The Brooklyn-based designer was inspired by her heritage to create her label, abacaxi.
In The Know Style: Changemakers
In The Know Style: Changemakers
We profile the people behind the fashion industry’s must-know brands, from high-end industry leaders to breakout names
This fashion brand creates clothing that is designed with intention and sustainability.
Sara founded her fashion brand A–Company (@a____company) with the goal of designing the kinds of clothes she wanted to wear, and wasn’t seeing in the fashion world. She creates pieces that take inspiration from garment deconstruction as well as the queer community.
Designer Maxwell Osborne brings New York street style and what he calls ‘comfortable cool’ to his clothes
As the founder of the fashion label anOnlyChild (@anonlychild), Maxwell takes inspiration from his Jamaican roots and New York City street fashion to create looks that are totally unique.
This Bronx-based designer is bringing a fresh take to fashion with her instantly-recognizable handbags
CIRIACO makes iconic, instantly recognizable handbags that manage to be chic, playful, and totally functional all at once.
This gender-free and anti-waste fashion brand is empowering its customers to be who they want to be, through style
Meet MI Leggett, the creative director behind the gender-free and anti-waste clothing brand, Official Rebrand. Leggett uses existing garments, which they then repurpose into pieces that are free of gender-defining boundaries.
Fashion label PH5 is bringing a coolness to knitwear that’s all their own
Along with creative director Zoe Champion, PH5 founder Wei Lin creates colorful, sculptural pieces that put a creative spin on classic knitted garments.
Meet fashion designer Carly Mark who lives by one rule — that there are no rules
Carly Mark is the designer behind Puppets and Puppets, her brand that epitomizes fresh, cool and quirky. From sunnyside up shoes to her infamous cookie bag, Carly’s designs evoke a blend of humor, darkness and fun.
Introducing “Agbobly”, the namesake knitwear brand that takes its inspiration from the founder’s Togolese heritage
Designer Jacques Agbobly, 25, has just launched their namesake knitwear brand, Agbobly, which is an evolution of the first iteration of their company, BlackBoyKnits. The brand is an homage to Agbobly’s Togolese heritage, and celebrates Black and queer culture through colorful, one of a kind knit pieces.
Get to know the founder of KEANE, a hand-blown glass jewelry brand
KEANE founder, Colin Keane Lynch, melds his passion for fashion and glass within his made-to-order jewelry pieces.
Celebrities from Beyoncé to Billie Eilish are obsessed with this young designer’s namesake brand
At just 31, New York based designer, Mia Vesper, has already left an imprint on fashion thanks to her one-of-a-kind fabric rich creations. Vesper, who almost closed up shop during the pandemic, persevered despite setbacks, and today her celebrity clientele includes Beyoncé, Halsey and Billie Eilish — to name just a few.