‘African American Fashion’ Archives
An Interview with Fashion Designer Terri Stevens »
Image credit: Barbara Nitke By Charles S. Mombo Terri Stevens has made a name for herself. The beautiful and talented Stevens is a fashion designer and former participant of Project Runway. Stevens owns and designs for her line of clothes - Michael Joseph and funkinbeautiful. She is known across the country for her original style and [...]
Do You Care if Mrs. Obama Doesn’t Support Black »
By Charles S. Mombo For millions of American women, Jacqueline Kennedy was the fashion standard by which every woman including African Americans on the public stage was judged. She was the closest thing that Americans could compare to royalty. A fashion icon, Jackie Kennedy created a look that many would like to introduce into their own sense of [...]
Naomi Sims, the super supermodel is dead at 61 »
Ms. Sims was born on March 30, 1948, in Oxford, Miss., the third of three daughters of John and Elizabeth Sims. Her father was a porter. Her parents divorced shortly after she was born, and all she knew of her father, she told Ladies’ Home Journal, was “that my mother told me he was an absolute bum.” (more...)
Mrs. Obama criticized for non-Black Designer »
Amnau Eele, co-founder of the Black Artists Association (BAA), is taking Mrs. Obama to task because she did not have her inauguration outfits designed by African American designers. Amnau Eele, is a former runway model for Yves Saint Laurent, Giorgio Armani, and Bill Blass. Amnau Eele plans to "file a formal appeal" with Michelle [...]
Chocolatecity.cc/blog Interviews Aspiring Fashion »
Becoming a real famous designer is definitely a very hard task that requires a lot of patience, conceptual and artistic aspect of fashion, strong will and hard work. This is especially so for young aspiring Black-American or African-American male. It's very hard to get into the fashion industry because it is full of it's share of prejudice in [...]
Interview With Fashion Designer Nathalie Konan »
By: Charles S. Mombo It is truly an honor for ChocolateCity.cc (CC) to interview the beautiful, talented and successful Ivorian fashion designer whose African consciousness is reflective in her work. Her signature, the cuts and flawless lines of her designs is visible in her form-fitting garments. Her designs are made for the modern woman who [...]
Stephen Burrows: unrecognized fashion genius »
ChocolateCity.cc is grateful to Mr. Stephen Burrows (SB) for taking time out of his very busy schedule to chat with us. We are also grateful to Mr. John Robert Miller, managing director for making this interview possible. If you recognize the names Halston, Bill Blass, Anne Klein and Oscar de la Renta, then you should recognize Stephen Burrows' [...]
Your favorite black fashion designer »
http://www.chocolatecity.cc/black-fashion/index.shtml - focuses on Black Fashion Designers, African-American Fashion Designers, and African Fashion Designers as they relate in one way or another to shaping, improving, empowering and motivating the [...]
