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Matte’s Briana Shaneè Wilson on the Business of Being Your Own Muse
Mind, Interview Amirah Mercer 6/15/20 Mind, Interview Amirah Mercer 6/15/20

Matte’s Briana Shaneè Wilson on the Business of Being Your Own Muse

The creator and muse of Matte talks about divine timing, building a sexy brand, and having unpopular opinions in the age of cancel culture.

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Exclusive: House of Aama’s New 2020 Silhouette Collection Celebrates Black Womanhood, Shot by Quil Lemons
Interview, Mind Amirah Mercer 5/28/20 Interview, Mind Amirah Mercer 5/28/20

Exclusive: House of Aama’s New 2020 Silhouette Collection Celebrates Black Womanhood, Shot by Quil Lemons

The mother-daughter duo center Black femininity in luxury, from an Ancient Egyptian goddess to the southern belle.

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How Oshun Helps Creatives Power Through the 2020 Paradigm Shift
Amirah Mercer 4/13/20 Amirah Mercer 4/13/20

How Oshun Helps Creatives Power Through the 2020 Paradigm Shift

“The creative process is the birth process,” says Ayesha Faines of The Grapevine and Women Love Power. “It’s the inception, it’s the brainstorm, it’s literally that chaotic process that it takes to bring something into fruition.”

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Filmmaker Keenan MacWilliam on the Art of Creative Directing Your Own Vision
Amirah Mercer 1/6/20 Amirah Mercer 1/6/20

Filmmaker Keenan MacWilliam on the Art of Creative Directing Your Own Vision

From her studio in Bushwick, Keenan let Other Suns in on how to turn an idea on a page into a stunningly visual video.

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How Michael Rotimi Manifested His New York Model and Talent Agency Offshore
Interview, Mind Amirah Mercer 9/12/19 Interview, Mind Amirah Mercer 9/12/19

How Michael Rotimi Manifested His New York Model and Talent Agency Offshore

Meet the founder of Offshore, an NYC modeling and talent agency that's making black beauty the mainstream beauty standard.

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CFDA Fellows ASHYA on How to Find Success and Balance in the Luxury Fashion Industry
Amirah Mercer 7/8/19 Amirah Mercer 7/8/19

CFDA Fellows ASHYA on How to Find Success and Balance in the Luxury Fashion Industry

Moya Annece and Ashley Cimone discuss being “first-generation creatives,” how they avoid cultural appropriation as black fashion designers, and the power of self-help books.

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‘Where Black Bodies Dream’: Creating Your Own Utopia with Haitian Artist Adler Guerrier
Amirah Mercer 4/19/19 Amirah Mercer 4/19/19

‘Where Black Bodies Dream’: Creating Your Own Utopia with Haitian Artist Adler Guerrier

The Miami-based artist is a master at identifying moments of paradise in familiar, African diasporic scenes—from Haiti to Los Angeles.

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Kids of Immigrants Designer Daniel Buezo Is Using Streetwear to Help Migrants at the U.S.-Mexico Border
Amirah Mercer 2/21/19 Amirah Mercer 2/21/19

Kids of Immigrants Designer Daniel Buezo Is Using Streetwear to Help Migrants at the U.S.-Mexico Border

“Making clothes is amazing and fashion is awesome. But I feel like it's our responsibility to use our gifts to create change.”

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Philadelphia Printworks’ Maryam Pugh Is Creating a Uniform for the Movement
Amirah Mercer 11/9/18 Amirah Mercer 11/9/18

Philadelphia Printworks’ Maryam Pugh Is Creating a Uniform for the Movement

Philadelphia Printworks started as a creative outlet in 2010, but it has quietly grown into a fashionable beacon of activism.

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4 Black Fashion Models on Social Media, POC Designers and Confidence
Amirah Mercer 10/2/18 Amirah Mercer 10/2/18

4 Black Fashion Models on Social Media, POC Designers and Confidence

Here’s what it feels like to be young, black, and fly in fashion.

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