Meet the Black Designers Who Are Waking Up the Fashion World

With her use of daring colors and unique prints, Tracy Reese has been a fashion pillar since she founded her eponymous label in 1997. Since then, Reese has gained a following, dressing Meghan Markle, Gabrielle Union, Kelly Rowland, and former First Lady Michelle Obama. Reese also makes an effort to be inclusive in her shows by featuring models of different ages, sizes, and ethnicities. In 2018, Reese infused activism into her work by showing a collection at the Queens Museum called Flint Fit, which used plastic bottles collected from the Flint, MI, water crisis to create the materials.