Black New York Style Week Designer Promotes Style with a Function

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As the style elite descended upon New York for Style Week in February 2025, one designer made a convincing assertion—not simply with type, however with objective. Harlem-based Afro-Colombian designer Edwing D’Angelo celebrated the fifth anniversary of his atelier with a star-studded fundraising soirée mixing excessive trend with a robust mission. 

“New York Style Week is the right second to showcase not simply designs, however the affect trend can have on lives,” stated D’Angelo. “This occasion isn’t nearly celebrating my atelier’s milestone—it’s about utilizing our success to uplift communities.”

The affair was a stunning fusion of Harlem’s cultural richness and cutting-edge couture. Visitors walked the purple carpet and loved custom-made cocktails and native delicacies, immersing themselves in an environment the place type met philanthropy. Among the many luminaries in attendance have been actress and Emmy-winning discuss present host Sherri Shepherd, legendary stylist Ty Hunter who served as Beyonce’s stylist for 18 years, trend editor Memsor Kamarake finest identified for heading Wendy Williams glam squad,  Emmy-winning journalist and entrepreneur Mara S. Campo and Dr. Yusef Salaam, a NYC Council Member and Central Park 5 exoneree turned writer and motivational speaker.  

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D’Angelo’s occasion was a part of a broader motion highlighting the affect of Black designers throughout New York Style Week. Christopher John Rogers opened the week as a part of the Vogue runway together with his signature daring colours and dramatic designs.  Sergio Hudson, who has dressed former First Woman Jill Biden, Kamala Harris and actress Blake Vigorous introduced his impeccable tailoring and opulent American sportswear.  Tia Adeola marked a decade of her model with a group celebrating her Nigerian heritage, skillfully mixing conventional components with modern trend. Moreover, the Black in Style Council Discovery Showroom, now in its tenth season, offered a platform for rising Black designers, making certain they gained crucial publicity and trade assist throughout one in every of trend’s most pivotal weeks.

Past the glitz, the night carried a deeper objective—proceeds from the fundraiser will assist the Edwing D’Angelo Basis’s mission to coach 300 seamstresses in Colombia, empowering them to interrupt free from poverty and make their mark on the style trade. The initiative can be increasing to New York Metropolis, the place it can present important abilities and alternatives to home violence survivors, the previously incarcerated, and at-risk youth by means of a forthcoming coaching heart.

“That is about creating actual change,” D’Angelo emphasised. “Style is greater than aesthetics—it’s a car for empowerment, a software for remodeling lives.”

Edwing D’Angelo has lengthy been heralded as Harlem’s personal trend visionary. His designs, mixing cultural heritage with modern type, have graced the pages of Vogue and turned heads on the Met Gala. However past his inventive prowess, he’s devoted to utilizing trend as a platform for change. His basis’s work in Colombia and New York exemplifies his perception that trend mustn’t simply be worn—it must be a power for good.

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