Black-Owned and Beautifully Inclusive Fashion Brands
It’s PRIDE Month y’all! 🌈 Let’s celebrate by supporting these amazing Black-owned brands! All founded by creatives that are a part of the LGBTQ+ community. 🖤
Gay pride or LGBTQ+ pride is the promotion of the self-affirmation, dignity, equality, and increased visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people as a social group. Pride, as opposed to shame and social stigma, is the predominant outlook that bolsters most LGBTQ+ rights movements.
Italian for "no sex/no gender," No Sesso is the Los Angeles fashion house founded by Pierre Davis in 2015. She helms the brand with Autumn Randolph and Arin Hayes; together they’ve created a community powered brand that focuses on empowering people of all colors, shapes, and identities.
Photo: No Sesso
Founded by designer James Flemons, Phlemuns is a unisex clothing brand that merges androgyny with classic silhouettes, juxtaposes the feminine and masculine with thoughtful designs intended to last a lifetime. His label is based in Los Angeles and work has graced the likes of Solange and Lil Nas X.
Photo: Phlemuns
Founded by Stoney Michelli, Stuzo Clothing is a gender free clothing company designed to invoke thought and emotion. Her brand is for the non-conforming and bold at heart. Making gender free as she prefers to call them because “clothes don’t have any organs last time we checked”.They are inspired by love, people, and life. Whatever shape or form you choose to exist in, they celebrate that!
Photo: Stuzo Clothing
Based in NYC, the Christopher John Rogers brand exists to create emotional and sensitive clothing with a focus on effortful dressing, directed towards an individual with a strong sense of self. They deliver clothing with an emphasis on quality manufacturing and timeless appeal, whilst encouraging their customer to take up space.
Photo: Christopher John Rogers
Brandon Blackwood was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. For two years he traveled all over the world to source the most ethical materials and fair-trade craftsmen before launching in 2015. In the past 6 years, Blackwood has focused on creating bags, totes and accessories that are trend-forward yet lasting. He produces pieces that he and his customers will love.
Photo: Brandon Blackwood
BlackQueerMagic LLC represents the creative, professional, and spiritual journey of VBM, LMSW. V uses she/they pronouns and identifies as a Black, Queer, Jamaican woman, and former foster youth. V is a self taught jeweler who finds joy in an assortment of jewelry modalities.
Additionally, they are a skilled clinician with formal training in working with LGBTQ communities. With BQM, they merge their love of community activism and therapeutic interventions with their love for jewelry fabrication. V creates handmade healing crystal and metal stamped pieces with a focus on Black Queer and Trans liberation and teaches community members how to harness their creative power.
Photo: BlackQueerMagic
Written by: Aisya Washington
Aisya Washington is a Freelance Fashion Stylist with experience in editorial, music artist/video, runway, street style, bridal, special occasion, and wardrobe styling.
Her style quote is, “Be Bold, Be Beautiful, and most importantly be YOU!”