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We’ve Been Here Before: 50 Years of Hip-Hop Fashion featuring Caroline Wanga

We’ve Been Here Before: 50 Years of Hip-Hop Fashion featuring Caroline Wanga

It's a new day for Black fashion, but what's it really like to face the highs and the lows of being a Black designer, Black-owned brand or Black fashion influencer?

Lineup

  • Caroline Wanga
    President & Chief Executive Officer, Essence Ventures
  • Tony Shellman
    Principal/Founder of Blue Deluxe Group Consulting Agency
  • Michael Barnett
    CEO of BOGARD by MikeB