While the fashion industry continues to grow and expand, there are several aspects of the industry that stays the same. As the years change, diversity does not seem to expand with the rest of the fashion world. Fashion creator and designer Priya Ahluwalia recognizes that there just isn’t enough black representation within the fashion industry in the western world.

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It was the early 90s in the heart of Tokyo when designer Tetsu “Tet” Nishiyama took his first steps towards becoming the fashion mogul he is today. His initial project, FPAR, was born during the height of fashion’s punk scene. These influences can be seen in the simplistic graphic FPAR logo that aligned aesthetically with anarchist principles.

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At just 25 years old, designer Conner Ives has achieved more than many designers do in a lifetime. A graduate of Central Saint Martins in London, England, Ives exploded on the fashion scene with a vision and exertion that seemed to be missing. Amid a most uncertain time, he managed to establish his aesthetic to a point where he and his wildest imaginations could thrive. Ives has taken what he always knew about fashion and reinvented it.

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“We all have different tastes, but the underlying impulse is the same: to express ourselves through what we wear and find what makes us feel alive, inspired, and empowered.”

-Nelissa Hilman (The Star Media Group)

With a decade in the fashion industry, The Nelissa Hilman brand has grown from a local Malaysian shoe brand to a widely acknowledged company designing women’s apparel and accessories for daily wear and the runway.

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