Wired The Design Boutique 2021

Wired The Design Boutique Wired by Design Boutique is a new boutique on the block having just opened within the last few years. Tonya Byrd-Neeley is the owner of this new store located in Hazel Crest, IL. With a B.S. in Business Management from Grambling State University and as a previous specialty store manager for…

Kurve Rocker Boutique Join The Black Fashion Week Pop-Up Shops

Kurve Rocker Boutique owned by North Carolina’s Yuneka Lindsay is a growing online specialty boutique offering stylish fashion to plus size women with fabulous kurves. Founded in 2019, as a result of the owners love of fashion, the online shop continues to serve women women across the web. Clothing consist of a variety of, jumpsuits,…

Chicago Designers Crystal Lajuene & Bryan K Osburn Spark Creativity” Designing While Quarantined”

As we go into the 8th week of quarantine from the coronavirus, many of the designer’s in our network are working entirely from their homes, others are still on the front-lines producing mask around the clock for their family and local communities. We took the time to follow up with a few designers across the…

3 Black Jewelry Artist Making A Difference

Hello, good people! BFW is so excited to share with you the profiles of three super talented and gifted Chicago-based jewelry designers. We all know that a chic outfit is topped off by the right piece of jewelry to accentuate the flow of the entire look, or sometimes the outfit is there to accompany the…

Dream Designs 2017

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…

Barbara Bates’s Breast Cancer Fashion Show Review 2019

Recently Black Fashion Week had the honor of capturing the latest runway presentation from legendary designer Barbara Bates of Chicago photos courtesy of Dewwond Mapp of http://kentylaartsdesigns.com/ FB@Kentylartdesigns About Barbara Bates A self-taught fashion designer, Bates was born and raised in Chicago. She went through Chicago’s public school system and graduated from Marshall High School…

Maury Cesair Launches Multi Showrooms In China

We are proud to introduce you to Maury Cesair of Chicago, IL. Recently we caught up with Maury to learn more about his high fashion brands Cesair and C for Cesair that are sold internationally from his showrooms in China. Q & A with Maury Cesair BFW: When and why did you choose to open a showroom…

Happy Friday! Check out Today’s Designer Spotlight Featuring Therese Marie Collections

We are proud to introduce you to Therese Jones of Therese Marie Collections. Recently we caught up with her and was able to retrieve her latest collection shown on the runway during Milwaukee Fashion Week. The Oscar & Stella Awards/ Red Carpet Designer featured her new /Spring Summer 2020 collection entitled ” Travail D’Amour” which means a Labour of…