2016 Designers

Black Fashion Week featuring Anzhelika Crochet 2016

Crocheting first started as a hobby, something that the designer  Patricia Ghonda-Zola shared with her grandmother as a little girl. Patricia, started out making baby blankets then progressed to hats and booties…

Black Fashion Week featuring BLKLST 2016

Black Fashion Week 2016   Urban Fashion Show   J.  Smith’s BLKLST Perpetually Fabulous BLKLST is a women’s and girls’ clothing and  accessory line. It celebrates African American women’s style through bright colors…

Akese Stylelines 2016

Black Fashion Week 2016   Born and raised in Ghana and currently based in Chicago, Jennifer graduated with a Bachelors in Fashion Design and Technology from Takoradi Polytechnic. She started sewing at…

C Marie

Black Fashion Week 2016 Creator of C. Marie designs, Delta Soror Cassie Marie Dodd is a new up and coming designer originally from Maywood, IL.  Cassie recently graduated from Northern Illinois University…

Catou 2016

Berny Martin is the fashion wiz behind his line "Catou" a nickname of  his grandmother whom he decided to launch his company after. A sophisticated and confident woman, it was she who…