Rikki Byrd, Ph.D.

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CLIPS

JUPITER

“What I Have Shaped into a Kind of Life”: On Making Beauty Monumental

Vox

Virgil Abloh’s stylish wordplay


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FRIEZE

‘Enunciated Life’: Taylor Renee Aldridge and Shikeith on the Queering of Black Spirituality

 

CULTURED

Antoine Gregory Amplifies the Black Voices You Should Know

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Vox

The department store’s false promise to Black America

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Teen Vogue

The American Flag Was Sewn in Part By A Teenage Black Girl

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HYPERALLERGIC

Amy Sherald on Her “Gentle Presentation of Black Identity” and More

 

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RACKED

When Bergdorf Served Chitlins and Champagne

The curious case of soul food in department stores.

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ALIVE

A Q&A with André Leon Talley

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Fashionista

The Costume Designer Behind 'Dear White People' and 'A Different World' Reflects on Dressing Multidimensional Character

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Mic

FIT's Black Fashion Designer's Exhibit Is a Celebration of Fashion's Unsung Heroes

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ALIVE

In Pursuit of Purpose: Lauren Ash of Black Girl in Om

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ManRepeller

Five Women of Color Get Real About the Fashion Industry

Mic

How One Designer Is Getting Us to Talk About Mental Illness at New York Fashion Week


Additional Clips

Soho House Magazine

A portrait of Lawrence Agyei

Artsy

These Photographers Are Ensuring That Diversity Becomes More Than an Industry Trend

Photographer Dario Calmese’s “Black Art Yearbook” Is Crucial to Art History

Racked

Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s “Apeshit” Video Shows Black Bodies in Art — and in Control

Hyperallergic

Mickalene Thomas Makes Black Women the Protagonists of Their Own Stories

Mic

Here's What Women Really Think of Fashion's Sudden Embrace of Natural Hair

There's A Fashion Week Happening in the Midwest Right Now – Here's Why It Matters

This Designer Stopped Everyone in Their Tracks with a Fashion Show About Police Brutality

ALIVE

How Local Art for Justice Gained the Attention of the Smithsonian

A Conversation with Dario Calmese About Beyoncé, Black Lives Matter and Young St. Louis Artists

STL Fashion Archives: The Illustrious Style of Josephine Baker

Meet Annie Malone: St. Louis' Beauty Pioneer

STL Fashion Archives: A Look Inside the 1983 Miss Universe Pageant

Two Washington University Grads Launch Fashion Brand Mestiza

STL Fashion Archives: Kay Thompson "Wears Prada" 

ManRepeller

A Jazz Artist on Her Love for Music and Vintage Clothing

A Harlem Tribute

 

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