“I just had a God-given talent for making people beautiful” ~Zelda Wynn Valdes June 28, 1905 (Chambersburg, PA) to September 26, 2001 (NYC) Illustration by Jeanne Detallante Zelda Wynn Valdes I cheated a little on my fashion Friday last week, since I was knee deep in taxes, but I'm back in full swing highlighting designers for Black History month. Born in 1905 in Chambersburg, PA of a Cuban father and an African American mother, fashion designer, Zelda Wynn Valdes was know

Rapper Tierra Whack wearing a coat designed by Nancy Volpe Beringer of Philadelphia and a dress with images painted by Philadelphia artist, Liz Goldberg. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) Rather than writing my Fashion Friday Blog last night, I was going through our credit card statements with my husband in the attempt to get our taxes out to our accountants in the next few days. This morning, I was puttering around the kitchen, feeding the dogs and trying figuring out

"I love my clothes, and I’m particular about who wears them. I am not interested in sewing for cafe society or social climbers. I do not cater to Mary and Sue. I sew for the families of the Social Register." ~Ann Lowe Fashion Designer 1898 to 1981 I could spend several Fashion Fridays on the work and life of Ann Lowe. The great granddaughter of a slave woman and an Alabama plantation owner became the designer for predominantly white, upper class women for events that Ann Lo

René Lacoste with his father, Jean-Jules Lacoste, a successful French business man. 1927 Earlier this week, I shared this Meme below in my "Unleash Your Style" page on facebook. I thought I came across a cool piece of fashion history I did not know about: "I bet you didn't know that the Lacoste polo shirt you've been wearing is the shirt of a Black man named René Lacoste, a French tennis player who was known by fans as the Crocodile, for his tenacity on the tennis court..."