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“Face” Clothing Brand

📸: @kingMeekz__ (instagram)

Rebrand with Egyptt

📸: Egypttphotography (Instagram) Models: @Know_payne , @romenmind

Spotlight of the week: Selassie, @Knottybyselassie

Meet Selassie! Instagram:@Knottybyselassie The Crochet Queen taking the world by storm! Selassie’s roots begin in West Africa Ghana , The Bronx and finally Columbus. She started her amazing work from admiring a friend and thought to herself why not try it out and teach yourself! I chose to write about her because she truly isContinue reading “Spotlight of the week: Selassie, @Knottybyselassie”

Naledi

Shirt Model: Naledi

Kenan

📸:FaridaFree (IG) 👕: Merch

BACWY Vol.V

#BayAreaConversationsWithYe: “So you not out here trying to be the next Harriet Tubman?”     This painting stuck out to me as the history of Oakland which is activism and innovation. So why Harriet Tubman? A phone call between me and a friend in which the friend said to me “aren’t you trying to beContinue reading “BACWY Vol.V”

BACWY Vol. IV

#BayAreaConversationsWithYe: “You live in a generation where people are never satisfied, you can be their dream girl but because everything is a swipe away, there’s a feeling of something better is always out there,they give up the chase and end up settling. Just fall back and learn through trial and error…So yeah just build aContinue reading “BACWY Vol. IV”

BACWY Vol. I

#BayAreaConversationsWithYe: “I know the fear you are talking about ,and it’s not easy so I won’t tell you it’s easy but don’t count yourself out before you even try. The better feeling is going through it all and deciding for yourself that you don’t want it.   Started with my mentor Miss E whose teachingContinue reading “BACWY Vol. I”