Black Fashion Designers

Favorite piece from the Black Fashion Designers exhibit at Fashion Institute of Technology, New York. Byron Lars tailored wrap dress fall 1991. Bloomingdale’s loved this so much they made it part of their fall 1991 campaign photographed by Steven Misel. That year Women’s Wear Daily also named him ‘Rookie of the Year’. 

Francis Picabia

Born in Paris in 1879 of Cuban-Spaniard and French heritage Francis Picabia was an artist like none other. It was in New York where he achieved fame as the leader of the European avant-garde movement. He is best known today as an irreverent Dadist that defies categorization with works ranging from impressionist landscapes to abstraction,… Continue reading Francis Picabia