On June 1, 2022, Kim Kardashian rebranded her skincare product, KKW Beauty as SKKN by Kim. The newly launched brand features the star’s initials but she has been accused of stealing the name from Lori Harvey’s skincare company, SKN. After rebranding her skincare product, fans noted the identical name and packaging to Lori Harvey’s SKN by LH and took to Twitter to call out the reality star, Binnews reports. “Did Kim Kardashian just use Lori Harvey’s strategy for a skincare brand, or is it just me?,” a fan quarried while another fan said “Uh sounds close to SKN by Lori…
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CurlCap has become the first Black woman-owned hair apparel brand to be licensed to use Disney’s logos and characters on its merchandise. The company, founded by Britney Sadé, makes satin-lined ball caps designed to accommodate natural curly hair with an open back. CurlCaps with Mickey and Minnie ears are now available for purchase. WDW News Today reports that there are three Disney design options. “The first is an entirely solid black hat with Mickey ears and Mickey’s face embroidered on the side. “A similar design has a red brim with white dots like Mickey’s shorts. Finally, there is a Minnie…
A Detroit teen who was suspended for giving a haircut in school was recently handed a life-changing opportunity to master his craft. Cameron Tucker, 16, was given a day suspension at Renaissance High School in Detroit for playing bathroom barber. “In the middle of doing that, the teacher walked in, stared at us for about 45 seconds, and walked out,” Cameron recalled in an interview this month. His mom was informed about the incident. “We need someone to come pick up Cameron, he’s running a barbershop out of the third-floor bathroom,” his mother was told. “There’s line in there, hair all…
June Ambrose is leading Puma’s first women’s basketball collection. Ambrose, who serves as Puma’s creative director for women’s basketball, will release her first collection on December 1 which includes on-court and off-court apparel. Puma is hoping to capture a significant share of the market with the High Court collection that includes a fur coat, leggings, hoodies and a jacket. Ambrose also wants to shine a brighter light on female athletes, according to Business Insider. “We work on three seasons at a time, so while I’m talking to you about fall 2021, I’m working up to spring 2023!” Ambrose told Vogue.…
Wunmi Akinsola is a Nigerian fashion entrepreneur who is building “Africa’s ASOS”. She first ventured into the fashion industry in 2008 when her siblings co-founded a fashion brand called Virgos Lounge, a London-based womenswear brand, where she worked as a brand coordinator. In her position, she monitored transactions worth over £1,000,000 (now $1.3m), she told TechCabal. After having a taste of the fashion industry, Akinsola took her interest further by pursuing a course in fashion and textile at the University of Kent, England. She continued to pursue a master’s degree in entrepreneurship and innovation. She subsequently interned at a number…
Jovanna Robinson created a bag during an assignment in a Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD) class that caught the attention of everyone. It also kickstarted her journey to start Tonē Bekka in 2014. Tonē Bekka is into the production of handmade leather travel bags and accessories. She sources her raw materials directly from Africa and even some of her products are enhanced with Ankara prints. Due to the quality of her products, her bags and accessories are carried by The Brown Sugar Collab, a boutique in Charlotte, North Carolina. DeAnna Allen, who is the owner of the boutique,…
Plastic waste is one of the many environmental challenges developing countries face. How to properly dispose of the plastic waste or even recycle them for other use has not been properly explored, leaving many cities in Africa littered with trash such as sachet water waste. One woman from Nigeria’s Ibadan state has taken the initiative to recycle all manner of waste from the dump into beautiful products. Together with her team at Planet3r, her for-profit business, Adejoke Lasisi converts used “pure water” sachets into school bags, slippers, purses, mats, artwork and others. In her 30s, Lasisi comes from a middle-class…
At the 2021 Met Gala, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) ruffled feathers when she appeared in a dress with the inscription “Tax the Rich.” The white mermaid gown, which quickly made headlines in the U.S. and across the world, was designed by Aurora James, a Black immigrant woman designer, an entrepreneur and a social activist. She was raised in a multiracial household in Guelph, just outside Toronto. Her father comes from Ghana and her mother is from Canada. At seven, James, her mother and stepfather relocated to Jamaica. The trip was influenced by her maternal grandmother who visited the island and…
Lewis Hamilton is a Met Gala veteran attendee. And for this year’s event which was held in New York, the British car racing champion made sure emerging Black designers had a seat at the table. It was an effort by the Formula One Driver to highlight Black talents who are often overlooked and underrepresented, adding that the Met was the perfect opportunity to do so. He reportedly paid for three Black designers — Theophilio, Kenneth Nicholson, and Jason Rembert — to sit at his table with other Black innovators like Zendaya’s stylist Law Roach, Alton Mason, Kehlani and athletes Miles…
Serena Williams and Nike have unveiled a collection of women’s athleisure footwear, apparel, and accessories in a bid to bring people of color into the world of fashion design. The collections were designed by a group of 10 designers known as the Serena Williams Design Crew (SWDC). In 2019, Williams and Nike partnered to create an apprenticeship program devised to champion diversity in the realm of design called SWDC. Ten designers were selected from New York and tasked to come up with a women’s lifestyle and performance collection that entailed footwear, apparel, and accessories inspired by Williams and the “1990s nostalgia.”…