Joy BC is an artist goldsmith who works with gold and other precious metals, hand carving one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces, including a gold pendant last year for the one and only Lil Wayne. "It was a dream for me because I'm a massive Lil Wayne fan," she says of the commission.
A Business For Women, Made to Measure
We all wear clothes, so you would think there would be plenty of tailors catering to women on London's Savile Row, known the world round as the place to go for bespoke garments. Nope. The tailors on the famed street have historically focused on menswear. That is, until Phoebe Gormley altered the landscape when she opened the street's first tailor for womenswear only.
Multi-Cultural By Design
Fusing fabrics like tweed produced by the top mills in Scotland with colors, patterns, prints and silhouettes inspired by Scotland and Jamaica, Nicholas Daley's eponymous menswear line is made for the modern man. Why the fascination with Scotland and Jamaica? It's in his DNA.
The Future of Fashion
There is a lot of waste in fashion, and Tolu Coker doesn't see the need for it, which is why the London-based fashion and textile designer repurposes discarded denim in her designs. She also casts only black models in her fashion shows. Each move is part of an effort to build more than just a brand.
The Salon Helping Everyone Shine Bright
They are cosmic, they are colorful, and they are creating a space where everyone feels welcome. Tuttii Fruittii and Toni Tits own a technicolor hair sculptor salon in southeast London where people of all races, gender identities, sizes, ages and hair types are made to feel welcome.
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