{"id":8058,"date":"2022-03-14T17:03:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T17:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/?p=8058"},"modified":"2023-07-18T23:22:22","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T23:22:22","slug":"harlems-black-fashion-designers-are-celebrated-with-stylish-high-fashion-barbies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/harlems-black-fashion-designers-are-celebrated-with-stylish-high-fashion-barbies\/","title":{"rendered":"Harlem’s Black Fashion Designers Are Celebrated With Stylish, High-Fashion Barbies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Harlem\u2019s Fashion Row and Mattel\u2019s Barbie joined forces to celebrate Black designers for Black History Month and beyond. The stunning looks featured on the Barbie dolls are miniature replicas of works by fashion designers Anifa Mvuemba (Founder of Hanifa), Patrick Henry (Founder of Rich Fresh), and sisters Kimberly Goldson and Shelly Powell (Founders of Goldson). <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hanifa\u2019s \u201cBrooklyn Jacket\u201d is from Mvuemba\u2019s fall\/winter \u201821 runway collection. When reflecting on what this opportunity means to her, she thought back to her childhood and how much of a win this is for Black girls. \u201cWho didn\u2019t love Barbie as a little girl? I loved my Barbie Dream House with the most perfect elevator. It gave me the chance to dream in real life,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m so thankful for this opportunity to connect to my childhood and I\u2019m happy to see that little Black girls everywhere can see themselves starting with their favorite toy.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our next Barbie will rock a look from the new spring 2022 Goldson collection called \u201cBlissful Evolution.\u201d The sisters selected their \u201cMari\u201d dress, a stunning multi-layered dress of pink, metallic, and orange hues. \u201cIt is powerful of Barbie to use her platform to help bridge the gap on the way we look at people of various shades and from different backgrounds,\u201d Goldson told WWD<\/a>. \u201cThat made it important for me to partner with her to wear Kimberly Goldson for Black History Month. I chose a look that personifies the KG aesthetic which is born out of our Brooklyn culture and driven by luxury. She\u2019s ready for Bed-Stuy!\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last look in this partnership is from Patrick Henry\u2019s Rich Fresh. The design, which originated from Rich Fresh\u2019s 2021 winter collection, is a color blocked tracksuit that was modeled after Henry\u2019s source of inspiration, August McQueen.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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