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Fashion Show Celebrates African Creativity, Identity and Sustainable Design
If you love fashion, you love it no matter where it comes from, and Africa is no different. Africa has a long rich history of culture, brimming with opportunities. The lands are as rich and rooted in as much diversity […]
More Than Just the Game — Football, Fashion and Food!
These days, “the big game” is about more than just the game itself. From world class fútboll (soccer for those in the United States), to the global appeal of arena basketball, to mania caused in the U.S. for its Football […]
Inclusivity Inspires Powerful Milan Fashion Week
In 2020, Milan Fashion Week designed a showcase that aimed to bring inclusivity back into the Italian cultural event. “We are made in Italy” was a showcase that highlighted five Italian designers of color. It was the result of an […]
Diversity Makes Slow Progress in the World of Fashion
The fashion industry suffers from a glaring lack of diversity which is gradually homogenizing our global understanding of beauty. According to a report by The Fashion Spot, 2021’s New York Fashion Week was the most diverse it has been in […]
Fashion is Not Limited to Gender
Gender-neutral fashion is all the rage, and these are the people to thank. Men are smudging the fine line between gendered fashion norms. This has become more popular in the past couple of years, but this gender-bending fashion movement has […]
Rihanna: The Cross-Cultural Musician, Fashionista, Philanthropist
Robyn Rihanna Fenty, known most commonly to her fans as Rihanna, is a singer, actress, and business woman whose influence can be seen worldwide. As a global superstar, Fenty makes sure to represent her cross-cultural background through her music, fashion […]
Negra Como Soy: Fashion + More With Benny Samuels (VIDEO)
In this episode, Doni and Dr. Rhonda chat with Afro-Panamanian Benny Samuels from Denver, Colo.-based Project Style. Benny talks about growing up in Panama and moving to the United States at age 17. “I grew up in a Caribbean household […]
How Culture Can Influence a Designer’s Fashion
For fashion designers and moguls around the world, culture is a factor that influences the design of a fabric. This is especially true for instructor Dr. Carol Engel-Enright, who has an extensive background in design entrepreneurship and social enterprise. In […]