Fashion history is selective. Ann Lowe designed gowns in the 1950s for the elite and received limited public credit. Zelda Wynn Valdes dressed icons and opened one of the first Black-owned boutiques on Broadway in 1948.
Black designers have shaped fashion for generations. So does where you spend.
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Context matters.
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