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Sienna King by Aidan Zamiri for Louisa Ballou, Fall/Winter 2020
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Black History Month: Zelda Wynn Valdes
You may not have heard of Zelda Wynn Valdes, but you’ve certainly seen her designs. The fashion designer is credited with creating the original Playboy bunny costume. The work of the trailblazing fashion designer/entrepreneur highlighted the coveted hour-glass figure in the 1940s and 1950s. In 1948, was the first Black designer to open up her own shop on Broadway. Valdes created gorgeous gowns many stars like Mae West, Joyce Bryant, Josephine Baker, Gladys Knight, Sarah Vaughan, Dorothy Dandridge, Ella Fitzgerald and countless others. Later in her life, she created costumes for the Dance Theater of Harlem, and Zelda Wynn Valdes also helped found the National Association of Fashion and Accessory Designers. She died in 2001 at age 96.
Check out some of her work.
Happy Black History Month!
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Regina King photographed by Christian Cody for InStyle, February 2021
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Beyoncé, photographed by Kennedi Carter and styled by Edward Enninful for Vogue UK December 2020
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