From the Harlem Renaissance to Virgil Abloh’s colorful runway, Black designers have created the foundation for fashion. But ...

Introduction / Elizabeth Way -- Section I: Anonymous Histories. The Fabric of Fast Fashion: Enslaved Wearers and Makers as Designers in the American Fashion System / Katie Knowles -- Liberty's Warp, ...

Only 7.3% of American fashion designers are Black.* We’ll wait so you can read that one more time. While this percentage might be small, today’s Black designers are making big waves in the fashion ...

(CNN) — In recent years, African designers have found support from international celebrities including Beyoncé, Alicia Keys and Naomi Campbell. Now a growing number of the continent’s fashion brands ...

We know that Black culture feeds fashion, but did you know that only 7.3% of American fashion designers are Black?* That’s a problem. The McDonald’s Black & Positively Golden Change of Fashion Program ...

With his distinct design aesthetic, which blended delicate draping with structured, linear silhouettes, Jay Jaxon stands out as a fashion industry innovator. Though he remains an obscure figure in ...

A conversation with the curator of The Museum at FIT’s latest groundbreaking exhibition, and the story of how this ambitious project came to life. ByRachel Elspeth Gross, Contributor. Forbes ...

Covers African fashion designers Abraham Pelham (Liberia); Adzedu of Shapes (Ghana); Joël Andrianomearisoa (Madagascar); Alphadi (Niger); Katoucha (Guinea); Martin Kapfumvuti (Botswana); Michaël Kra ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters Life!) - Traditional prints vamped up with stiletto heels and shoulder pads define the inaugural pan-African fashion week where designers from 20 countries are eyeing growth ...