On May 5, The Metropolitan Museum of Art hosts its annual Met Gala—an enormous world-renowned fundraiser that gathers luminaries from the spheres of art, business, politics, sports, and entertainment ...

“I’m Not Taken Seriously”: Teen Designer Shami Oshun Forges Her Own Path African-American designer Shami Oshun, 18, doesn't see many women like her in the fashion industry. So she's busy ...

As a historical interpreter, researcher, artist, and designer, Cheyney McKnight incorporates 18th and 19th-century African ...

The Met’s exhibition charts the evolution of the Black dandy from the 18th century to today. Here’s what to look for on the red carpet.

The Odunde Festival celebrates 50 years in Philly on Sunday, June 8, with live music, African and Caribbean food, a river ...

Beyond personal and communal significance, the shift in clothing also played a role in the broader cultural and political ...

FIT’s curator of Costume and Accessories who wrote the book Black Designers in American Fashion. “The growing visibility of African designers through traditional media, and especially social ...

That’s because the African-American woman behind it is one of modern history’s most overlooked fashion figures. While Coco Chanel and Miuccia Prada continue to garner acclaim, Anne Cole Lowe ...

American fashion wouldn't be as fun or unique without ... Burrows was the only African-American designer who took part in the Battle of Versailles, and with his figure-hugging, slim silhouette ...