Iconic designer Stephen Burrows talks
REVIEW - Dance yourselves over the Museum of the City of New York and catch, 'Stephen Burrows: When Fashion Danced.' We can all use a happy dose of Burrows' timeless chic...
WATCH: Who were the biggest black designers of NYC Fashion Week?
Fall 2013 Fashion Week just ended, and as usual it was an exciting preview of the best in American design. Black designers made a big impact among a field consisting of hundreds of shows.
Angela Bassett cheers on Tracy Reese at latest Fashion Week show
A Tracy Reese show is becoming one of the most important places to be seen during Fashion Week for anyone who can secure a ticket.
Harlem's Fashion Row: NY Fashion Week show empowers black designers
Harlem's Fashion Row held its sixth annual Fall/Winter show last night, kicking off 2013 New York Fashion Week at the Apollo Theater with a clothing presentation that was also a call to action.
Michelle Obama's Tracy Reese dress from DNC now available
SLIDESHOW - A version of the floral jacquard print dress is now available on the Tracy Reese web site and at various retail outlets that carry the designer...
Black designer Laura Smalls: The latest with first lady's approval
It was the historic year that President Obama was elected the first African-American president of the United States that Smalls took up her sketchpad after a long break and began designing one-off pieces.
Tracy Reese's Spring 2013 collection creates a colorful symphony
On Sunday afternoon, hundreds of New York's best dressed, fashionable entertainers, and the gentry of the beauty and fashion biz witnessed Reese's parade of signature, wearable separates -- yet the pattern mixing, sparkling embellishments, and flowing cuts set this collection apart.
Plus size designer Monif C. talks dressing sexy in every season
In business since 2005, New York City-based mother-daughter team Elaine and Monif Clarke founded their plus size clothing company, Monif C., with a desire to give more options to women with full curves.
Whitney Houston's 'Sparkle' costume designer remembers diva
theGRIO REPORT - B michael, who created the costumes worn by Whitney Houston in Sparkle, spoke to thisGrio about this significant experience. 'It was wonderful,' b michael told theGrio over the phone on a break from promoting his latest line, b michael AMERICA RED...
9 emerging black designers Michelle Obama should try
theGRIO REPORT - Here are nine young designer brands we think deserving of the Michelle Obama Effect.
