Fashion

Apparel firm to make $7.5M Tennessee expansion with 220 jobs

NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDERS — An apparel company is planning to invest $7.5 million in an expansion in western Tennessee that is…

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Black Jewelry Artist Releases Unique New Collection For Women

CHICAGO DEFENDER — Jamal J. Ifill is a Barbados-based jewelry artist and the owner of Crystal Forms. Well known for his…

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Black Entrepreneur Develops New Hair Tool That Blows Away Traditional Hair Dryers

CHICAGO DEFENDER — A newly designed hair tool known as the MC Professional Hot-N-Happy Hair Tool with Secure Combs will be…

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OCTFME Shares Plans for 202Creates 

THE AFRO — This September marks the four year anniversary of 202Creates Month in the District and all month long…

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West Coast-based ‘sixnineteen’ partners with ONE Musicfest on commemorative T-shirts

ATLANTA VOICE — Launched on Jun 19, 2019, sixnineteen has become a disruptive force in the industry with hand-drawn designs that…

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Hip-Hop and Fashion Film Featured at 2019 Sidewalk Festival, Wins Award

BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Coming of age during the growth of hip-hop in the mid-1980s and working at the legendary Def Jam…

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Gucci Names Diversity Chief after Blackface Flap

WASHINGTON INFORMER — Renee Tirado has been appointed director of Gucci’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion division. In her new capacity, Tirado…

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More Than Cloth : The Avi8ted Mindset of Charlton Woodyard II

WASHINGTON INFORMER — Growing up in Washington, D.C. in the ’90s wasn’t easy. With the influence of drugs and crime,…

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