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2/15/21 Black History Month
This story is even more enlightening for me because yesterday I learned that Ruth Carter, Oscar award winning costume designer for Black Panther, will be the first African American costumer to...
2/15/21 Black History Month
This story is even more enlightening for me because yesterday I learned that Ruth Carter, Oscar award winning costume designer for Black Panther, will be the first African American costumer to...

2/7/21 Black History Month
I first heard of Bricktop years ago while reading Paris Noir. I was travelling there soon and was preparing for a walking tour. Ada Beatrice Queen Victoria Louise Virginia Smith,...
2/7/21 Black History Month
I first heard of Bricktop years ago while reading Paris Noir. I was travelling there soon and was preparing for a walking tour. Ada Beatrice Queen Victoria Louise Virginia Smith,...

2/21/21 Black History Month
Chicago milliner Artie Wiggins was often mentioned in Johnson Publications’ Jet and Ebony magazines during the 1950’s and 60’s, also Chicago based, as well as New York Age. That said,...
2/21/21 Black History Month
Chicago milliner Artie Wiggins was often mentioned in Johnson Publications’ Jet and Ebony magazines during the 1950’s and 60’s, also Chicago based, as well as New York Age. That said,...

2/21/21 Black History Month
Although the last known chapter of NAFAD has been inactive since 2013, its reason for being is sadly still relevant today. During the last century, luxury and quality were not...
2/21/21 Black History Month
Although the last known chapter of NAFAD has been inactive since 2013, its reason for being is sadly still relevant today. During the last century, luxury and quality were not...

2/28/21 Black History Month
L'Tanya (left) modeling and (top) centered among fashionable peers Iman, Sade, Beyonce, L’Tanya….L’Tanya? This unsung trailblazer is perhaps the first African American to be known by one name. Bernice L’Tanya...
2/28/21 Black History Month
L'Tanya (left) modeling and (top) centered among fashionable peers Iman, Sade, Beyonce, L’Tanya….L’Tanya? This unsung trailblazer is perhaps the first African American to be known by one name. Bernice L’Tanya...

THE TOP 14 GOOGLED HAT RELATED QUESTIONS, ANSWERED
I was recently asked to participate in a pretty cool project headed up by Maddison McKinley at Dailyinspirato.com for their clothing confidence movement "how to" series. LISAMCFADDEN MILLINERY and three...
THE TOP 14 GOOGLED HAT RELATED QUESTIONS, ANSWERED
I was recently asked to participate in a pretty cool project headed up by Maddison McKinley at Dailyinspirato.com for their clothing confidence movement "how to" series. LISAMCFADDEN MILLINERY and three...