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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 2016 Ramal Sine is a self-taught designer from West Suburban Chicago, IL. He first learned to thread his first needle and thread during 8th grade and was fully…
Black Fashion Week 2017 Mona Muhammad aka Ms. Knotty Loop says “Don’t believe the hype… this ain’t your grandmother's crochet” – Mona a considers her designs to be Sasschet? (Not sure…
Cori Davis came to Chicago in 1994 after growing up in California. Her early dreams of becoming a fashion designer started at the age of ten. She began making paper dolls during…
Black Fashion Week 2017 Celebrity Artist Designer Teresa Fe-Fe Barrow is the driving force behind Teresa Fe-Fe Designs Ms. Fe-Fe Uniquely created designs consist of hand painted jackets, purses, hats, shoes…
Black Fashion Week 2018 Celebrity Artist Designer Teresa Fe-Fe Barrow is the driving force behind Teresa Fe-Fe Designs Ms. Fe-Fe Uniquely created designs consist of hand painted jackets, purses, hats, shoes,…
Black Fashion Week 2018
Black Fashion Week 2019 Akese Stylelines splashed on to the Chicago fashion scene in early 2012. Designer Jennifer Akese Burney captures the vibrance and color of the popular Ankara tradition while…
Black Fashion Week 2019 My name is Patricia Ghonda-Zola. I am a Congolese-American fashion designer. I have a background in IT however I found my way back into fashion after I…
Khalilah Lavine is the designer of Hursumi based out of Louisiana. She holds a degree in fashion design and marketing that she acquired from the International Academy of Design and Technology-Tampa. Her…
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…
Teresa Barrow Celebrity Artist Designer Teresa Fe-Fe Barrow is the driving force behind Teresa Fe-Fe Designs Ms. Fe-Fe Uniquely created designs consist of hand painted jackets, purses, hats, shoes and wall…
Black Fashion Week 2017 With over 15 years experience and an MBA in Business Management, Owner Towanna Walker is continuously exploring opportunities to enhance her knowledge and expertise to complement and…
Larkin1977 is an American brand with an European twist. Founded in Chicago, IL in 2003, Larkin1977 offers a world of luxury, wearable, apparel, outerwear, and accessories for men and women. We love…
Black Fashion Week 2018 Bryan K Osburn's passionately designed collection has clean, classic lines. Originally from Chicago, where Bryan got his start in fashion, moved to New York where he worked…
GirlCode Boutique opened in August 2015 and was designed to fill a need that was effecting the full figured community through clothing. The owner D' Angela Davis always believed "you feel the…
Fashion designer Stevie Edwards born and raised on the South side of Chicago got his start in fashion by attending Dunbar Vocational High School majoring in tailoring. After discovering his talent in…
Bryan K Osburn's passionately designed collection has clean, classic lines. Originally from Chicago, where Bryan got his start in fashion, moved to New York where he worked on 7th Ave. and in…
Black Fashion Week 2016 With over 15 years experience and an MBA in Business Management, Owner Towanna Walker is continuously exploring opportunities to enhance her knowledge and expertise to complement and…
YAMAIA LUXX BRANDS is founded by Yamaia Faye, She is American born, recognized fashion expert, having worked in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. She is a high fashion international model, beauty…
Black Fashion Week 2017 Cynthia J. Robinson is the owner and designer of Cynthia J Designs. She’s had a love for fashion from a young age, making clothes for her paper dolls…
Lashawn Burnett is a native of Chicago who fell in love with the fashion industry at the tender age of 10. Hailing from the inner city of Chicago and never ceasing to…
Black Fashion Week 2017 Patricia Dobine Brewer has been sewing since the tender age of 13. Without taking classes, Patricia learned the basics from her mom and then gained more skills…
Black Fashion Week 2017
Miriam Cooper is a fashion designer and stylist. Her entrepreneurial savviest is on the road to developing a posh, distinctive clothing line for girls, uniquely entitled, Bella Craze’. The originality and craft…