Update your Spring/Summer wardrobe with bold looks from these up-and-coming Black designers
For the past two years, our world has been… dreary. The fashion world acknowledged that, and reflected the state of the world through garments. This season’s trends have shown us one thing; the world is done with hiding and is ready to be bold and vibrant again.
Lively patterns, spirited colors, and 60’s and 70’s-style silhouettes are the trends dominating the Spring/Summer 2022 fashion season. It’s time to elevate your wardrobe, and there’s no better way to elevate than to shop Black-owned. These emerging Black designers made serious waves in NYFW. It’s time we introduce you.
Aaron Potts is an emerging fashion designer with an extensive background. He’s interned for large names like Marc Jacobs and Perry Ellis and he has designed for Victoria’s Secret and Badgley Mischka. Potts is the founder and Brooklyn-based designer of his own fashion brand, A.Potts, which produces unisex clothing offering comfort and functionality.
Chelsea Grays uses fashion to garner sociopolitical change and identifies as a political designer. Her most previous collection, “Organized Chaos” is inspired by the houseless population in San Fransisco.
Mother-daughter duo Cynthia and Najla Burt are on a mission to create affordable, luxurious clothing. The pieces are bold, voluminous, and are shaped by cultures around the world. Dur Doux works to combine the avant-grade with wearability.
Yet another mother-daughter duo doing the damn thing. Rebecca Henry and Akua Shabaka founded the unique Los Angeles-based brand House of Aama. The brand uses clothing as a tool for storytelling and nostalgia, dedicated to the Black experience.
Jameel Mohammed’s brand is in homage to afrofuturism and the beauty and diversity of the African Diaspora.Through his collection of bold, chunky silhouettes, Mohammed’s vision is to “make pointed statements about the value of black life and culture,” and “to advance a new vision of luxury.”
