“Who is fighting for the women who have no access, who have no voice, no big name or credentials? Who is independently lobbying for those women to gain access?”
As the fashion world continues to reckon with issues of representation and diversity, the conversation has focused on people already working within it. There’s the necessary and long-overdue coverage of Black designers and Black stylists. Nana Agyemang, the founder ofmagazine’s the Cut, is thinking beyond the confines of the industry, toward dismantling the barriers to entry for Black and Brown women who have yet to get their start.
Agyemang founded EveryStylishGirl four years ago as a platform “dedicated to the amplification of Black and Brown women in fashion and journalism.” One year later, she began organizing in-person networking events called Sip n’ Slays, held in Los Angeles, New York, and Washington, D.C. The project has recently expanded with EveryStylishGirl, a career advancement program which includes the directory.
Agyemang knows what it’s like to break into the world of fashion media when you’re from a smaller city because she’s done it herself. In high school, she devised “a plan of action to leave the suburbs and attend a college in a metropolitan area.” She went from Ohio to George Washington University, and then to Columbia Journalism School, where she wrote a prize-winning article foron the challenges faced by of Black models at New York Fashion Week.
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