B Fragranced Joins Black Fashion Week As A VIP Sponsor

Black Fashion Week is proud to have B Fragranced as an official swag/Raffle bag sponsor for our upcoming event on Sunday, February 27th, 2022. Purchase tickets to experience this exciting Black-Owned Fragrance brand during our event. use code BHM to save on your tickets while you Marilyn Jones a Chicago Native, Founder, and Owner of…

Meet Minovet The New Black Luxury Hair Care Brand That’s Wrapping up Women In Style

Kristen Childs, Minovet CEO/Lead Designer Minovet is a handmade luxury self-care brand that merges comfort with fashion and care. Maintaining healthy hair, skin, and self is a vital part of self-care. Having quality products that can provide assistance in achieving this is what Minovet provides. Their satin bonnets, nightshades, hair scrunchies, robes, and more not…

The Purple Ribbon Chef, Where Fashion Meets Foodies

Happy Sunday, Black Fashion Week is shining the spotlight on The Purple Ribbon Chef, who will be the premier caterer during our VIP reception at the upcoming Black Fashion Week runway event, Sunday, February 27th, from 6;30-10 pm. Our Vip guest will nibble on some delicious treats. Don’t wait too late to experience our VIP…

Black Fashion Week to feature Delali Robinson Cosmetics on the Runway

Adodo Délali Robinson is an internationally-certified beauty professional and licensed cosmetologist. With more than 20 years of experience in the beauty industry, she infuses art, style, and education to conceptualize unmatched beauty stories that evoke confidence, radiance, and joy. Born in Togo (West Africa) and raised in Germany by her Yoruba mother, after moving to…

Stephane St. Jaymes to Showcase During Black Fashion Week 2022

Born to Nigerian parents in London England, fashion was forefront and very influential in Stephane St. Jaymes’s upbringing. He grew up watching his mother and aunties sewing, and from a young age was fascinated by old Hollywood movies. He attended London College of Fashion and from there he went on to work for many well-known…

Remembering Andre Leon Talley, The First Black Chief Editor at Vogue magazine.

Remembering Virgil Abloh

Bel Blak Couture to Showcase During Black Fashion Week 2022

Dr. La’tifah Qawishabazz is the CEO of Be’l Bla’k Couture Ltd. in Chicago IL. La’Tifah, bears the title of Head Designer. She performs every facet of the launch process of her designs, from concept and construction involvement to merchandise control. La’Tifah has several degrees such as a Masters in Fashion designs, Fashion Merchandising, along with…

Jonathan Thedford To Showcase First Collection During Black Fashion Week 2022

Born on the south side of Chicago but raised in small Greenville, Mississippi, the desire to pursue fashion as a career for Jonathan Thedford was inspired by a classmate who asked him to sketch her prom dress. Her inspiration was a form-fitting knee-length black dress worn by Dorothy Dandridge. He took her inspiration and request…

Black Fashion Week To Feature Dream Designs On The Runway For 2022

Dreams Designs was birthed in the late 1990’s by Joyce Boykin. Joyce a native of Chicago IL, and designer of over 40yrs is a former graduate of Austin High School, and the FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in Los Angeles. Joyce spent her early career working in the garment industry in LA, before returning…

Black Fashion Week to Feature Amara Black in February 2022 Showcase

Amara Black is a Chicago based designer eager to branch out to new horizons. Over the course of 10 years, Amara Black has showcased collections throughout Illinois, Indiana, Texas, was a Driehaus Design Initiative finalist in 2017, and a featured designer in NYFW 2018. Amara Black is a ready-to-wear line that creates sleek, sophisticated, and…

Remembering Virgil Abloh The first Black Designer@ A French Fashion House

Remembering Virgil Abloh

A Modern Holiday With Shavonne Dorsey Designs@HSN

Black Fashion Week Interview with Shavonne Dorsey about the designer’s new holiday fashion collection.