5 Black Women Designers To Know
1. Nova Brown
Brand: Nova Brown
2. Grace Wells Bonner
Brand: Wales Bonner
Grace Wales Bonner launched her eponymous label in 2014, following her graduation from Central Saint Martins. Established as a menswear brand, Wales Bonner’s soulful tailoring soon expanded to womenswear.
3. Aurora James
Brand: Brother Vellies
33-year-old, Canadian-born, Brooklyn-based designer launched accessories label Brother Vellies. Years. After a trip to Africa, she was inspired by the artists she encountered to create a contemporary label with craftsmanship at its core.
4. Bianca Saunders
Brand: Bianca Saunders
Born and based in London, Bianca Saunders launched her eponymous label in 2017. Bianca pushes at gender, and investigates construction to propose fresh ideas for menswear. Both her Caribbean roots and her signature cutting which captures movement in clothes, have been the base to the collections.
5. Whitney Michel
Brand: Michel Men
Whitney founded Michel Men, an American Menswear brand based in NYC. She is a first generation Haitian American born in Brooklyn. Whitney accounts being raised as the only girl in a family with four brothers, love for film and her early exposure to art, from her oil painter father, as her strongest influences.
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