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Tickets on Sale for Milwaukee Fashion Week 2019

July 11, 2019 By MKE Community Journal Leave a Comment

Milwaukee Fashion Week is excited to announce their 5th annual event. The week of October 6 through October 12 will feature a variety of industry events throughout the Milwaukee area, including fashion shows at the newest Black Swan venue offering, Plant No. 4 (October 9 &10), as well as a Fundraiser Gala at the Harley Davidson Museum (October 11).

Each year Milwaukee Fashion Week partners with a local nonprofit organization. This year, we are partnering with The Charles E. Kubly Foundation. Their work is helping those suffering from depression get the support and resources they need.

“What’s new and exciting this year is the variety of events focused on educating, collaborating, and networking,” says Brittany Peterson, Director of Marketing and Communications. “Milwaukee is full of creatives and artists; we want to foster those relationships and provide a look into the city’s thriving fashion scene.”

This year’s talent includes a mixture of 29 designers, stylists, and boutiques. Each evening will feature a diverse range of fashion, including last year’s Designer of the Year: Andre Purdy of Purdywear, the Pfister’s former Artist in Residence: Silversark, a collaboration between Alex Hart of Build-A-Bow LLC and NL Suits, as well as a showcase by Elena Velez.

Tickets for Milwaukee Fashion Week go on sale July 10th, 2019 and will range in price from $30.00 – $125.00 

For more information on the Charles E. Kubly Foundation, please visit https://charlesekublyfoundation.org.

For more information about Milwaukee Fashion Week, please visit https://milwaukeefashionweek.com.

 

Filed Under: Culture, Fashion Tagged With: boutiques, designers, Milwaukee Fashion Week, stylists

What If Movie Icons Wore African Fashion?

September 21, 2018 By MKE Community Journal Leave a Comment

Reimagining Audrey Hepburn

Los Angeles, CA — Just in time for New York (and Harlem) Fashion week, The Africa Channel launches a 10-part digital series that asks a simple yet compelling question, “What if movie icons wore African fashion?” The answer to this provocative query can be found in each of the episodes that utilize a diverse range of models to creatively reimagine celebrity styles in Africanized versions of iconic movie wardrobes. In one of the pieces, model Elle Drane pays Africanized homage to Audrey Hepburn’s celebrated couture clothing in the film, Breakfast at Tiffany’s. In another, model Jordan Swain transforms into the African swag-forward version of Morpheus, Laurence Fishburne’s character in The Matrix

Produced by The Africa Channel, who partnered with Vanichi Magazine, this Afro-futurism spin on Hollywood designs shines a spotlight squarely on the rich textures of the African diaspora. Designers Obioma (Nigeria), Kenneth L. Nicholson (Los Angeles), Ammanii (Egypt), Sarayaa (Senegal), and M. Andrews (Texas), to name a few, utilized their enormous collective talent, along with bold fabrics, intricately-designed jewelry, and hand-made wares to help make this intriguing series more than just a fashion statement.

Narendra Reddy, Executive Vice President and General Manager of The Africa Channel, had this to say about producing this innovative series, “We are excited to partner with Vanichi on this campaign that fits perfectly within our mission to amplify the cultural conversation between Africa and the rest of the world.”

As the African fashion industry inches closer to the one-billion-dollar mark, Joy Donnell, Vanichi Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief said this about her involvement in the series and the fashion industry as a whole, “There is inherent luxury, inherent glamour in the peoples of Africa and the African diaspora. This campaign allowed us to creatively celebrate this ideal by reimagining iconic Hollywood film characters in modern, handcrafted fashion from designers of Africa and the diaspora.”

The Africa Channel and Vanichi Magazine have shone a spotlight squarely (and unapologetically) on the Motherland while touting its cultural viability. All 10 episodes, plus a bonus overview, are currently available on TheAfricaChannel.com and Demand Africa.

 

About the Africa Channel

The Africa Channel (www.theafricachannel.com) and its production arm, TAC Studios, is a showcase for the African continent’s most outstanding English-language television series, specials, documentaries, feature films, music, biographies and cultural and historical content. The channel’s mission is to open up a daily window into modern African life and, in the process, help demystify Africa for viewers globally.

The Africa Channel is based in Los Angeles and is available in approximately seven million homes in North America and the Caribbean on cable systems such as Comcast, Charter/Spectrum, and the Caribbean Cable Cooperative. In addition, it’s streaming subscription video-on-demand platform, Demand Africa.com, is available worldwide on the web, mobile and connected devices.

About Vanichi Magazine

Vanichi Magazine (www.vanichi.com) scours the planet seeking and finding beauty. From artisan, limited edition, emerging brands to heritage labels to highly-anticipated capsule collections, they cover edgy, informed men’s and womenswear. They also cover beauty/men’s grooming, tech, travel, leisure, art and culture. They celebrate diversity because we live in a diverse world. They believe you should do, wear, and surround yourself with what thrills you.

