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[trascapades]

🙌🏿#ArtIsAWeapon Sending love, congratulations and best wishes for a spectacular event to my creative, fly family @darnell13 & @demeatriastyle - I am there in spirit!! #FashionAFRICANA #AFRICANISM #GlobalBlackness

@charlylpalmer

@paultazewell

Reposted from @demeatriastyle Join us for an evening of #fashion, #music, and #art, and support FashionAFRICANA’s inaugural gala, AFRICANISM, on Saturday, November 25, 2023 at Pittsburgh Public Theater in promoting and celebrating Black creativity. Tickets: https://africanismgala.eventbrite.com

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Join us for AFRICANISM, FashionAFRICANA's Inaugural Gala! It's time to celebrate African-inspired fashion, culture and the creative arts in a glamorous evening filled with style and elegance. Our event will be held at the Pittsburgh Public Theater, where you can immerse yourself in the vibrant atmosphere showcasing and honoring the richness and vibrancy of the African diaspora through fashion and art. The evening will feature leading Black and African designers, artists and creatives. Dance to the rhythm of African beats and indulge in delicious cuisine. This is a can't-miss event for fashion enthusiasts and culture lovers alike. Grab your tickets now and let's celebrate AFRICANISM together!

#AfricanFashion #AfricanCulture #FashionGala #SupportCreativity #AfricanDiaspora

[tanyapositive]

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[cassellinc]

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[huangkunling-blog]

Fashion designers creating face masks with flair

At fashion weeks in New York and Europe in early February — the precipice of the COVID-19 outbreak — designer shows were peppered with people in face masks.

Some were simple, others ostentatious. At the time, protective masks were still considered a cautionary step rather than a lifesaving necessity in the U.S.  “Face masks are the must-have accessory amid coronavirus panic,” said a cheeky headline in the New York Post.

Like many trends, fashionable face masks are the latest thing to trickle down from the runway to retail. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now recommends that all people wear a cloth covering over their nose and mouth in public to help slow the spread of the virus. Designers and big brands have wasted no time adding flair to face masks.

Vogue published online this month a list of 92 stylish cloth face masks to shop right now. Before it declared bankruptcy, J.Crew unveiled pinstripe and gingham print masks for sale. For $9.99 per month, MaskClub will ship you a new one every few weeks with Care Bears, Hello Kitty or the classic Batman logo on it.

Eugenia Kim, a Monroeville native and celebrity milliner in New York City, sold out of the first batch of hologram sequined and satin masks she sells at eugeniakim.com for $20 apiece. “They’re obviously functional, but I think they can be uplifting,” she told The Washington Post’s Robin Givhan.“Project Runway” veteran Christian Siriano took a break from making personal protective equipment for frontline workers to share on social media a couple statement masks, one dripping with pearls and another covered in crystals. In Pittsburgh, face masks that marry fashion with function are hot. FashionAFRICANA founder Demeatria Boccella is launching the FashionAFRICANA Mask Initiative at fashionafricana-masks.myshopify.com. The first ones sell for $12 and are made from African fabrics left over from fashion productions over the years. Future ones will be by designers from African countries.

“I'm very passionate about my culture, and I just keep getting so depressed about how COVID-19 is impacting the African American community and the health disparities that exist within our culture,” she said. “We need something to put a smile on our face, that uplifts us and connects us to our culture.”

Mosaic Inc., a linen rental company in the Strip District, has turned to making fashion-forward face masks via partymosaic.com as a way to adapt to clients’ needs.

“We recognized that the live event industry was going to go dark for a long, long time,” said owner Susie Perelman. “We knew that the obvious pivot for us was to be able use our fabrics to create masks.”

In March, the company released a line of fabrics called Made by Mosaic that are now being used for masks instead of table decor. The colorful masks are lined with piping and have Spandex instead of elastic straps around the ears for a more comfortable fit. A portion of proceeds are donated to local organizations, Ms. Perelman said.

Requests for Pittsburgh-themed prints prompted a black-and-gold collection and more designs are in the works. The black-and-gold masks sell for $10 each.

“We are now getting asked by our clients to add custom-designed masks for guests and event staff to match linens for weddings and other events,” she said.

Pittsburgh-based designer Diana Misetic has been posting photos on social media of chic masks she’s designed. One in a floral print matched her pants and she dressed up neutral colored masks with oversized sunglasses. In one post, she demonstrated how to tie the straps in a small bow. She’s been exploring ways to make masks that are safe, comfortable and stylish to sell.

“This is part of a new lifestyle,” she said. “I want to tell people it doesn’t have to be something you buy just for protection. It can be part of a whole design.”

This is hardly the first time the fashion industry has put its stamp on a necessary item.

“The most obvious one is eyewear,” said Sarah Mullins, assistant professor and assistant chairperson of the footwear and accessories design department at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.

“Glasses, especially optical frames, were worn to correct your vision. Now people wear them for style even if they have 20/20 vision,” said Ms. Mullins, who grew up in Shadyside and Squirrel Hill.

Handbags originated as pouches for coins and now are a $50 billion industry, she added, and don’t forget about belts. “All you have to do is look at the 1980s for how they were worn as fashion accessories.”

Face masks have ebbed and flowed in popularity for centuries. In the 1600s, doctors wore beak-like masks that could be stuffed with incense because it was believed plagues were spread through pungent smells. Cloth face coverings were common during the 1918 flu pandemic and in 2002 when SARS appeared in China.

Ms. Mullins credits the DIY maker movement for accelerating the latest resurgence of face masks. In early April, Etsy CEO Josh Silverman reported that 20,000 of its shops were selling them.

“With free online sharing of patterns, anyone with the desire to make a mask could make one,” she said.

Some have questioned how brands and makers have tried to put a positive spin on something born out of a pandemic.

“It is hard to avoid the nagging sense that designers are exploiting fear born during a pandemic for their own ends [and profit], and that consumers are using what is a medical necessity, one that is the most visible representation of the pain and isolation currently shared by so many, in a decorative way,” New York Times fashion director and chief fashion critic Vanessa Friedman wrote recently. “Capitalist opportunities often emerge from times of trauma. This may be one of them. But that doesn’t make the origin story any less uncomfortable.”

Fashion and tragedy often go hand in hand. Ms. Mullins said. “Historically tuberculosis shaped Victorian fashion by influencing the wearing of corsets. Consumptive chic referred to the thin and pale symptoms suffered by the afflicted that became markers of beauty.

“Similarly, heroin chic was a fashion trend in the mid ’90s.”

While some brands are selling masks for hundreds of dollars, no one’s getting rich from them. Burberry, Lacoste, Under Armour, Brooks Brothers and Adidas are a few of the companies marketing them.

“I think more brands and designers started making masks to help with the shortage of supplies than to make money,” Ms. Mullins said. “I do not think anyone is making enough money from face masks to make up for the money they are losing during this pandemic.”

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[1hoodmedia]

Yesterday I met one of the dopest...most revolutionary...greatest senses of self and humor yesterday Ms @bethannhardison ! Thank you so much @demeatria for your spirit, foresight and love! #FashionAfricana #1Hood

[tanyapositive]

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[1hoodmedia]

Thank you @demeatria for hosting @bethannhardison in Pittsburgh yesterday! We had a wonderful time 🖤 #FashionAfricana #1Hood