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Black design and Black art have long informed fashion’s imagination. From the museum to the red carpet, the evening offe...
05/05/2026

Black design and Black art have long informed fashion’s imagination. From the museum to the red carpet, the evening offered a wide-ranging conversation between fashion, art, and culture.

Across the night, the most compelling moments carried a sense of intention — in silhouette, reference, materiality, and presence.

Swipe for a few looks that stayed with us from one of fashion’s biggest nights.

Ms. Lauryn Hill is the face of Denim Tears’ latest campaign, spotlighting the second release of Tremaine Emory’s in-hous...
04/15/2026

Ms. Lauryn Hill is the face of Denim Tears’ latest campaign, spotlighting the second release of Tremaine Emory’s in-house denim collection.

selah, Emancipate Yourself, SARA, -:-, and Micah⁠ Hill⁠ are also featured in the campaign making it a family affair.

Photographed in black and white by Liam MacRae and Justin Sarinana, the collection will be available on April 17 at 11AM ET on denimtears.com, and in-store at African Diaspora Goods, 176 Spring St., and the brand’s Atlanta residency in Lenox Square.

Christopher John Rogers brings his signature sense of color, shape, and joy to Old Navy, offering a wider audience acces...
04/14/2026

Christopher John Rogers brings his signature sense of color, shape, and joy to Old Navy, offering a wider audience access to one of fashion’s most distinct voices.

“Christopher was top of my list when launching our American designer collaboration. He represents some of the best of a generation of designers I wanted to bring to our customer.” – Zac Posen

A little drama, a lot of joy, and exactly the kind of fashion twist we like to see.

The collection will be available online and in store on April 15.

For Collection 017, No Strings, Christopher John Rogers leans further into the codes that have made his work so singular...
03/10/2026

For Collection 017, No Strings, Christopher John Rogers leans further into the codes that have made his work so singular: exacting color, sculptural shape, and an unwavering sense of joy. The result is a collection that feels playful yet controlled, theatrical yet deeply assured.

Rogers continues to shape a language of fashion that feels both deeply personal and unmistakably grand.

Swipe to see the collection

The Paris-born editor and cultural figure steps into the creative lead role at Zadig & Voltaire. With a career spanning ...
02/26/2026

The Paris-born editor and cultural figure steps into the creative lead role at Zadig & Voltaire.

With a career spanning fashion, image, and culture—from early years alongside Marc Jacobs in New York to collaborations including Carhartt and Fenty x Puma—Sablon brings a point of view shaped by both editorial authority and contemporary relevance. A former fashion director at Lui and contributing editor at i-D, Sablon is currently Culture Director-at-Large at Vogue France.

His first collection for the brand will debut this March during Paris Fashion Week.

Tolu Coker’s Fall 2026 collection, Survivor’s Remorse, opened London Fashion Week with a lived-in sense of place—staged ...
02/20/2026

Tolu Coker’s Fall 2026 collection, Survivor’s Remorse, opened London Fashion Week with a lived-in sense of place—staged as a recreation of the Mozart Estate where she grew up. Her signature ’60s-leaning tailoring hit with new clarity: puffball-sleeved minis, rounded-shoulder jackets, and flounced hems—then flipped into bright schoolgirl plaids and “borrowed” shirting that felt like family hand-me-downs, recontextualized as luxury.

Even the sportswear codes were engineered: hooded jackets and track pants in weighty felt, shaped with darts, seams, and cutouts that turned comfort into silhouette.

The story is uniquely Coker’s: reformative luxury, rooted in heritage, and made for the woman on her way into the room.

This season, Rachel Scott builds a world in conversation with the late Afro-Cuban painter Wifredo Lam, translating his s...
02/19/2026

This season, Rachel Scott builds a world in conversation with the late Afro-Cuban painter Wifredo Lam, translating his surreal, anti-colonial symbolism into garments that feel at once intimate and mythic. Lacework that reads like language, knits that move like smoke, and silhouettes charged with a quiet defiance.

The result is Diotima at its most precise—holding its signature tension while offering elegance with a point of view and handwork that insists on being seen.

Explore some of our favorite looks.

Last week’s Black Fashion Talks: Antoine Gregory on André Leon Talley: Style Is Forever was a love letter to legacy and ...
02/18/2026

Last week’s Black Fashion Talks: Antoine Gregory on André Leon Talley: Style Is Forever was a love letter to legacy and a clear reminder that style is never just surface.

In conversation with Robyn Mowatt, Gregory reflected on shaping the catalog and exhibition, the intimacy of working through memory and image, and the responsibility of telling Black fashion history critically: with care, context, and emotional truth. Together, we considered what it means to preserve an icon without flattening him—how archives protect nuance, how storytelling builds lineage, and why André’s presence still teaches us how to move through the world with intention.

Thank you to everyone who joined us and helped make the room feel like community. Thank you to Ludlow House for hosting us.

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Each Advisry collection is a character study—and FW26 proves the story always starts beyond the clothes.For “Return of t...
02/18/2026

Each Advisry collection is a character study—and FW26 proves the story always starts beyond the clothes.

For “Return of the Space Cowboy,” Keith Herron builds a comeback narrative around the rebellious individual, shaped by his “futuristic perspective of the past”—pulling from the interior futurism of Jamiroquai and the cinematic worlds of Cowboy Bebop.

The codes are familiar, but evolved: headwear pushed more architectural, camera bags multiplied into new forms, glove hands reimagined as pockets and prints, showcasing a refined visual language.

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