 

Filed Under: Fashion, Latest News Tagged With: Africa Channel, African fashion, Audrey Hepburn, Fashion Week

Black Entrepreneur Selling 100% Human Hair Online

September 1, 2018 By MKE Community Journal Leave a Comment

Black Entrepreneur Launches Online Service Selling 100% Human Hair — A Multibillion Dollar Industry!

Jada Cummings, Founder and CEO of Self Glamour

Jada Cummings, Founder and CEO of Self-Glamour

Washington, DC — Jada Cummings, founder and CEO of Self-Glamour, is excited to announce her company’s new website at SelfGlamourLLC.com – offering 100% double-stitched human hair, mink lashes, and edge control. The web site will soon also sell apparel.

Self-Glamour offers discounts, flash sales, as well as rewards for referring friends and leaving a review on our social media channels. They also offer Remy hair with cuticles facing the same direction, bundles that weigh 100 grams as well as Indian hair that comes straight from India. Also, Vietnamese hair that can be colored blonde hair, Malaysian hair that is grade 7A, Brazilian Hair that is grade 8A, and a swoop of other hair extension types. Their prices are reasonable as well as you get to earn great rewards for the same great high-quality hair. Self-Glamour has over 10 different types of thick and thin band lashes, edge control that slicks those edges down, wigs, clip and tape ins to name a few things.Starting a small business is an incredible milestone that the founder is proud of without or devoted patrons that encourages us to follow or dreams. Self-Glamour will be offering deals and sales to individuals who engage with their Facebook, Instagram, Shopify, Twitter, and Pinterest accounts. Participants will also be eligible for birthday rewards, customer referral rewards as well as their pay it forward program that will soon roll out.

The Pay it Forward Program is geared towards individuals who need resources to keep them stable such as clothing, and resources. If a person wishes to donate care packages, used and slightly worn clothing, shoes, cash donations and perishable food items they will be enrolled into or Pay it Forward Program where you will be given a huge discount off your order with us.

About Self Glamour
Self-Glamour is a Black-owned business who is more than just hair extensions which has a unique twist on Paying it forward. Self is defined as a person’s essential being that sets them aside from others. Jada comments, “Your personality, identity and character make you yourself. No matter what race, age, gender, profession or identity you are, be yourself and stand out, be glamorous, be your own Self Glamour.”

For more information and/or to make a purchase from Self-Glamour, visit www.selfglamourllc.com

Filed Under: Fashion Tagged With: Glamour, hair

Black Woman-Owned Startup’s New Product Keeps Your Hair “Natural, But Not Nappy”

August 22, 2018 By MKE Community Journal Leave a Comment

Diana Alashee Pitts, CEO of Alashee Naturals

Alashee Naturals, a Black woman-owned startup brand that produces innovative natural hair care products, is pleased to announce the launch of the Natural, But Not Nappy Alashee Good Hair System – the latest addition to their new science and technology based selections of hair, skin and beauty care products. Diana Alashee Pitts, CEO and President of the company, says that it takes a Black woman to truly understand the hair needs of other Black women.

She comments, “What sets our new Alashee Good Hair System apart from all other hair care products is it’s revolutionary new way of conditioning natural, relaxed or difficult to manage hair or braids simply by using two gentle, specially formulated natural hair conditioners – applied one after the other to create a double coating of protection to block naps and kinks and to detangle hair.”

This is the first system of it’s kind to approach hair conditioning from this angle, and the 4 item system consists of Ultra Gentle Shampoo, double silky hair conditioners and a silky moisturizing chamomile gloss sealant. The new Alashee Good Hair System is designed to give women their softest, silkest, easiest to manage hair ever, and even to be totally natural – but totally NOT Nappy. The conditioning effects are temporary and are simply shampooed out. There is no more need to worry about lines of demarcation because women won’t need to relax or perm while using the system but is safe to use if you have a relaxer or perm or color on your hair and electric straightening combs, curling and flat irons are ok to use.

According their web site, getting this right became a passion and the company took a “no holds barred” approach to the science and R&D aspects of the project and not a moment too soon to give black women everywhere a much needed break from braids and other people’s hair.

So for a limited time only, the complete system is FREE with free shipping as part of their Special Introductory Promotion Celebration thru September 15, 2018, while supplies last so that as many people as possible can test the system, and then buy it.

For more details and/or to purchase the Natural, But Not Nappy Alashee Good Hair System, visit www.NaturalButNotNappy.com

Filed Under: Fashion Tagged With: nappy, natural hair

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