Harlem Fashion Week: We design clothes but make it culture
Model from Douglas Says show. Photo: Nicole Moore
Don’t let the “New York” in New York Fashion Week (NYFW) fool you. NYFW is a global affair. Taking place every September and October, people from all over the world descend on the Big Apple to take a huge fashion-filled bite. The main events take place at Spring Studios in Lower Manhattan with flocks of models, influencers, stylists, and media types also converging on SoHo, Tribeca, and, more recently, Harlem. With fashion groundbreakers and history makers like Dapper Dan, April Walker, and Lana Turner to call its own, Harlem is no newjack to the fashion world. Between the Harlem Renaissance and the birth of hip hop, Harlem has used style as a conduit of creativity, validation, and representation to make a name for itself.
