African-American Designers

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September 17, 2013
Black designers made quite an impact with strong representation, if not in the main tents of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. Many…
July 23, 2013
Having had his designs worn by women ranging from Beyoncé to first lady Michelle Obama, b Michael knows how to…
April 10, 2013
REVIEW - Dance yourselves over the Museum of the City of New York and catch, 'Stephen Burrows: When Fashion Danced.'…
February 20, 2013
Fall 2013 Fashion Week just ended, and as usual it was an exciting preview of the best in American design.…
February 12, 2013
A Tracy Reese show is becoming one of the most important places to be seen during Fashion Week for anyone…
February 8, 2013
Harlem's Fashion Row held its sixth annual Fall/Winter show last night, kicking off 2013 New York Fashion Week at the…
January 7, 2013
SLIDESHOW - A version of the floral jacquard print dress is now available on the Tracy Reese web site and…
December 3, 2012
It was the historic year that President Obama was elected the first African-American president of the United States that Smalls…
September 10, 2012
On Sunday afternoon, hundreds of New York's best dressed, fashionable entertainers, and the gentry of the beauty and fashion biz…
August 27, 2012
In business since 2005, New York City-based mother-daughter team Elaine and Monif Clarke founded their plus size clothing company, Monif…
August 23, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - B michael, who created the costumes worn by Whitney Houston in Sparkle, spoke to thisGrio about this…
June 19, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Here are nine young designer brands we think deserving of the Michelle Obama Effect.
March 7, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Rapper and all around aesthete Kanye West has just bravely debuted his second fashion collection in Paris,…
February 16, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Colleagues and clients have described the work of fashion designer b michael as exquisite, detailed and classy.…
February 15, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Tracy Reese presented a collection to the Lincoln Center crowd last Sunday afternoon that stayed true to…