Concrete Roze Is The New Black-Owned Co-Op Closet Service Dedicated To 'Healing Through Fashion'

In honor of her late minister father, Rosalynn Glover created Concrete Roze to pair curated fashion with community care.
CNN

Through clothes, African women connect to their roots

Photographer Joana Choumali has captured images of young African women in traditional clothing in her series "Resilients," bridging the gap between heritage and modern living. Many from this ...
Vogue

11 Black Women in Fashion on What Brings Them Joy

Like many other immigrant families, my strict Haitian parents longed for the day when they could send me off to study either law or medicine at university. I forced an interest in the medical field to ...
NPR

How The Sewing Machine Gave Power — And Fashion Cred — To African Women

In the fashion world, a "lookbook" is a collection of photos highlighting, say, a fashion designer's work or a fashion model. The African Lookbook has a different agenda: images that present a ...
Global Voices

Beyond boubou and wax prints: Africa Fashion Tour changes perceptions of African creativity

African women’s wardrobes are diverse. Quite mixed, African fashion is sometimes traditional, sometimes Western, and ...
WRBL

‘Clothes Story’ exhibit showcasing African American Womens Fashion throughout the years returns to the Columbus Library

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Last summer’s smash-hit exhibition “Clothes Story” has returned to the Columbus Public Library. The “Clothes Story” exhibit narrative incorporates historic and cultural events ...