On November 13, 2016, the Walk Fashion Show was held at The Eastern Market. WALK was founded in 2009 by native Detroiters, Daishawn Franklin and Crystal Bailey, for the purpose of contributing to the evolving fashion industry in the Motor City. WALK has really grown over the years and today, approximately five-hundred people attend each casting […]
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Detroit is the New Black On September 16, 2016, the Detroit Fashion News team visited Détroit Is the New Black (located on 1426 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI). The city of Detroit possesses a magic that one cannot describe. Even though Roslyn Karamoko (the genius behind this masterpiece) is not a Detroit native, she was captivated
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Each year, the Detroit Garment Group hosts a one-day fashion conference called FashionSpeak. The conference features a series of guest speakers that have made a career within the fashion industry. Detroit Garment Group Board of Directors On October 13th, FashionSpeak was held inside of the One Woodward building in downtown Detroit from 10 a.m. –
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The Hour Detroit Best Dressed Fashion Show (presented by Somerset Collection) was held at The Fillmore Detroit on September 29, 2016, and was hosted by Amy Andrews. The fashion show featured several of those deemed “the best dressed” by Hour Detroit. The runway this year featured lots of fur. It is very easy to add fur to
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On September 22, 2016, I had the honor of attending a fine jewelry pop-up shopping event held at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. The premier event was hosted by Rove who generously donated part of the event’s proceeds towards supporting the museum. The designers represented were: Alison Lou, Foundrae, Jade Trau, Spinelli Kilcollin, Bibi
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Roslyn Chats with Detroit Fashion News Détroit is the New Black is one of the hottest stores in Detroit right now. We had the honor of interviewing Roslyn Karamoko, the genius behind this vision. DFN: How would you describe your fashion style? Karamoko: Elegant and casual (if that’s even a thing). Something comfortable for sure,
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Detroit Brand Shinola Brings Boutique Hotel to Detroit Shinola recently announced plans for the first Detroit Shinola Hotel, located at 1400 Woodward Avenue. The location is an eight-story building that sits across the street from Hudson’s site. Both projects belong to Bedrock Real Estate. Back in 2013, rumors around Metro-Detroit started to spread that
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Detroit Garment Group will be hosting their first inaugural fundraiser called SPARK in just a few weeks. Spark will consist of anyone and everyone who is involved with and supports the efforts of DGG. The event will be held from 7-10 p.m., Thursday, October 13 at One Woodward, downtown Detroit. The guest of honor for
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We recently had the pleasure of interviewing several models from the Metro-Detroit area. These models will give us a glimpse into their lives as an African-American fashion model. Our first two posts celebrated Lamara Hand and Brianna Ali. Now we’d like to share Jalita Esen with all of you. She’s an ER nurse with a big
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Ann Yee, originally from South Lyon Michigan, is a fashion designer with a whole lot of class and style. Ms. Yee has perfected the art of draping with her sensuous knits and customizable designs focusing on volume and proportion. Your invited to read our interview with this young genius, then we expect you to drool over her collection at annyeecollection.com. Be
