'The durag is a staple piece of Black culture and literally the preservation of Black beauty.'
Photography: Kyler Jamessat down with the designer to chat about how one small, but powerful item has taken her so far, the breadth and beauty of being a Black woman in fashion and how her Gold Coast roots manifest into her creations centering on Blackness.The durag is a staple piece of Black culture and literally the preservation of Black beauty.
The idea of what made clothes fashionable intrigued me and I started a fashion club at school with my best friend Tiana Sutton. Even more fascinated, I took an apparel class where I learned to sew, and at the end of my senior year, we put on a fashion show where I sewed dresses and tops for the models. My creations were well-received by my peers, it was then that I knew I had found my calling.
You integrate a lot of strong, Black cultural figures into your work. What does it take to be a strong Black woman in the world of fashion?Being a first-generation American, by default, I had strong, Black women around me growing up. They were always constantly reminding me who I was and how much I was loved. I think that's the key: having a constant reminder that you are made of strength, grit and love. And to preserve your inner-child — it's what makes you special.
It means that we have the double-duty of driving our products and normalizing the accomplishments of the Black business owner. I think it's important for us to take full advantage of the attention. Although it's negative attention, we can use it to teach society to humanize Black people and Black culture. Now is not just a moment but a movement to highlight the effects of a people who have been objected to the perils of individual and systemic racism.
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