Category Archive: Fashion

Warner & Waverly Watkins: The Brothers of Brownstone

Most people would agree that it’s not a grand idea to get into business with your family, let alone a sibling. But that isn’t the case for twin brothers Warner and Waverly Watkins, who co-created Brownstone, a men’s streetwear brand. Initially, the pair launched the brand to see how they could come together creatively. And over time, they have built a unique collection of elevated streetwear essentials backed by mainstream stockists and beloved by celebrities like Daniel Kaluuya, Lebron James, Vince Staples, and Lil Durk. 

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Caterina Ciuoffelti: Behind the Prints

Have you ever examined the patterns on one of your favorite clothing items?  Did it make you wonder how the designer could create such a beautiful masterpiece that compliments almost your entire wardrobe?  Whether you have given these questions any thought or not, there is one thing that the designer and the person who wears the designs have in common: the desire to make a statement.  It isn’t easy to miss European fashion designer, Caterina Ciuoffelti’s fashion statements through her designs.   What is the meaning behind her designs?

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Wooyoungmi: Korean Fashion Powerhouse

White walls and four white doors were nestled into a multi-story parking lot in Paris for the Wooyoungmi Fall 2022 show venue. Each time a model walked through one of the doors, they let it shut loudly behind them while a series of slams played on a soundtrack, giving an eerie feel to viewers. 

The fashion house’s founder, Woo Young Mi or Madame Woo, was inspired to create this dramatization by Amor Towles’s 2016 novel “A Gentleman in Moscow,” where a Russian count was sentenced to house arrest for life, and its parallels with the ongoing pandemic. 

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Actively Black: Faith Over Fear

It’s nearly every young man’s dream to become a pro athlete growing up. Despite how difficult that dream is to accomplish, for many of us in the Black community, it feels like the weight of the world can be lifted from our shoulders if we work hard enough to make that dream a reality. So we strive, sacrifice, and do whatever is necessary to achieve that goal, regardless only a small percentage of us actually reach that goal. 

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S.S. Daley: Transforming the Upper-Class Uniform

In a world obsessed with throwaway trends and fast fashion, sustainable designers can be hard to come by. Shopping for handcrafted garments and secondhand pieces are ways to avoid throwing out your closet every season. British menswear designer Steven Stokey-Daley creates responsibly from vintage fabrics and deadstock materials. His clothes, inspired by Britain's elite upper class, have been spotted on men's fashion icon Harry Styles, engraining the designer's name as one of the most exciting in the fashion industry.

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D’iyanu: Wonderfully Woven

Becoming a full-time entrepreneur can be a difficult decision to make. There’s a lot at stake, and it truly requires a lot of patience, discipline, money management, and a strong support system. While making sacrifices to pursue any dream is just part of the process, with entrepreneurship it can also require a level of risk-taking that many aren’t accustomed to. 

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