubator Harlem’s Fashion Row (HFR) was doing what it does best: inspiring and empowering the next wave of designers of color. In partnership with Nike,…
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This Is Not a Drill: The HFR x LeBron 16 Nikes Are Back—in a New Colorway!
Nike’s first women’s basketball sneaker sold out within five minutes when it dropped last September, and today, it’s back. At 10 a.m. ET on Friday, the coveted Harlem’s Fashion Row x LeBron James 16 drops a new Citron colorway just right for summer on Nike’s SNKRS app. The innovative design, a co-collaboration between James, the…
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Message Received: The CFDA Recognizes Black Female Influence with 2 New Fashion Fund Judges and a Partnership with Harlem's Fashion Row
As the application phase for the 2019 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund (CVFF) launches Friday, the Council of Fashion Designers of America simultaneously announced two new judges: model Paloma Elsesser and Vogue.com Fashion News Director Chioma Nnadi. The new appointments come in response to significant criticism for the lack of full diversity on previous judging panels, which…
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With HFR x Google's 1st Fashion Summit, Harlem's Fashion Row Pays It Forward
On Friday, February 15, in a room full of some of fashion’s most influential and aspirational people, Harlem’s Fashion Row founder Brandice Daniel delivered a bleak statistic: Less than 1% of designers sold in major department stores are of color. However, even in that moment, change was already afoot, thanks in large part to Google,…
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Holidazed? Welcome to Our 12 Days of Gifting—Launched with Luxury
Okay, Glow Up gang: It’s officially December, and if you haven’t already, you need to start shopping for the holidays. Sure, we know not everyone celebrates, but for those who do, we also know not everyone is easy to shop for. For instance, what do you get the person who seemingly already has everything, without…