RAISEfashion wants to connect Black creatives and Black-owned brands with a network of industry insiders.
But RAISEfashion, a new mentorship initiative launching Thursday, wants to start with concrete steps: Connecting Black creatives and Black-owned brands with a network of industry insiders who can draw on their expertise and connections to advise them as they navigate the industry.
Brands and creatives who are interested in participating would fill out a form on the group’s web site, detailing their needs and where they are in their business life cycle, and then be matched with appropriate industry experts who would advise them, according to the group.
Addressing inequality requires a clear-eyed assessment of such barriers to entry and to mobility within the industry, said Hennig, as well as an understanding of how existing social and professional networks can still impede those historically excluded from those circles. “Many times you already have to have a solid business plan in place, or…know someone or you have to really kind of be invited into a panel discussion,” she said. “There’s just many ways that our industry has a tendency to operate in very exclusive and more insular ways.”
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