The recipients of the ApparelMagic Grant, below, represent the next generation of blue-chip brands, trend-setters, and most importantly, change-makers. Each recipient is building brands with the potential to make waves far outside of the fashion industry, taking on sustainability, ethical production, community involvement, and philanthropy. … Read More
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ApparelMagic Grant winner Kate Pierre is changing the face of fashion with her line Kate&Frances.
Kate Pierre is a recipient of the ApparelMagic Grant for Emerging Designers of Color, a new initiative to encourage and empower promising fashion professionals. Pierre’s brand Kate&Frances begins with a strong motto: “you have the power to dictate how the world sees you.” And
ApparelMagic Grant winner Anaak is remaking the fashion system
“At the end of the day, no one needs more clothing. That’s the reality.” It’s not what you expect a fashion designer to say, but Anaak designer Marissa Maximo is not your typical designer. Maximo, a recipient of The ApparelMagic Grant
Lendrell Martin, ApparelMagic Grant winner, makes a pandemic playbook
Lendrell Martin, a recipient of the ApparelMagic Grant for Emerging Designers of Color, hasn’t let quarantine go to waste. On the contrary, these past months have boosted a made-to-measure business into an ecommerce brand. It all started for Martin with custom
ApparelMagic Grant winner Properwear passes on sewing skills to the next generation
Fashion manufacturing might not be dead in the USA after all, at least when it comes to home sewing. Properwear, a recipient of the ApparelMagic Grant for Emerging Designers of Color, is taking the industry back to basics, and that
Designer and ApparelMagic Grant winner Jamila Jones on building her brand
Jamila Jones is a recipient of the ApparelMagic Grant for Emerging Designers of Color, a new initiative to encourage and empower promising fashion professionals. The founder of the contemporary womenswear line Jamila Mariama, Jones is experiencing all of the highs and lows of
Jade Swim receives the ApparelMagic Grant for its chic, minimal swimwear
It doesn’t have to be all about the bikini. In fact, swimwear can play a supporting role, and even revel in it. For too long, designers have used swimwear as statement pieces, look-at-me tops and bottoms that hit every trend
ApparelMagic Grant winner Renee Hill on where we go from here
Where does an up-and-coming fashion designer go after Project Runway? For Renee Hill, a winner of the ApparelMagic Grant for Emerging Designers of Color, the answer is right back to the studio. Hill, a recipient of the ApparelMagic Grant for Emerging